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joints remain) brown above, inclining to testaceous at the base 

 and beneath; legs testaceous ; pronotum black, the lateral 

 margins testaceous ; tegniina nearly black, the suture with a 

 rusty-red band ; wings and abdomen darker reddish brown, the 

 two penultimate segments of the latter nearly black ; terminal 

 segment very large, gradually but distinctly widening from the 

 base to the extremity, depressed in the middle, with no terminal 

 spines, but with a small prominence on each side at the base of 

 the forceps ; pygidium rather more prominent than inL. riparia, 

 and cut off square at the extremity ; forcej)s rather stout, 

 especially at the base, shaped nearly as in L. riparia-, a small 

 tooth on the lower carina at one-third of the length of the forceps, 

 and a larger one on the inner curve at two-thirds. 



Hob. Philippines. 



Allied to L. riparia, but a very large dark species, with the 

 terminal segment of the abdomen differently constructed. 



Labidura pluvialis, sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 27 millim. ; segm. ult. cum forcip. 11 millim, 



Male. Black, the antennae, mouth-parts, under surface of the 

 head, pectus, sides of the abdomen, and legs testaceous or tawny ; 

 sides of pronotum and of tegmina, suture of the latter and 

 terminal segment of abdomen, including forceps, reddish ; a black 

 dash on the sides of the pronotum below the pale lateral ridge ; 

 abdomen thickly and finely punctured, more coarsely below than 

 above, terminal segment with a slight hump on each side above 

 the base of the forceps, and a depression on the median line 

 followed by one projecting tooth in the middle ; forceps rather 

 stout, smooth, with a small tooth projecting obliquely downwards 

 at three-fourths of their length, and the tips, which shade into 

 blackish, are upcurved. 



Sah. Eaine Island. 



Allied to L. riparia, Pall., but the tegmina are more rounded 

 at the tips, the wings are absent or concealed, and the abdomen 

 ends in one middle spine instead of two. 



Labidtjra(?) Claeki, sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 20 millim. ; segm. ult. cum forcip. 7 millim. 



Female. Head smooth, red ; mouth-parts, antennje, and legs 

 pale yellow ; antennae 20-jointed, sparingly clothed with short 

 erect hairs, the space widened, joint 2 transverse, joint 3 twice as 



