54: PYGIDICEA>^ID.^. 



smooth; eyes prominent. Pronotum more or less ellipticai. 

 Scutellum small, triangular. Elytra ample, long, rather narrow, 

 depressed, not as a rule truncate at the apex, rounded at the 

 axillary angle, so as to expose the scutellum ; costal fold strongly 

 marked but not earinate, the costal area pressed inwards, very 

 distinct from the dorsal area. Prosternum somewhat convex on 

 the anterior margin, constricted posteriorly, Mesosternum about 

 as broad as long, posterior margin straight, the sides rounded. 

 Metasternum generally slightly longer than broad, the posterior 

 margin of the lobe more or less sinuate. Wings generally pro- 

 minent. Legs long ; femora compressed, keeled and rather broad 

 tibiae slender ; tarsi (in Indian species) long and slender, the first 

 segment longer than the third ; pad present between the claws. 

 Abdomen almost circular in cross-section in the male, somewhat 

 depressed in the female, narrowest near the base and somewhat 

 dilated apically in the inale ; broadest just beyond the middle in 

 the female. Last dorsal segment smooth and ample. Penulti- 

 mate ventral segment of male ample and broad, rounded at the 

 apex. Pygidium not prominent, but never fused with the last 

 dorsal segment. Forceps stout, depressed, of various forms : 

 always simpler in the female than in the male. 



Bange. Australia, Asia, Africa, South and Central America. 



The genus Pycjidicrana is now restricted to those species which 

 have a more or less oval pronotum, with broad and ample elyti'a, 

 and therefore a small scutellum. Even thus reduced, there are 

 half a dozen species known in India., 



Table of h<pecies. 



1. Penultimate ventral segment of male with 

 a depressed groove or canal in the middle 

 of the posterior margin ; (dark fuscous, 



varied with tawny lines and bands) .... ^ncffc, Guer., p. 55. 

 1.1. Penultimate ventral segment of male with 

 posterior margin entire. 

 2. Branche° of forceps of male contiguous, 



not arcuate or bowed ralula, Dohrn, p. 56. 



2.2. Branches of forceps of male arcuate or 



bowed, often enclosing an oval or 



elliptical area. 



3. Branches of forceps of male not 



elongate, strongly bowed, dilated on 



inner margin near apex; (pronotum, 



elytra and \\ings tawny ; legs 



speckled) ^j« //»/?};?» wi>, Haan, 



8.3. Branches of forceps of male elongate, [p. 57. 



arcuate, not dilated, but toothed just 

 before apex. 

 4. Size very great (44-47 mm.) ; bands 



of pronotum confluent behind .... eximia, Dohrn, p, 57. 

 4.4. Size less great (20-35 mm.) ; bands 

 of pronotum irregular or parallel. 



