^Ir. M. Hmr — Notes on the Forficiilaria. 93 



piirallfl, antriiiir hordrr [(loiliiccd t<i a nock, posterior border 

 rounded, tawny yellow. 



Khftra narrow, oblinu(dy truncated posteriorly. 



Wings prominent, black, the dark colour showing through 

 the clear elytra. 



Feet tawny. 



Abdomen slii^litly broader at the apex tlian at the base ; 

 tawny, slightly darker in the middle ; all the segments very 

 finely ]ninctulated except the last, which is smojth, large, 

 and quadrate, the posterior margin straight, with a row of 

 small tubercles. 



Pi/gidi'um barely visible, quadrate. 



Forceps slender, remote at the base; on the inner margin 

 at the base itself" there is a strong depressed laminated tooth ; 

 the branches are then very faintly curved outwards, then 

 gradually inwards, the apices meeting; near the apex on the 

 inner margin is a strong but small oblique tooth ; the forceps 

 are dirty yellow at the base, darker towards the apex, clothed 

 with long fine bristles. 



The feet and abdomen are also clothed with a few fine 

 long bristles. 

 ? unknown. 



Patria. Sarawak, Matang, August 1899, 1 S • 



This species is not closely allied to any described form 

 except S. Ilorsjie/di, Kirb., from which, however, it is very 

 distinct. 



11. Sparatfa Brunneri, Borm. ? 



Penrissen, ]May Itf'JO, 2 ? . 



1 refer two females with some doubt to this North- Australiaa 

 species; 



J 2. Chu'tospania par villa, sp. n. 



iStatura minore ; colore nigro, rnbro-variegato ; caput, pronotiim, 

 et elytra nigra ; alie doficientes ; abdomen segraentis l"-"'" nigris, 

 ceteris rubris ; f'orcipis brachia cf basi distaiiti;i, valida, basi 

 dente gracili instructa, margiiio interno denticulata, incurva, 

 mucronibus decussatis. c? • 2 ignota. 



Long, corporis 5 mm. 



„ forcipis l-2o ,, 



//catf and eyes jet shining black; antenna3 witii only one 

 or two segments remaining, paler. 



Pronotnm jet-black, as broad as the head, slightly broader 

 posteriorly than anteriorly, the angles rounded; anterior 

 border rounded, posterior border straight. 



