Mr. 1\I. Burr — Notes on the Forficularia. 47 



Berlin Museum. It is notliiiig more or less than the female 

 of Nesogaster amoenus (Stal), so that the name must fall as a 

 synonym of that species. Dr. VerhoefF was misled by the 

 fact tiiat the elytra are partly opened out, perhaps by the 

 former insertion of a pin, so that the generic characters of 

 the elytra, as set forth by him, do not hold good. 



V. — Notes 071 the Forficularia. — XI. On neio and little- 

 knoion Species and Synonymic Notes. By MALCOLM BUKli, 

 B.A., F.L.S., F.E.S. 



Forcipula jacohsonij sp. n. 



Statura minore : colore fusco-costaneo ; pedes testacei ; abdominis 

 segmenta 3-6 tuberculis tenuibus singulis utrinque armatis : 

 forcipis bracchia gracilia elongata, apicem versus seusim arcuata, 

 inermia. ^ . 



Long, corporis 15 mm. 



„ forcipis 8 „ 



Size small; colour dark chestnut; antennae with 20 

 segments, third long and cylindrical, 4-6 very short, the rest 

 gradually lengthening. 



Head black, with yellowish pubescence, the sutures distinct. 



Pronotum nearly square, posterior margin rounded. 



Elytra black, of coarse texture, the lateral keel not very 

 ])rominent. Wings black, tipped with yellowish at the apex 

 of the suture. 



Feet uniform testaceous. 



Abdomen parallel, slender, black; segments 3-6 with 

 slender, sharp, gently recurved, spine-like tubercles projecting 

 on each side. Dorsal surface finely granulated, the posterior 

 margin of each segment milled. Last dorsal segment ample, 

 (juadrate, smooth, with a deep median longitudinal furrow ; 

 posterior margin straigiit, with a nearly obsolete tubercle over 

 the insertion of the forceps. 



Ventral surface very finely punctulate, clothed with 

 yellowish pubescence on tlie margins of the segments. 



Penultimate ventral segment rounded. Pygidium very 

 short, tumid, and obtuse. Forceps with the branches elongate 

 and slender, nearly straight, gently incurved at the apex, 

 with a few obsolete denticulations along the inner margin. (^ . 



N. Java, Samarang {Jacohson). 



