27G Mr. M. Burr — Xotes on the Forficular'a. 



dilatatum, $ vix dilatatum, apice attenuatum ; tuberculis late- 

 ralibus distinetis, atro-circuradatis ; segmeotum ultimura dorsalo, 

 (S transversum, rectangulare, margine postico sulculo medio 

 impresso, tuberculo parvo supra iusertionem forcipis iitrinque 

 instructum ; 5 parvum, attenuatum, tuberculis obsoletis : pygi- 

 dium c? brevissirae, rectangulare, multo latius quam longius, 

 medio spinula parva acuta armatum ; $ baud perspiraiura : for- 

 cipis bracebia, J basi remota, valida, margine intenio prope 

 basin minute denticulata, dimidio basali recta, debinc atteuuata, 

 sensim incurvata, apicibus baud attingentibus ; $ recta, sim- 

 plicia, inermia. 6 2- 



6. $. 



Long, corporis 19 mm. 19-5-21 ram. 



„ forcipis 2 ,, l-2o-l-5 „ 



Head clear brick-red, sutures not distinct ; eyes small, 

 black; antennae typical, with 12 segments, clear testaceous. 



Pronotum square, very sliglitly narrower than the head 

 anteriorly, slightly broader posteriorly, the whole surface 

 sliglitly convex, posterior margin straight. 



Mesonotum Q.o\e\-Q(\. by the elytra; scutellum minute, but 

 visible between the elytra at their base, triangular, trans- 

 verse. 



Elytra rudimentary, not free, transversely triangular, the 

 suture being the juxtaposition of their apices. 



Wings wanting. 



Metanotum narrow, roundly emarginate posteriorly. 



Ftet typical, clear testaceous ; lobe of second tarsal segment 

 distinct. 



Abdomen slightly dilated posteriorly in the c? , attenuated 

 in the ? ; lateral tubercles very strongly marked, shaded 

 round with deep black ; last dorsal segment in the ^ rectan- 

 gular, the hinder margin unbroken, with a blunt tubercle 

 over the insertion of each branch of the forceps ; in the ? 

 small, attenuated, with no tubercles visible; penultimate 

 ventral segment ? large, entirely round, completely covering 

 the last segment. 



Fygidimn ^ very short, transverse, very broad, rectan- 

 gular, with a short sharp spine in the middle of the hinder 

 border, horizontal ; in the ? not apparent. 



Forceps with the branches in the ^ remote at the base, stout, 

 somewhat dilated in the basal part, and very finely denticu- 

 lated there on the inner margin, straight in the first half, 

 then attenuated and slightly incurved, the apices not 

 meeting ; in the ? straight, contiguous, simple, unarmed ; 

 entirely brick-red. 



In colour the anterior part of the body is yellowish 



