314 Mr. M. Burr on new Species o/' Forficularia. 



straight at the apex, produced to a point at each corner. 

 Pyqidium ? not visible. Brandies of forceps 6 dark 

 reddish, distant at the base, as seen from above diverging 

 very slightly, then gradually approximating, more suddenly 

 about f the length from the base, then approaching regularly 

 until they meet and cross at the apex ; seen from the side 

 the branches are almost horizontal, very sliglitly sinuate: on 

 the inner margin the branches are very finely serrulated for 

 their whole length ; in tlie ? very sliglitly sinuate, crenulated 

 on the inner margin, except at the base itself. d 2 . 



Patria. Santa Catharina {6 in coll. m.),Bahia ($ in coll. 

 de Bormans). Type ^ in coll. m. 



It is with very great pleasure that I dedicate this fine 

 species to my learned colleague M. de Bormans, who has done 

 so much to increase our knowledge of these neglected insects. 

 It is to him that I owe the description of the female, which 

 he has very kindly sent me, taken from a specimen in his 

 rich collection. It is allied to Sp. croceipennis, Serv., but 

 differs in its bright, almost metallic appearance, the colour of 

 the feet and the form of the pygidium and forceps. 



Spongophora guttulata, s^j. n. 

 Parva, nigra, glabra; capita, pronoto, abdomine, femoribus,et tibiarum 

 parte basali fusco-nigris ; antennis fusco-rufis, segmentis duobus 

 primis exceptis pallidioribus ; el3tra fusca, tlavo-raaeulata ; alse 

 flavse, apice margineque externo fuscse. Pygidium inconspicmim, 

 ohtectum. Forcipis brachia gracilia, inermia : S basi distantia, 

 fere recta, apice approximata ; 5 basi t'ere contigua, recta, apice 

 necnon decussata. J $ . 



Long, corp 8 8-9'2.5 mm. 



„ fore 4 2-5 „ 



Head rounded, black, shining ; mouth-parts black, palpi 



dark reddish ; antennse, of which 13 segments remain in one 



specimen, dark reddish, except the two basal segments, which 



are paler. Pronotmn black, shining, as broad as long, as 



broad as the head, with the angles rounded. Elytra about 



twice as long as the pronotum, fuscous, with a large yellow 



spot at the shoulder. Wings projecting well beyond the 



elytra, yellow, narrowly bordered with fuscous exteriorly, 



the fuscous broadening at the apex. Feet : femora fuscous ; 



tibiae fuscous towards the base, testaceous towards the apex ; 



tarsi testaceous. Abdomen fuscous, shining, smooth, lateral 



tubercle on fourth segment ; last dorsal segment ( c? ) small, 



simple, posterior border straight, with a faint tubercle above 



the base of each branch of the forceps. Forceps dark reddish, 



shaded with fuscous : 6 branches widely distant at the base, 



sl'juder, nearly straight, incurved towards the apex, where 



