386 Mr. M, Burr— Notes on the Forficularia. 



Pygidicrana fiebrigi } sp. n. 



Statura majore ; caput nigrum ; pronotum fulvum, vittis 2 fuscis 

 liaud parallelis ornatum ; elytra brevia, nigra, anguste pallido- 

 marginata; aloe breves, fulvae ; pedes fulvi, femoribus marmo- 

 ratis, forcipis braechia J basi depresso-triquetra, valida, in parto 

 basali divergentia ot attenuata ; debinc fortius areuata, ante 

 apicera margine interno incrassata ct macronata. 



Long, corporis 24 mm. 



„ forcipis 5'5 „ 



Large and powerful. 



Antennae black, with 30 segments, typical. 



Bead black. 



Pronotum convex anteriorly, broadest at the shoulders, 

 narrowed posteriorly. 



Posterior margin truncate ; about as broad as the head 

 anteriorly ; fulvous, with two broad black bands, which are 

 divergent in the prozona and convergent posteriorly. 



Scutellum triangular, fulvous. 



Elytra rather short, black, with a very narrow yellow line 

 along the lateral margins. 



Wings short, yellow. 



Feet yellowish, the femora marbled with fuscous ; tarsi 

 short and broad, the first segment shorter than the third. 



Abdomen dilated posteriorly ; last dorsal segment ample, 

 smooth, with tawny pubescence and median suture; posterior 

 margin truncate ; penultimate ventral segment ample, broadly 

 rounded, slightly emarginate in middle of posterior margin, 

 exposing last segment at the corners. 



Forceps <$ with the branches subcontiguous at the base 

 itself, depressed, triquetre, and stout, strongly diverging in 

 basal halt, then attenuate, and strondly bowed inwards; just 

 before the apex incrassate, to form a depressed triangular 

 projection, then straight and hooked at the apex. 



Paraguay: San Bernardino (G. Fiebrig, S. V.) (cm. et 

 Mus. Berol. ; Jr. no. 1249/06). 



Type in my collection. 



Differs from P. v-nigrum, P.forcipata, P. notigera, and 

 P. egregia in the black elytra; from P. bivittata in the angled 

 bands on the pronotum ; the forceps are of the same type as 

 those of P. v-nigrum and P. bivittata, but differ in details. 



