390 Mr. M. Burr — Not.s on the Forficularia. 



Genus VI. PlCRANlA, nov. 



Caput angustum, pronoto haud vel vix latius ; pronotum longum 

 angustum, parallelum ; elytra brevia ; tarsi longi, graciles ; 

 abdomen angustum, fere parallelum. 



Type, Pygidicrana liturata, St aL 



I erect this genus for the two species with narrow heads. 

 P. liturata, Stal, from S. Africa and Diego Suarez, has a 

 very characteristic appearance and coloration. The other 

 species, P. angustata, Dohrn, from Ceylon, is only known 

 from the female type in the Berlin Museum. 



Table of Species. 



1. Abdomen in parte basali rufescens, lineis 4 



nigris signatuni : species at'ricaua 1. liturata, StSl. 



1.1. Abdomen rufescens, fulvo - marmoratum : 



species ceylonica 2. angustata, Dohrn. 



Genus VII. Pyge, nov. 



Pronotum subquadratum ; scutellum amplum, transversum, pro- 

 notum latitudine fere aut omuino aequans, medio sulculatum ; 

 elytra brevia, angulo axillari excavato, hoc modo scutellum 

 magnum liberantia ; costa interdum carinata ; alas rudimentariae ; 

 pedes breves ; femora compressa ; tarsi breves, haud tenues, 

 segmento primo tertium a?quanti vel subbreviori ; segmentum 

 •ultimum dorsale amplum ; segmentum penultimum ventrale 

 angustum, rotundato-acutum ; forcipis bracchia J $ brevia, 

 contigua, depressa. 



Type, Pygidicrana modesta, Borm. 



This genus is formed for the reception of those species in 

 which the elytra are excavated at the axillary angle, thus 

 exposing the characteristic ample scutellum. The elytra are 

 also short and narrow. There is sometimes a distinct keel 

 on the costal margin ; the wings are abortive, sometimes 

 represented by a pair of leathery flaps showing under the 

 shortened elytra. 



The species are confined to the Oriental and Australian 

 Regions, and do not appear to be common. 



They are of relatively small size and the colour is usually 

 dull brown or black, sometimes relieved by some yellow. 



Table of Species. 



1. Scutellum tarn latum quam pronotum. 



2. Pronotum bivittatum 1. vitticollis, StSl. 



2.2. Pronotum haud bivittatum. 



3. Pronotum scutellum elytra rufescentia. 2. jnepersi, Burr *. 



* ' Notes from the Leyden Museum/ xxx. p. 95 (1908). 



