Dr. M. Hiirr — Notes on the Forficulaila. 117 



latcribus iicule rcflfxis ; forcijtis braochia J basi baud contijjua, 

 divergeiiliu, aiilo apiconj arcuata, iritus dontata. J 2 • 



Long, coqmris .... 11;) mm. 10*5 mm. 



„ forcipis .... [i''i „ 3 „ 



Size raedium ; colour dull brown, dark chestnut or blackish. 

 Autcnnaj with about 10 segments, all loiif; atid dlcndcr, 

 brown. 



Head smooth, brown (o black. 



Pronotuin suhquadiatc, truncate antoriorlj, sides sub- 

 convex, and slightly rounded j)03teriorly, depre.ssed, sides 

 refiexed, dark brown, the sides paler. 



Sternal plates yellowish, narrow; metasfernum very short, 

 smooth, dull VL'llowi.sh brown, indistinctly banded with 

 darker on each side. 

 Wings abbreviated. 

 Feet slender, yellowish brown. 



Abdomen cJ narrow at the base, then steadily dilated to 

 the sixth segment, which is the broadest, then narrowed 

 towards the apex. The sides of all the segments are convex 

 in (J, but the titth to eighth are decidedly sharp, dc()res3ed, 

 almost carinate, the ninth almost iiidden by the eighth. The 

 ? is very gently dilated before the apex and then attenuate, 

 the sides simple. 



Last dorsal segment ^ smooth, slightly wider than broad, 

 posterior margin gently convex ; in ? simple, narrow, and 

 slo|)ing. 



Penultimate ventral segment cJ very short and broad, 

 slightly convex, exj)Osing tiie last ; in ? narrowed. 



Pygidium ^ a minute compressed tubercle, in ? hidden. 

 Forceps with the branches cylindrical ; in ? subcon- 

 tiguous at the ba.'e, smooth, and steadily diverging for about 

 two-thirds their length, then bent upwards and boldly arched 

 inwards, the points attenuate and meeting; before the apex 

 there is a strong tooth on the inner margin and one (or more?) 

 feebler ones. In ? single, sleutler, contiguous, and straight. 



6 ?. 



Atrica : Togo (1 ?, Conradt, in c. m. ; 1 ?, Deutsch. 

 Ent. Nat. Mus.); Togo, Bismarkburg, 2;i/iii./y3, 1 ^,1 ^ , 

 in c. m. and Mus. Bcrl.) ; Kamcrun (I ?, Deutscii. Ent. 

 Nat. Mus.). 



This species is named in honour of my friend Dr. Kuhl- 

 gatz, lorujerly assistant in the Zoological Museum of 

 Beilm. 



It is the species of which the female is referred to in an 

 earlier paper (Burr (J 907")), where the fourth antenual segment 



