32 APAOHTID.!). 



Genus APACHYUS, Serville. 



Apachyus, Serville, (31) p. 35. 

 Apachya, Serville, (39) p. 54. 



Type, Forfinda depressa, Pal.-Beauv. 



Entire body remarkably flattened and depressed. Antennae 

 long, with from 30-50 segments, 1st segment stout and long, 2nd 

 minute, remainder cylindrical or conico-cylindrical, 3rd long, 4th to 

 7th very short, the remainder gradually lengthening. Head rather 

 broad, triangular in front, truncate posteriorly, sutures distinct ; 

 eyes prominent. Pronotum elliptical, angustate anteriorly, the 

 sides convex and constricted quite near the posterior margin, 

 which is truncate. Scutellum coriaceous, acutely triangular. 

 Elytra ample and smooth ; costal portion very narrow ; humeral 

 fold very faint. Wings ample and long, the coriaceous part with 

 a nearly obsolete faint longitudinal ridge ; the folds of the mem- 

 branous part well exposed along the suture. Prosternum parallel, 

 widened posteriorly ; mesosternum ample, subquadrangular, 

 truncate posteriorly, the posterior angles rounded. Metasternura 

 ample, posterior margin sinuate. Eemora compressed, carinu- 

 late, fairly stout ; tibiae slender ; first tarsal segment short and 

 thick, second very minute, third long and slender, considerably 

 longer than the first. Pulvillus present between the claws. 

 Abdomen parallel-sided, very flat, generally smooth ; lateral tubercles 

 not visible. Last dorsal segment ample in both sexes, subquadrate. 

 Penultimate ventral segment produced posteriorly into a long 

 acuminate lobe in both sexes. Last ventral segment visible at 

 the sides of this pointed lobe. Anal process produced between 

 the forceps from the last dorsal segment into a flat lobe, rounded, 

 pentagonal or lanceolate. Forceps with the branches very similar 

 in both sexes, flat, arcuate or incurved at an angle, without teeth. 



Eanrje. Tropical Asia, New Guinea and Africa. 



In the nymph the anal process is lanceolate ; the sixth ventral 

 segment is produced to a pointed lobe, but still leaves the 7th and 

 8th segments visible, and the 9th is visible as a triangular area on 

 each side of the under surface of the anal process. 



This genus is easy to recognize, as all the species are very 

 similar and the generic and family characters are very distinctive ; 

 the very strongly flattened body, the form of the organs of flight, 

 the elliptical pronotum, the anal process, and sickle-like forceps 

 are very noticeable. 



Table of Species. 



1. Aual process with side angles not very sharp ; 

 last dorsal segment granulose ; reddish 



chestnut fecc, Borm., p. 33. 



1.1. Anal process with side angles sharp; last 

 dorsal segment rugose ; colour deep choco- 

 late-brown pascoei, Kirby, p. 35. 



