56 PYGIDICRANID^. 



of P. marmoricrura, and resembles that species generally in 

 structure, but is somewhat stouter and smaller ; it is distinguished 

 by the variegated pattern of the anterior portion of the body. 

 The markings of the head, pronotum, elytra and femora vary 

 consideriibly in detail, but always conform more or less to the 

 pattern as described. 



1 7. Pygidicrana valida, Dolim. 



Pjgidicrana valida, Dohrn, (67) p. 344, S ; Scudd. (76) p. 328 ; 

 Borm. (94) p. 375, (00^) p. 22; Kirhj, (04) p. 5; Burr, (08^) 

 p. 385. 



Size large, stature powerful ; not very pubescent. Antennse 

 entirely reddish testaceous. Head black, with a broad central 

 yellowish spot. Pronotum oval posterior margin truncate, the 

 others and all angles rounded ; equally wide anteriorly and 

 posteriorly ; testaceous, with two broad black bands w hich unite 

 posteriorly and reach the posterior margin ; anterior margin 

 narrowly bordered with black. Scutellum small, testaceous. 

 Elytra ample, long, nearly twice as long as the pronotum, blackish, 

 with an oblique large yellowish spot on the disc near the shoulder. 

 Wings prominent, testaceous. Legs testaceous, with a very narrow 

 fuscous stripe on the femora. Abdomen dark reddish black, rather 

 depressed in both sexes, very sliglitly widened posteriorly in the 

 6 ■, parallel in the 5 ; with a tine, dense, short, yellowish pub- 

 escence and a few bristles. Last dorsal segment quadrate, very 

 finely granulate, angles rather sharp, posterior margin rounded 

 alike in the two sexes, a little wider in the 6 than in the $ , with a 

 faint lateral longitudinal keel. Penultimate ventral segment of S 

 broad, rounded ; of $ triangular, rounded apically. Forceps stout, 

 trigonal, and decidedly depressed ; contiguous along the inner 

 margin ; in the S broad and flat, the inner margin crenulate in 

 the basal half, which is neai'ly straight, but directed somewhat 

 towaras the right; then half way down, both branches bent 

 abruptly to the left, so that the inner margin of the right branch 

 is concave and that of the left branch is decidedly convex ; then 

 tapering and directed to the left, as far as the apex which is 

 hooked ; the outer margin of the right branch is convex at the 

 bend, that of the left branch decidedly concave ; in the $ the 

 forceps are straight and rather elongate. 



Madbas: Madura (coZZ. ^itrr) ; Burma: Karen-ni, Keba District, 

 3000-3700 ft., May-Dec. {Genoa Mus.); Tonkin {coll. Burr). 



In the form of the forceps this species resembles Cranopygia 

 cumingi ; in colour, build, and general structure it resembles 

 P. imperatrix, from which it differs in the unarmed forceps. 



