58 PYGIUICRANID.i:. 



gradually widened to\^ards the apex in the c? • Last dorsal 

 segment broad and ample, black, smooth, wider than the abdomen 

 in the J , as wide in $ . Penultimate ventral segment rounded 

 in d" , narrower in $ . Forceps with branches in the c5' subcon- 

 tiguous at the base, which is rather broad, flat and dentate ; then 

 gently arcuate, denticulate along inner mai*gin, with a tooth near 

 the apex ; in 2 contiguous, depressed and straight. 



c^ 2 



Length of body 33-36 mm. 36-39 mm. 



„ forceps 11 „ 8 „ 



SiKKiM : Darjiling ; Madras : Berhampur (coll. Burr) ; Assam : 

 Khasi Hills, Bangkok, 1000-3000 ft., vi.05 (Pusa Coll), Sylhet 

 (Brit. Mus.). 



Type in the Stettin Museum (?). 



This fine species may be easily recognized by the build and 

 pattern of coloration. 



20. Pygidicrana marmoricrura, Serville. (Fig. 12.) 



Pygidicrana marmoricrura, Serville, (t!9) p. 20 ; Dohrn, (63) p. 50 ; 

 Smdd. (76) p. 328; Bormans. (00-) p. 19; Burr, (OO") p. 47, 

 (01) p. 69, (02) p. 478, (07^) p. 509, (08') p. 385 ; Kirhy, (04) 



Forficula (Pygidicrana) marmoricrura, Haan, (42) p. 239. 

 Pygidicrana marmoricauda, Sharp, (95) p. 215. 

 Pygidicrana liugeli, S/iai-p, (95) pp. 202 & 215, fig. 102. 



Size medium, relatively slender. Antennae with segments one 

 and two tawny, the rest greyish brown, with a thin darker band 

 at the base of each segment. Head fuscous with a large central 

 tawny spot (shaped like ++) which has a small fuscous dot in 

 the middle ; the actual detail of the spot varies considerably in 

 different specimens. Pronotum tawny, with two longitudinal 

 broad fuscous bands, sometimes interrupted in the middle, some- 

 times united posteriorly. Scutellum tawny. Elytra fuscous, 

 usually with an oblique oval yellowish spot on centre of the dis- 

 coidal surface. Wings prominent, tawny. Legs tawny, with 

 irregular fuscous bauds and markings on the outer surface of the 

 femora. Abdomen dark reddish black, relatively slender and 

 cylindrical in the cJ , rather \^ider and depressed in the $ . Last 

 dorsal segment of J ample, subquadrate, globose, sloping, and 

 slightly widened posteriorly, with a distinct median sulcus, almost 

 smooth, the posterior margin irregularly rounded, the middle 

 part rather flattened and incrassate ; in the $ similar but the 

 characters less marked. Penultimate ventral segment in c^" broadly 

 rounded ; in 2 narrow, triangular, with the apex rounded. For- 

 ceps with the branches in the <S elongate and depressed ; the basal 

 part dilated, thick and with its inner margin strongly denticulate ; 



