114 Dr. M. Burr — Notes on the Forficularia. 



segment ratlier long; third cylindrical, about half as long as 

 the first ; fourth about | as long as third, that is, half as long 

 again as broad ; fiftii a little longer tiian fourth ; sixth and 

 seventh about as long as third, the rest gradually lengthening, 

 the segments near the apex being a little longer than third ; 

 all the segnients are cylindrical or subcylindrical. 



Head rather tumid, smooth, deep orange or reddish ; sutures 

 not very distinct ; eyes prominent. 



Pronotum rather narrow, a little longer than broad, 

 widened posteriorly, a little shade narrower than the head 

 and distinctly longer than broad ; deep chestnut in the centre, 

 shading to fulvous beliind and at the sides ; median sulcus 

 distinct, prozona feebly tumid. 



Elytra ample, smooth, about twice as long as the pronotum, 

 varying from dull dirty yellow to black, with a more or less 

 distinct orange spot at the shoulder. 



Wings prominent, yellow, almost the whole of the disk 

 occupied by a large dark chestnut or black spot. 



Feet orange ; femora rather short ; tarsi rather long. 



Abdomen deep chestnut to nearly black ; somewhat dilated, 

 very slightly narrowed at the apex in the c? , decidedly so in 

 the ? ; glandular folds obsolete ; sides of segments 5-9 in (J 

 acute, finely punctulate. 



Last dorsal segment (^ ample, transverse, rectangular, 

 with a strong median depression ; with a sharp depressed 

 carina along each side; posterior margin truncate, slightly 

 tumid over the roots of the forceps; in ? narrowed, the 

 lateral keels obsolete. Penultimate ventral segment (J ample, 

 rounded ; in ? more broadly rounded. 



Pygidium c^ ? hidden. 



Forceps with the branches in the ^J stout, subremote, 

 trigonal, straight in basal half, tapering abruptly about the 

 middle, then arcuate and slightly upturned, the right branch 

 a little more strongly hooked than the left ; in ? bluntly 

 trigonal, contiguous and straight, gently curved at the apex. 



Nymph. 



The nymph is very different in appearance; the colour 

 appears to be generally darker, the pronotum less widened 

 posteriorly ; the elytra are free, about half as long as the 

 pronotum, and expose a triangular patch of the meso- 

 notum like a scutellum at the anal angle ; they are abruptly 

 truncate, and the yellowish shoulder-spot is indicated; the 

 metanotum is somewhat dilated prior to the unfolding of the 

 wings, yellowish in colour, the posterior margin deeply 



