494 Mr. M. Burr— .Yoi6.s- on the Forficularia. 



Long, corporis 11-5 ram. 



„ forcipis 3 ,, 



Patria. Teneriflfe {^ in B.M.). 



Very closely allied to F. Lesnei, agreeing exactly in the 

 form of the forceps, but somewhat larger and stouter, and the 

 elytra are trapezoidal instead of square, and almost shcJw a 

 minute scutellum. 



Forjicula redempta, sp. n. 



Statura mediocri : antennaa segmento prime testacoo : caput Tufo- 

 nigrum, postice subtumidum, suturis obsoletis : pronotum fuscum, 

 lateribus testaceis, margine antico truncato, postico lateribusque 

 late rotundatis, sat supra elytra productum ; prozona tumida, a 

 metazona plana distincte scjuncta : elytra nigra, macula parva 

 humerali flava oruata, longa, apice truncata: alse longse, pallido- 

 flavaj, sutura infuscata : pedes testacei : abdonieu nigrum, vix 

 punctulatum, plicis lateralibus distiuctis ; segmentum ultimum 

 dorsale S maguum, subquadratum, pauUo latins quam longius, 

 margine postico medio trituberculato, utriiique ad latera tuberculo 

 parvo instructum : pygidium haud pers2)icuum : forcipis bracehia 

 (S fusco-rufa, parte dilatata brevi, quartam partem forcipis 

 attingenti, margine interuo crenulato, hac parte deplanata dente 

 parvo superiori sursum spectanti terminata ; dehinc attenuata, 

 gracilia, inermia, arcuatim incurva. cf • ? ignota. 



J. 



Long, corporis 10 mm. 



„ forcipis 3 „ 



Forjicula smyrnensis, Burr, in Forbes's Nat. Hist. Sokotra, p. 413, 



pi. XXV. fig. 5 ( c? ) (1903). 

 Patria. Sokotra: Dahamieh, 3500 feet [Si unique, in 

 B.M.). 



Resembles F. smyrnensis^ with which it was formerly con- 

 fused by both M. de Bormans and myself, but smaller, slighter, 

 darker : the flattened part of the forceps has a smooth tooth 

 pointing upwards, and the pronotum is almost circular, instead 

 of transverse oblong. 



Forjicula vidua, sp. n. 



Haud nitida. Statura majore ; colore nigro : antenn;e (?) 10-seg- 

 mentatse ; segmeutis teuuibus, 4 sat elongate, quam 3 vix breviori ; 

 rufo-nigrse : caput nigrum, globosum, suturis vix perspicuis : pro- 

 notum sublatius quam longius, lateribus parallelis margine postico 

 rotundato; prozona vix tumida, medio sulculo irapresso : elytra 

 lata, brevia, apice truncata, fusco-castanea, haud nitida : alae 

 breves, parum prominentes, fusco-castanete : pedes testacei : abdo- 

 men atrum, vix punctulatum, plicis distiuctis; segmentum ultimum 



