y\v, ^I. Bun- — Ntjfes on the Forficularia. 85 



Ojiisthocosmla oanneSj sp. n. 



Statura niajorc ; colore nigro, oly Iris alisquerufescentibus ; antenna? 

 ]ii-sepnu'ntafa', rufescentes ; ])roDotum capitc angu.stius, nigrum, 

 pallide marginatum, rotundatuni ; pedes nigri, tarsis pallidioribus : 

 abdomen nigrum, medio sub>lilatatum ; eegmentum ultiraum 

 dorsale angustius, qiiadratuni, margine postico subbituberculatum, 

 angnlis acutis : forcipis bracliia c? basi rcmota, rotundata, recta, 

 gracilia, apicem versus incurva, mucronilms decussatia, ante 

 medium dente magno obtuse supra sursum spectanti armata, 

 paullo ante apicem margine interno dente parvo acuto armata ; 

 pygidium baud prominulum. c? • 



Long, corporis 14 mm. 



,, forcipis „ 



Head black ; antennEe 13-segraentate, the first segment 

 black, the remainder reddish. 



Prouotinn slightly narrower than the head, the anterior 

 border straight, the hinder border rounded, all angles rounded ; 

 black in the middle, the sides pale. 



Elytra smooth, considerably broader than the pronotum at 

 tlie shoulders, black, shaded with dark red. 



Wings proniinent, black, with a red spot in the middle. 



Feet black, the tibiaj towards the apex and the tarsi |)aler. 



Abdomen black, very slightly dilated about the middle, the 

 lateral tubercles very distinct, the sides of segments 5-G 

 slightly produced backwards; last dorsal segment narrower, 

 square, reddish, the hinder border straight, with two taint 

 obtuse tubercles above the insertion of the forceps. 



Pygidium not ap])arent. 



Forcejjs J with the branches remote at the base, straight, 

 black, cylindrical, incurved at the apex and strongly de- 

 cussating there ; armed near the base above with a strong- 

 blunt conical tooth, pointing uj)wards, and a smaller acute 

 tooth on the inner margin near the apex. 



Patria. Assam {Linden^ 181)4, ex coll. Seeldrayers). 



Type in my collection. 



For this fine novelty 1 am indebted to my friend M. Seel- 

 drayers. 



It is not closely allied to any known species, but approaches 

 rather to an as yet undescril)ed species brought from Siani 

 Ijy Mr. Annandale; it differs, however, very markedly in 

 colour. 



Ancistrogaster inopinataj sp. n. 



Statura parva ; colore nigro, abdomine teneo-nitonti, pedibus testa- 

 ceis; autenme lt3-8egmeutata?, fuscie, apice pallcsceutes ; pro- 



