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PnONOTUM slightly narrower than the head, almost square, but 

 slightly broador than long ; the anterior and posterior borders are 

 straL^ht. 



ELYTRA are small, formed as in certain Cheh'durcs, parailel, obliquely 

 truncated posteriorlv, the anterior horde :.lso being oljliipic to reveal the 

 scutellum ; the form of the elytra is like two equibiter.l tiiaugles with ihe 

 apices truncated, being placod together, this tmncated pait ot: each being 

 conti U0I18 with that of the other. Near the base of each elytrou there 

 is a small obi ng de^iression, 



WIN'tS absent. 



FEET slender, testaceous. 



ABDOMEN smooth and slender, slightly dilated beycnd the middle, tbe 

 last dorsal segment bein.*;- stroniily attenuated and narrowed. The second 

 dorsal segment tears a faint, the third a prouiinent lateral tubercle ; the 

 penultimate dorsal segment is unarmed. The last segment is furnished with 

 a small tubercle at each posterior angle, 



FOUCEPS are very slender and elongated ; the branches are very slightly 

 dilated near the base ; at the base itself thev are remote, but become conti- 

 guous almost immediately for a short part of their length, then diverging, to 

 form an elongate oval, the apices just meeting ; the inner margin is armed 

 beyond the contiguous part ■n'ith two minute teeth. 



The $ is unknown. 



Habitat. — Ceylon (Thwaite?, in coll. Hope, ex-coll,, Westwood). 



This species is closely allied to N. asintica^Bovm.), but may be distinguished 

 by the shape of the forceps, which are quite straight, seen from the side, and 

 not undulating ; the penultimate dorsal segment is also unarmed, and the 

 elytra are different in shupe, as is also the pronotnm. 



There is a doubtful winged species of the genus known from Madagascar, 

 but it is otherwise confined to the Neotropical Kegion. 



Genus l.—PYGWICRANA (.Serville.) 



Large insects. General colour yellowish-brow n, varied with black or yellow. 

 AntnnnaB with nure than 25 segments. Pronotum scarcely as bioad as the 

 head, oval-round, or more or less rectangular in shape. The elytra are well 

 dev loped, rounded at the apex. The scnieJlum is triangular, always distinct. 

 The wings are devehiped, and in most species project more or less beyond the 

 elytra. The abdomen is long and cylindrical, without tubercular folds on 

 the second and third segments ; the last segment large, broadened in the $, 

 The forceps are stout, the branches usually more or less c( nical in the ^ and 

 incurved, armed with strong teeth at the base, more or less fl-attened ; in the 

 9 they are simple, straight and unarmed. The feet are short; the femora 

 broad and flat, the first tarsal segment is scarcely as long as the third, the 

 second is small and cylindrical. 



Pygidicrana, Serville, 1831, Kev. Meth., 4 id,, 1839, Orth. 19. 



