HYPUilGUS. 189 



posteriorly, especially in the 5 ; posterior margiu straight, angles 

 rounded, tumid over the roots of the forceps. Penultimate ventral 

 segment of (S and $ broad, ample, gently convex. Pygidium hidden 

 in the c5' , short, sharp and conical in the $ . Forceps with the 

 branches in the c? nearly contiguous at the base, stout, rounded 

 but rather depressed in the basal third, which is straight and 

 crenulate along the inner margin ; then attenuate and arched gently 

 inwards to a sharp strong tooth on the inner margin ; beyond this 

 tooth strongly tapering and hooked ; the area enclosed before 

 the tooth is pear-shaped ; in the 2 the branches are contiguous, 

 simple, very slender, and rather long ; yellowish red in both 

 sexes. 



c? 2 



Length of body 7-10 mm. 6"5-8 mm. 



„ forceps 2'5-3 „ 2 ,, 



Ceylon : Peradeniya, Kandy, x. (coll. Burr) ; Burma : Palon,^ 

 viii.-ix. {Genoa Mus.). 



Type in the British Museum. 



This species is apparently common in Ceylon, where Mr. Grreen 

 took it flying round a lamp, and under stones. 



It is easy to recognize by the very characteristic coloration and 

 the form of the forceps. 



121. Hypurgus simplex, Bonn.** 



Opisthocosmia simplex, 5o?-m. f94) p. "96,(00") p. 3Q ; Bol. (97) 



p. 286 ; Burr, (01) p. 334, (04) p. 306 ; Kirby, (04) p. 39. 

 Hypurgus simplex, Burr, (07^) p. 102. 



Size rather large ; general colour brown-red. Antennae ^ith 1 1 

 segments, brown, the apical or anteapical segment pale ; all slender 

 and cylindrical, the fourth a trifle shorter than the fifth ; fifth 

 about equal to third. Head smooth, red, with darker shading. 

 Pronotum longer than broad, about as wide as the head ; anterior 

 margin straight, the angles sharp, somewhat produced ; sides gently 

 rounded, posterior margin well rounded ; dull red-brown, the sides- 

 paler. Elytra ample, smooth, well rounded at the shoulders, with 

 a row of short stiff bristles down the costal fold (but no keel) ; 

 dull dark chestnut-red, with an ill-defined light red band down 

 the costal fold. Wings prominent, dark chesnut-red, with a 

 prominent orange-red spot at the base of the scale and a smaller 

 light red spot at the apex of the suture ; these two spots are some- 

 times almost confluent. Legs brown, long and slender. Abdomen 

 smooth, dull, brown-red, stouter in the c5' than in the 2 ; sides of 

 segments five to nine in the S , seen from the side, roundly convex, 

 seen from above, recurved and sharp. Last dorsal segment trape- 

 zoidal, narrowed towards the apex, strongly sloping, especially in the 

 $ , smooth, posterior margiu straight and angles rounded, tumid over 



