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



AntennEe with 12-13 segments, dull blackish, with seg- 

 ments 9 and 10 whitish. 



Pronotura brick-red, as wide as the head, subquadrate, the 

 anterior border truncate, sides parallel, hinder margin and 

 angles rounded, blackish brown, the sides paler. 



Elytra ample, dark reddish brown, smooth. 



Wings ample, with yellowish suture. 



Feet testaceous, bright or brownish yellow, the tibiae 

 sometimes darker. 



Abdomen distinctly dilated about the middle, especially in 

 the (5*, and strongly attenuated apically ; lateral pliciform 

 tubercles very strong, black ; colour dark reddish brown or 

 blackish. 



Last dorsal segment (J $ strongly narrowed apically and 

 sloping, the hinder border with two obtuse small tubercles 

 and a faint median depression, the border itself somewhat 

 strengthened. 



Penultimate ventral segment ample, rounded, covering the 

 ultimate segment. 



Pygidium not visible. 



Forceps with the branches cJ subcontiguous at the base, 

 rounded, almost straight and contiguous for two-thirds their 

 length, then arcuate, including an oval area; at the end of 

 the first third the branches, seen from the side, are bent 

 upwards and armed at this point with a very strong and 

 sharp vertical tooth ; at the second third, at the beginning 

 of the oval area, armed on the inner side with a stout and 

 sharp tooth. In the ? typical of the genus, simple, straight, 

 slender, and unarmed. 



Lombok : Sambalan, 4000 feet, April 1896, and Sapit, 

 2000 feet, March 1896 {Fruhstorfer, c. m.). Sangir {Do- 

 herty, c. m.). 



This species was formerly regarded by de Bormans and 

 myself as a variety oi E. forcipatus, Haan, with which it has 

 no relation. 



The brick-red head and pronotura are very distinctive, but 

 this may not be a constant feature. The strong vertical 

 spine of the forceps distinguishes it from the allied E. hurri. 

 The apically decidedly arcuate forceps separate it from 

 E. tenellus. 



These three species are probably local races of one " super- 

 species," but the differences appear to be quite constant. 



Bypurgus kuhlgafzi, sp. n. 

 Hypurgns, sp. n., Burr, (1907^) p. 487. 

 Colore fusco-castanco ; alie abbreviatse ; abdomen segmentis 5-9 



