314 Mr. M. Burr on new Species of Forficularia. 
straight at the apex, produced to a point at each corner. 
Pygidium 2 not visible. Branches of forceps 3 dark 
reddish, distant at the base, as seen from above diverging 
very slightly, then gradually approximating, more suddenly 
about 2 the length from the base, then approaching regularly 
until they meet and cross at the apex; seen from the side 
the branches are almost horizontal, very slightly sinuate: on 
the inner margin the branches are very finely serrulated for 
their whole length ; inthe @ very slightly sinuate, crenulated 
on the inner margin, except at the base itself. ¢ 9. 
Patria, Santa Catharina (¢ in coll. m.), Bahia (2 in coll. 
de Bormans). Type @ in coll. m. 
It is with very great pleasure that I dedicate this fine 
species to my learned colleague M. de Bormans, who has done 
so much to increase our knowledge of these neglected insects. 
It is to him that I owe the description of the female, which 
he has very kindly sent me, taken from a specimen in his 
rich collection. It is allied to Sp. croceipennis, Serv., but 
differs in its bright, almost metallic appearance, the colour of 
the feet and the form of the pygidium and forceps. 
Spongophora guttulata, sp. n. 
Parva, nigra, glabra; capite, pronoto, abdomine, femoribus, et tibiarum 
parte basali fusco-nigris ; antennis fusco-rufis, segmentis duobus 
primis exceptis pallidioribus ; elytra fusca, flavo-maculata; ale 
flavee, apice margineque externo fusce. Pygidium inconspicuum, 
obtectum. Forcipis brachia gracilia, inermia: ¢ basi distantia, 
fere recta, apice approximata; 2 basi fere contigua, recta, apice 
necnon decussata. of @. 
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icone. Corpse. eee 8 8-9-25 mm. 
Bee ORCL e iets ae + 2°5 
” 
Head rounded, black, shining ; mouth-parts black, palpi 
dark reddish ; antenne, of which 13 segments remain in one 
specimen, dark reddish, except the two basal segments, which 
are paler. Pronotum black, shining, as broad as long, as 
broad as the head, with the angles rounded. Flytra about 
twice as long as the pronotum, fuscous, with a large yellow 
spot at the shoulder. Wangs projecting well beyond the 
elytra, yellow, narrowly bordered with fuscous exteriorly, 
the fuscous broadening at the apex. Fvet: femora fuscous ; 
tibizs fuscous towards the base, testaceous towards the apex ; 
tarsi testaceous. Abdomen fuscous, shining, smooth, lateral 
tubercle on fourth segment; last dorsal segment (3) small, 
simple, posterior border straight, with a faint tubercle above 
the base of each branch of the forceps. Forceps dark reddish, 
shaded with fuscous: ¢ branches widely distant at the base, 
slender, nearly straight, incurved towards the apex, where | 
