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).
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