252 Mr. M. Burr — Notes on the Forficularia. 



XXV. — Notes on the Forficularia. 

 By Malcolm Burr, F.Z.S., F.B.S. 



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-Forficularia collected by JMr. W. F. H. Rosenberg in Ecuador. 

 II. — Apterygida or Sphimjolabis ? 

 III. — A new Species of Anisolabis from Ceylon. 

 IV. — Forficularia collected by I\Ir. Doherty in Macassar and New- 

 Guinea. 



I. — Forficularia collected by Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg 

 IN Ecuador. 



Among a fine collection of Orthoptera which I ])ave received 

 from Ml*. W. F. H. Rosenberg, there were twelve species of 

 Fu7'Jicularia, of which no less than seven were new to science ; 

 three I have already described in the pages of this Magazine, 

 the remainder work out as follows * : — 



Pyragra Saussurei, Dohrn. 



Cachabd, 500', XL '96, 2 c?, 2 ? ; Chimbo, V. '97, 1 ? . 

 This species has been recorded from Mexico, British Hon- 

 duras, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. 



Sparatta nigrina^ Stal. 



Camp above Chimbo, 3000', VIII. '97, 2 c? , 1 ? . 

 Recorded from Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Rio de Janeiro 



Sparatta armata^ sp. n. 



/S. nigrince vicina ; statura minore ; antennae lO-segmentatse ; py- 

 gidium parvum, quadratum, inerme, apice subsinuatum, angulis 

 acutis ; forcipis crura gracilia, subrecta, apice valde decussata, 

 margine interne dente valido medio armata. J . 



Long, corporis 6 mm. 



„ forcipis 2 „ 



Head black ; antennas with segments 1-7 black, 8-10 white. 



Pronotum : anterior border lounded, narrower than the 

 head ; posterior border rounded 5 the two anterior thirds are 

 red, the posterior third black. 



Elytra black, truncate at the apex. 



Wmgs projecting well beyond the elytra, black. 



Feet testaceous, the tarsi fuscous. 



* All the types are in my collection. 



