390 Mr. M. Burr — Notes on the Forticularia. 



Genus VI. PiCEANiA, nov. 



Caput angustum, proiioto hand vel vix latius ; pronotum longum 

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

 abdomen angustum, fere parallelum. 



Type, Pygidicrana h'ttarita, Stal. 



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

 F. liturata, Stal, from S. Africa and Uiego Suarez, has a 

 very characteristic appearance and coloration. The other 

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

 from the female type in the Berlin Museum. 



Table of Species. 



1. Abdomen in parte basali rufesceus, lineis 4 



iiigris signatum : species africana 1. liturata, StSl. 



1.1. Abdomen nifescens, fulvo - marmoratum : 



species ceylonica 2. ungustata, Dohrn. 



Genus VII. Pyge, nov. 



Pronotum subquadratum ; scutellum amplum, transversum, pro- 

 notum latitudine fere aut omuino a^quans, medio sulculatum ; 

 elytra brevia, angulo axillari excavato, hoc modo scutellum 

 magnum liberantia ; costa interdum carinata ; alge rudimentarite ; 

 pedes breves ; femora compressa ; tarsi breves, baud tcnues, 

 segraento primo tertium ajquanti vel subbreviori ; segmentum 

 ultimum dorsale amplum ; segmentum pcnultimum ventrale 

 angustum, rotundato-acutum ; forcipis braccbia (S § brevia, 

 contigua, depressa. 



Type, Pyrjidici-ana modesia, Borm. 



This genus is formed for the reception of those species in 

 which the elytra are excavated at the axillary angle, tlius 

 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 

 Begions, 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 tam latum quam pronotum. 



2. Pronotum bivittatum 1. vitticollis, Stal. 



2.2. Pronotum baud bivittatum. 



3. Pronotum scutellum elj'trarufescentia. 2. jy?'e/j(?/-s/, Burr *. 



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



