Ml-. M. Burr — Xoles on the Forficuhiria. 7'.) 



both sexes are of a clear iridescent hyaline, flarkeiuiig to 

 yellowish hyaline in the female, an<l in the; mule pussin:^ on 

 throu;^h shades of brown to the dee|) purple, strongly suffused 

 on the hind wIiilts with copjuMy red, wliich characterizes the 

 adult male. Fabricius's type was an adult female. 



Libellago dispar. 



Af/riondiyHir, Ik'iiuv. Ins. Afr. .Van'r. p. So, Noiir. pi. vii. fi^j. 2(1895?). 

 Libellago dispar, Kirb. Cat. Near. OJou. p. 112. n. 1 (1890). 



Two specimens, Sept. 13 and 21 (1899). 



EXPL.VNATION OF PLATE II. 



Fii/. 1. Thormorthemis Austeni, 2 > P- "2. 



Fiij. 1 a. Ditto, c?i appendages of second segment. 



Fi(/. 2. Tiithemis Katula, c?, p. <J9. 



Fit/. 2 a. Ditto, S , appendages of second segment. 



Fit/, li. Orthetnnn Julia, cf , p. 75. 



Fi{f. 4. ApeUufhcrus Strachani, $ , p. 74. 



Fiy. 4 a. Ditto, J, apjMjndages of second segment. 



X. — Notes on the Forficularia. — V. Descr'iptiona of nenj 

 Species and a new Genus. By MALCOLM BuRR, F.Z.S., 

 F.E.S. 



[Plate IV. figs. 3, 5, 7.] 



Anechura ahrimanes, sp. n. (PI. IV. fig. 5.) 



Statura majore ; colore nigro, rubro-variegato ; elytra et alaj per- 

 fecte explicatae ; abdomen medio paullo dilatatum, ovale ; forcipis 

 brachia elongata, gracilia, subsinuata, intus fortiter bideutata. cT . 

 $ ignota. 



Long, corporis 12-14-.J mm. 



„ forcipis !J „ 



Head deep red ; eyes black ; sutures indistinct ; antenna 

 dark red (.seven segments remain). 



Pronotum black, broader than the head ; anterior margin 

 straight, posterior margin rounded; the sides parallel. 



KJiltra broad, finely jiunctulated, deep red, shaded with 

 black towards the upe.\ and the margins. 



Wincjs prominent, black, with a large yellow spot near the 

 base. 



