62 Mr. W. F. K'lrhy— Notes on ForficuliJse. 



lower surface just beyond the middle, and then raised and 

 converging- to meeting points; the inner surface of the terminal 

 curve very finely denticulated. 



Ilab. Cameroons (De Bormans's collection; one specimen, 

 received by him from Brunner von Wattenwyl). 



Dohrn's description of P. caffra (Stett. ent. Zeit. xxviii. 

 p. 343, 1867) was based on female specimens. It is a larger 

 insect than that here described, and differs in colour and 

 mailvings. It is possibly the female of the male described 

 and figured as P. caffra by Karsch (Berlin, ent. Zeitschr. xxx. 

 p. 87, pi. iii. fig. 5J, from Zanzibar. Whether this is so or 

 not, the forceps of the insect figured by Karsch differ so much 

 from those of the two African species here described as new, 

 that it cannot possibly be referred to either of them. De Bor- 

 mans's description (' Tierreich,' Forf. p. 19) seems to be based 

 upon the descriptions of Dohrn and Karsch. 



Pygidicrana Bettoni^ sp. n. 



(J. — Long. Corp. 29 millim. ; segm. ult, cum forcip. 9 

 tnillim. ; long. tegm. 4 millim. ; cum alis 5 millim. 



2 . — Long. Corp. 27 millim. ; segm. ult. cum forcip. 8 

 millim, ; long. tegm. 4 millim. ; cum alis 5 millim. 



Head marked as in the last species, but the front testa- 

 ceous, with a longer or shorter black oval spot in front ; an- 

 tennae testaceous, o6-jointed ; pronotum testaceous, with two 

 broad, widely separated, blackish bands; tegmina reddish 

 brown, with the outer margin narrowly testaceous, and a 

 broad oval spot occupying the centre of the basal half. Wing- 

 scales testaceous. Abdomen reddish brown, paler towards 

 the base in the female ; clothed with a greyish pubescence, 

 expanded towards the extremity in the male, and with two 

 tubercles, as in Lahidura. Forceps of the male nearly as in 

 P. frontalis^ but more depressed and the projection nearly 

 rectangular ; forceps of the female of the usual form, con- 

 tiguous, and slightly curving upwards. Legs pale yellowish 

 testaceous ; femora with a pale reddish stripe, bordered below 

 with black, in the middle of the outer area. 



IJah. British East Afiica (Samburu and Voi) ; collected 

 by Mr. C. S. Betton. An immature specimen from Nyasa- 

 land {Mr. A. Whyte). 



Pygidicrana guttata, sp. n. 

 Pygidicrana guttata, De Borm., MS. 



Long. Corp. 21 millim.; segm. ult. cum forcip. 5^ millim. 

 1/aZe.— Antennae 2(3-jointed, joint 2 very short, 3 expanded 



