2.J6 Mr. M. BwvY— Notes on the Forficularla. 



Spongiphora quadrimaculata, Stal. 



Abuvl, 2 c?. 



These are Gerstgecker'a original specimens of Forficula 

 protensa, which is consequently sunk as a synonym. There 

 is no doubt whatever as to their identity. 



Spongiphora croceipennis, Serv. 

 Brazil, San Paul {Staudinger) , 1 cJ . 



Platylahia sparattoides, Borm. 

 Java orient. [Fruhstorfer) ^ 3 cJ/2 ? , and nymph. 



Mecomera brunnea, Serv. 

 Fonteboa {Uahnel), 1 ^. 



Choisospama pcederina, Gerst. 



Bonjongo, Aburi (Buchh.), 2 ? . 



These, originals of Gersta?cker, are identical with Oh. hon- 

 giana, Borg, and Ch. escalerce, Burr, vvhicii consequently 

 liiU as synonyms. 



Sphingolabis semifulvay Borm. 

 Java orient. {Fruhstorfer) ^ 1 ^ , 



7 Labia sicaria, Burr. 

 Java orient. (Fruhstorfer) , 1 (J i probably identical. 



Proreus elegans, Borm. 



Java orient. {Fruhstorfer), 1 c? , 1 $ . 



Thanks to the kindness of Dr. Gestro, I have been able to 

 compare these specimens with de Bormans's type, and there is 

 no doubt as to their identity ; the female is obviously iden- 

 tical with the specimen in the Budapest Museum described 

 by me under the name of Apterygida lingua (Terraes. Fuz. 

 XXV. p. 486, pi. XX. fig. 8, 1902), well characterized by the 

 tongue-siiaped pygidiura, and the specimen doubtfully re- 

 ferred to as a variety of Ch. elegans (J. c. p. 485) is the male. 

 It differs from the other species of Proreus in the relatively 

 broad pronotum, agreeing thus with the P. sobrius, Borm., 

 which resembles P. elegans in build and structure, but differs 

 in colour and in the form of the occiput, which is tumid on 



