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



Pygidicrana Jiehrigi, sp. n. 



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

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

 raargiuata ; also breves, fulvas ; pedes fulvi, femoribus marmo- 

 ratjs, forcipis bracchia S basi depresso-triquetra, valida, in parte 

 basali divergentia et attenuata ; debinc fortius arcuata, ante 

 apicem margine iuterno incrassata ot macronata. 



6. 



Long, corporis 24 mm. 



„ forcipis 5*5 ,, 



Large and powerful. 



AntennfB black, with 30 segments, typical. 



Head black. 



Pronotum convex anteriorly, broadest at the slioulders, 

 narrowed posteriorly. 



Posterior margin truncate ; about as broad as the lieaJ 

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

 divergent in the prozona and convergent posteriorly. 



Scutollum 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 tliird. 



Abdomen dilated posteriorly ; last dorsal segment ample, 

 smooth, \v\{\\ 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 (6'. Fiehrig, S. V.) (cm. et 

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



Type in my collection. 



DitFers from P. v-nigntm, P. furcipafa, P. notigei-a, and 

 P. eyregia in the black elytra; from P. hivittata 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. 



