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Genus XVIII. Sparatta, Serv. 

 Serv. OrthopUres, p. 51 (1839). 



Type, ;S^. pelvimetra, Serv., from Brazil. 



Sparatta HoRsriELDi, sp. n. 



Long. Corp. 12 millim. ; segm. nit. cum forcip. 4 millim. 



Female. Dull red or tawny ; liead light red, smooth, with the 

 occipital suture well-marked ; antennae at least 14-3ointed, black, 

 2nd joint transverse, the rest oval or pear-shaped, set with short 

 diverging, hairs, scape light red, joints 11 and 12 pale ; head 

 somewhat concave behind ; prothorax forming a distinct neck, the 

 anterior angles being strongly marked ; pronotum brown in front 

 and tawny yellow behind ; tegmina varying from brown to tawny 

 according to the light ; wings darker, with the edges narrowly pale ; 

 legs (as well as the head and pectus) luteous tawny ; abdomen 

 dull reddish, blackish on the sides at the base ; extremity also 

 blackish ; forceps light red, gradually incurved and meeting at 

 the points, the inner edge regularly denticulated ; pygidium 

 yellowish, very wide and short, and concave at the extremity. 



Sai. Java. 



Not closely allied to any described species. 



Grenus XIX. Mecomera, Serv. 

 Serv. Orth. p. 53 (1839). 



Type, M. hrunnea, Serv., from S. America. 

 Not represented in the Museum Collection. 



Genus XX. Labia, Leach. 

 Leach, Edinb. Encycl. ix. p. 118 (1815) ; Bohrn, Stett. ent. Zeit. 

 XXV. p. 423 (1864) ; Scudd. Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. Territ. ii. 

 p. 257 (1876). 



Type, Forficula minor, Linn., from Europe. 



Labia buprestoides, sp. n. (Plate XII. fig. 8.) 



Long. Corp. 13-16 millim. ; segm. ult. cum forcip. 5-6 millim. 



Head and abdomen, except the terminal segment, black; 



antennae 16-jointed, brown, clothed with short hairs ; pronotum 



and tegmina metallic green, the former less intense and slightly 



tinged with coppery at the edges ; wings white, the exposed part 



