Dr. M. Burr — Xotes on the Forficularia. 47 



forcipis bracchia J reniota, valida, basi subdilatata, apico ipso 

 iiuicronata. 



^_c?. _?. 



Long, corporis 7'5 mm. 6*5 mm. 



„ forcipis 1'5 „ 1 „ 



l^iild ratlier stout ; general colour pale brown. 



Aiitennaj witli 14 segments, yellowish brown, the ante- 

 apical segments paler. 



Head brown, smooth, broad, sutures obsolete. 



Pronotum brown, the sides and metazona much paler, 

 broadened posteriorly, sides straight, hinder angles rounded. 



Elytra ample, smooth, dull brown. 



Wings [u-ominent, very pale yellow, with a large brown 

 spot. 



Femora brown ; tibiaj and tarsi pale yellowish. 



Abdomen brown, rather broad, parallel-sided in the (J, 

 narrowed apieally in the ? . 



Last dorsal segment (^ rcjctangular, transverse; in the ? 

 narrowed. 



Penultimate ventral segment (J broadly rounded, sinuate 

 in middle of posterior margin. 



Pygidium (J short, broad, parallel-sided iii basal half, then 

 narrowed, the apex bitid, with short sharp lobes ; in the ? 

 short, ])arallel-sided, apieally truncate. 



Forceps with the branch t-s in the ^ remote, rather stout, 

 depressed, subdilated in basal half, the ])ortion ending in a 

 minute sharp tooth j somewhat constricted beyond this, and 

 then subdilated again to the apex, which is abruptly attenuate 

 and sharply hooked : in the ? simple. 



Togo: Bismarkburg, 11. vi.-18. x. 93, cJ and ? {Conradt, 

 in IMus. Berlin). 



This species in size, build, and coloration approaches 

 S. assiniensis; it differs in the form ot the pygidium and 

 forceps of the male. 



Spongovostox kn'ste7ise7n, sp. n. 



Statura mediocri vel minora ; colore fusco-castaneo, fulvo-variegato ; 

 pronotum latius qiiam longius ; elytra fusca, fulvo-maculata ; 

 alae uigraj, vel longai, vel abbreviatoD ; segmeiitum ultimum dorsalo 

 (S trausversum, utrinque tumidum ; pygidium J brevissimum ; 

 latum, margine postico sinuato ; forcipis bracchia c? valdo 

 remota, basi ipso triquetra, valida, et dilatata, abrupte atteniiata 

 ac deorsum curvata, debiuc attenuata, arcuata, ante apicem dente 

 parve armata. 



d. ?. 



Long, corporis 7'O-S mm. 6*5-7 mm. 



„ forcipis 3-3'75 „ 2 „ 



