Mr. M. Hiur — Notes on the Forlicularia, i)9 



19. Anechura coriacra, Borm. 

 Penrissi'.i, ^Fav lSlli>, 1 ^J , 1 $ ; Mataiif^ Dec. 1898, 



Recorded from Hiumali. 



20. Anechura scahrtuscula^ Serv. 



Mataiig, Dec. 1898, 1 c^. 

 Common in the Oriental Region. 



21. Anechura Hermes, sp. n. (PI. IV. figs. 1, 1 a.) 



folore atro ; pronotum antice rectum, postico rotundatum ; elytra 

 pronoto latiora, pii])t'scoiitia ; aloe prominentcs : abdomen con- 

 vexum, medio valde dilatatum, apiee attenuatum ; segraeiitum 

 ultimum dorsalo angustimi, margine postico medio bicarinatiim : 

 forcipis bracliia J valida, triquetra, basi subcoutigua, dchinc 

 valde divergentia, subito t'ortiter incurva, mucronibus baud 

 attingentibus, prope basin supra dente maximo obtuso perpen- 

 dicular! armata. (S . $ ignota. 



Long, corporis ll-.j mm. 



„ forcipis 4 „ 



Latit. max. forcipis 4 „ 



Altitude max. forcipis (tuberculo basali 



incluso) 2 „ 



//ftuZ jot-black ; antcnniu ?-segmentate (eleven segments 

 remain, all black, except the eleventh, which is whitish), 

 si'coiul .segment small, the rest longer, conical. 



I'rouotiim vi-ry slightly narrower than tlic head, straight in 

 front, rounded behind, all black. 



Elytra jet-black, very tinely piinctulated, truncated at the 

 apex. 



Winjfs the same colour as the elytra. 

 Feet black, with a few fine short bristles. 

 Abdomen tlark reddish brovvn, strongly dilated in the 

 middle, attenuated towards the apex ; lateral tubercles very 

 distinct ; edges of the tit'th to seventh segments slightly 

 produced ; last dorsal segment narrow and small, hinder 

 border straight, with a small tubercle on each side above the 

 insertion ot the forceps, produced backwards into a faint 

 carina; penultimate ventral segment large, rounded. 

 I'ygidiuni not visible. 



l^orcej'S with tiie branches (J short, stout, almost con- 

 tiguous at the base, cylindrical, nut keeled, strongly diverging 

 at first, then the points suddenly and sharply turned inwards 



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