92 ]\Ir. ^I. Burr — Xotes on the. Forficularla. 



Forceps: ^ ^vitll the branches remote at the base^ slender, 

 almost straight, sliglitlj cle])ressed, the apices meeting, and 

 strongly mucronate ; at two thirds their length on the inner 

 margin there is a small tooth ; from the base to this tooth the 

 inner margin is very finely denticulated. In the ? the 

 branches are straight, remote at the base, less depressed, the 

 apices meeting, the inner niargin finely denticulated to about 

 two thirds the length, -where there is an obsolete tooth barely 

 distinguishable. The forceps are clear red in tlie male, 

 reddish black in the female. 



Fafria. Sarawak, Kuching, August 1897 (" L."), 1 c? ; 

 Oct. 12th, 1899, 1 ? . 



This curious species is very close to Labidura? decipiens, 

 Kirb., which must almost certainly be moved, at least pro- 

 visionally, to this genus. It difi'ers in the form and armature 

 of the lorceps. It has the appearance of certain species of 

 Aytery(jida^ as A. eryihrocephala, Oliv., A. suturalis, Serv., 

 and A. hipartita, Kirb. It may be easily mistaken for the 

 latter at first glance ; but an examination of the second tarsal 

 segment shows that it is simple and cylindrical ; the distinct 

 lateral tubercles prevent its being placed in Labidura. The 

 form of the penultimate ventral segment of the male distin- 

 guishes it from typical Spongiphora, and, as Mr. W. F. 

 Kirby suggests, a new genus must be erected for his Labidura ? 

 dtcipiens and for this species when better known. 



9. Spongiphora nitidipennis, Borm. 



Kuching, July 1899, 1 ? . 



Hitherto recorded from Burmah and Sumatra. 



10. Sparatta setulosa, sp, n. 



Colore sordide testaeeo ; pronotum valde elongatum, parallelura ; 

 pygidium baud perspicuum ; forcipis brachia (5 basi remota, 

 tasi ipso intus laminata, dehinc recta, sensim incurva, tertia 

 parte apicali deute inermo armata,mucroriibus attingentibus, valde 

 pubesccntia. S • 



Long, corporis 11 mm. 



„ forcipis 3'5 „ 



Head dirty yellow ; eyes small, black j antennae with 

 13 segments remaining, fuscous, the segments elongated and 

 slender, numbers 2-4 enlarged at the apex. 



Pronotum twice as long as the head, very narrow, the sides 



