4S6 Mr. M. Burr — Notes on the Forficularia. 



vertex and on tlic scutelliim; head large, subquadrate, with 

 broad cheeks, which are obtusely angled behind; facial 

 quadrangle much broader than long, the eyes nearly parallel ; 

 mandibles dark, the extreme apex reddened; clypeus with 

 many but not very strong punctures ; flagelbim dark reddish 

 beneath ; mesothorax hairy, but shining ; scutellum very 

 shiny, sparsely punctate, not obscured by hair ; area oE 

 metathorax dullish, not transversely carinate, posterior lateral 

 margins curved outwards. Legs dark dull red, with light 

 hair; tegnlse shining dark reddish. Wings clear, faintly 

 dusky at apex, nervures aud stigma amber-colour ; b. n. 

 meeting t. m., but not quite squarely ; t. m. bent at its 

 lower end ; second s.ra. about twice as broad below as 

 above, and receiving the first r. n. about its middle ; third 

 s.m. receiving second r. n. a short distance from its end. 

 Abdomen hairy, shining, the hind margins of the segments 

 rufescent ; the hair at apex more or less fuscous, but not 

 black. 



Hab. ''Australia," 58. 168. 



Easily known by the very broad face, with black hair at 

 the sides. 



LV. — Notes on the Forficularia. — IX. On new Species, 

 icith Synonymic Notes. By Malcolm Burr, B.A., F.L.S., 

 F.E.tS. 



I AM at present engaged upon a general revision of 

 the Dermaptera (earwigs) of the w'orld, and, through the 

 generosity of my friends and correspondents, am able to 

 examine a very large amount of material, including a high 

 proportion of the types of the described species. Lack of 

 time, however, will very greatly delay the completion of the 

 work, and therefore, in order to prevent the confusion likely 

 to occur through having a large number of novelties named 

 and described in manuscript, 1 shall publish the descriptions 

 of such new species as pass through my hands during the 

 period of preparation. 



Our knowledge of this group of insects has made such 

 progress in recent years, and so many new forms have been 

 discovered and described, and many of the old genera con- 

 tained such heterogeneous groups, that a number of new 

 genera will be required ; it is not, however, advisable to erect 

 new genera except in comprehensive works, and so many of 



