. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. On some South African Demnaptera (Earwigs). 11 Last dorsal segment transverse in the $ , the posterior margin raised into a low, rugulose ridge, beyond which the surface slopes down to the pygidium ; in the ? simple, narrow. Penultimate ventral segment $ broadly rounded. Pygidium $ an obtuse tubercle, with face vertical and lower. FIG. 6.—(a) M. promontorii 3 type; (b) forceps 3 . margin produced into a narrow flat transverse lobe, with converging sides and truncate apically ; in $ minute. Forceps wit
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. On some South African Demnaptera (Earwigs). 11 Last dorsal segment transverse in the $ , the posterior margin raised into a low, rugulose ridge, beyond which the surface slopes down to the pygidium ; in the ? simple, narrow. Penultimate ventral segment $ broadly rounded. Pygidium $ an obtuse tubercle, with face vertical and lower. FIG. 6.—(a) M. promontorii 3 type; (b) forceps 3 . margin produced into a narrow flat transverse lobe, with converging sides and truncate apically ; in $ minute. Forceps with the branches in the $ slender, remote at the base, gently arcuate, feebly dilated near the base, with an almost obsolete tooth near the apex ; in the ? simple, straight and sub-contiguous. Cape Colony : Caledon, $ 5 , L. Peringuey, 1905. This species has a close superficial resemblance to the European Apteryyida albipennis, which goes even down to the forceps, but the pygidium is not quite the same, and the rudimentary elytra at once distinguish it. 3. M. KAFFIK, sp. n. Fig. 7, a-b. Elytris valde rudimentariis, ad suturam non attingentibus ; pygidium $ $ emarginatum, lobis acutis; forcipis bracchia J rernota, gracilia. Long, corporis : 3 , 8-5 mm. Long, forcipis : $ , 3'5 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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