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18. Pygidicrana pallidipennis, Haan. (Fig. 11.) 



Forficula (Pygidicrana) pallidipennis, de Haan, (42) p. 240, pi. 23, 



lio-. 8. 

 Pygidicrana pallidipennis, Dohrn, (63) p. 50 ; Scudd. (76) p. 328 ; 



Bonn. (88) p. 433, (94) p. 375, (00") p. 18 j Kirby, (G4) p. o; 



Burr, {OS') p. 385. 



Large ; general colour tawny, the abdomen and forceps blackish. 

 Antennae entirely tawny. Head tawny ; eyes, frons, and mouth- 

 parts blackish. Pronotum tawny, with a few dark dots. 

 Elytra darker tawny, somewhat paler in the centre of the disc. 

 Wings tawny. Legs tawny, the femora speckled with numerous 

 black dots. Abdomen shining reddish black, very finely 

 riigulose. Last dorsal segment more strongly rugulose, very 

 much wider than the abdomen, widened posteriorly ; posterior 

 margin rounded and incrassate in the middle ; externo-posterior 

 angles produced into a short rounded Fold. Penultimate ventral 

 segment broadly rounded. Forceps in S with the branches strongly 

 depressed, smooth, broad and nearly contiguous at the base, 

 diverging and rapidly narrowing, then abruptly bowed inwards at 

 an angle, thus enclosing a nearly equilateral triangular area ; then 

 strongly broadened and incrassate so that they meet ; thence 

 sti'aight, contiguous, attenuate aud unarmed towards the hooked 

 apex. 



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Length of body 27"o mm. 



„ forceps 6"5 „ 



Burma : Kakhyen (Kachin) Hills, Aug.-Nov. ; Karen-ni, Keba 

 District, ;^000-3700 ft., May-Dec, 4700-5000 fc, March-April 

 {Genoa Mas.). 



Occui"s also in Borneo, Sumatra and Java, 



Tyjje in the Leyden Museum. 



This fine species is easily recognized by the dark speckling on 

 the outer face of the pale legs. 



19. Pygidicrana eximia, Dohrn. 



Pygidicrana eximia, Dohrn, (65) p. 49; Scudd. (76) p. 328; Bonn. 

 (00-) p. 18, fig. 11; Kirhij, (04) p. o; Burr, (05') p. 27, (08') 

 p. 385. 



Very large, black, with orange-yellow markings. Antennae 

 brown, the first two segments yellowish. Head black, with a 

 yellowish-bi'own, irregular spot in the centre. Pronotum oval, 

 a little longer than broad, yellowish with two black bands, which 

 converge and meet posteriorly. Elytra blackish, with a long oval 

 tawny spot occupying the greater part of the disc ; costal area 

 tawny in the basal half. Wings tawny. Legs tawny, sometimes 

 with dark lines. Abdomen black, elongate, parallel-sided in $ , 



