86 Ml". M. Burr — Xotes on the Forficularia. 



notum capite i)aullo angustius, ingriim : elytra piuictulata, iiigro- 

 oastanca, nitentia. ajiioo truncata ; alte parura promiiiciitcs, Tiigmc, 

 apicc macula jiarvula ]iallide ornata^ : abdomen medio dilalalura, 

 iiigro-mfoscons, tiilioroulis lateralibiis distiiictis, segmentis 4 

 ultimis lateribus ]>aullo retror^iiui i)roduclis (5 ; segmciifiim 

 ultimiira dorsale apice august atum, margiiie postioo recto, sub- 

 tiiberculalo, $ dislincte tiiberculato : pedes testacei, tibiis iiecnon 

 iiihiscatis : forcipis brachia J basi subeontigua, plus minus 

 dilatala et dejilanata, medio diveigeiitia, tuiicinciirva, apice attiu- 

 gentibus, prope basin sujira dente magno trigonali sursum spec- 

 tanti armata, margine internoin parte media creuulata ; J recta, 

 contigua, inermia, apice decussata. J $ . 



6. 2- 



Long, corporis 7*5 ram. G25 ram, 



„ forcipis 2*75 ., 2 „ 



Head h\ack ; aiitennaj 13-segnientate, fuscous, paler at the 

 apex. 



rronoium .sliglitlj narrower than tlie liead, ])lack, inclis- 

 linctly martrinate with reddish ; anterior l)order straiglit, with 

 tlie angles rounded ; posterior border rounded. 



Elytra short, very finely punctulated, shining, very dark 

 reddish castaneous, truncate at the apex. 



Wings not very prominent, of tlie same colour as the elytra, 

 with a very small indistinct ]jale spot on the inner margin at 

 the apex of the suture. 



Fed testaceous, pubescent, the tibi.'ie and tarsi somewhat 

 darker. 



Ahdomen dilated in the middle, dark castaneous, shining, 

 with a slightly metallic reddish sheen, the sides darker; 

 lateral tubercles very distinct; in the ^ the sides of segments 

 C— 9 are slightly produced backwards, but this is not very 

 distiix-t; last dorsal segment attenuated, the hinder margin 

 nearly straight, broken with indistinct obtuse tubercles. 



Pygidhim not apparent. 



Forceps: S with the branches subcontiguons at (he base 

 and somewhat depressed and dilated there, then diverging, 

 and attenuate and incurved towards tlie ajiex, where tiie 

 points meet ; near the base there is a very strong triangular 

 .sharp tooth ];ointing straight upwards; the middle third, 

 whtie the dilated ] art is fading out, is crenulated on the 

 inner margin; ? with the braiiches straight, simple, un- 

 aimed, the apices crossing ; colour daik reddish black. 



Fairiu. Costa Eica, J ? {Lindas ^ 1894, ex coll. Seel- 

 drayers) . 



Type in my collection. 



