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S rounded, iu $ parallel-sided at the base itself, then obtusely 

 triangular, with rather sharp points at each side. Eorceps de- 

 pressed, finely punctulate, deep red ; in d sickle-shaped, unarmed, 

 regularly arcuate ; in 5 with a blunt tubercle on the underside 

 near the base, rather thick, straight and parallel near the base itself, 

 then bowed inward at an obtuse angle, then straight, converging 

 to the points, which are abruptly attenuated and slightly hooked. 



6 2 



Length of body 8-5 mm. ] mm. 



,, forceps 1-5 „ 1-5 „ 



Cetlon : Peradeniya, in October (coll. Burr). One larva from 

 Ceylon (Vienna Mus.). 



Type in the author's collection. 



This species, the only known Singhalese representative of the 

 Apachyidce, may be easily recognized by the generic characters. It 

 was discovered by Mr. Green, who found a single pair. 



Family II. PYGIDICKANIDJE. 



The compressed and carinulate femora afford a convenient mesns 

 of separating this family. 



Fig. 2. — Leg of Fygidlcrana siconensis, Dohrn. 



The elytra are weakly attached — that is, the anal angle is 

 rounded, so that a triangular scutellum of var^'-ing size is exposed 

 at the base of the elytra when closed. 



The antenna have numerous segments, the fourth and fifth 

 shorter than the third, which is long. 



