THE EARWtGS OP C^YLOI^. ■:"?-"■ 69 



Borm„1900. Forf. 15. 

 Dohrn, Kirb., Karsch., Burr,, Scudd. 

 This genus may. be recognised by its large size, general colouration, long 

 antennae and distinct scutellum. It contains a little less than thirty species-, 

 of whirh five are known to occur in CejloD. 



PYGIDICRANA. 

 1. Head broader than pronotum. 

 2. Wings showing beyond elytra. 



3. Head testaceous above, the borders 



black, with a black median line.... 1. PICTA, Gnerin. 

 3'3. H*ad black above, with a cen- 

 tral testaceous star-shaped mark, 2. 3lAR3IORICRURA,8er. 

 2*2. Wings not showing beyond elytra. 



3. Elytra unicolorous 3- NIETNERI, Dohrn. 



3-3. Elytra yellow, edged with brown. 4. CUMINGI, Dohrn. 



I'l Head narrower than pronotum 5. ANGUSTATA, Dohrn. 



PYGIDICRANA PICTA, QxnGvin. 

 Medium sized. 



Head yellowish, with black borders, and a black central line ; mouth parts 

 varied with black. The antennEe have more than thirty segments, which 

 are brownish. Pponotnm slightly narrower than the head, yellowish, with 

 two black longitudinal bands ; the corners are rounded. Scutellum, small, 

 plain-yellow. Elytra brown, with three pale lines, the middle one broken 

 obliquely truncated at apex. Wings well developed, yellow, with thf suture 

 darker and the outer margin darker. Sternum uniform yellow. Feet yellow, 

 the femora banded with black, the tibise with a few indistinct black marks. 

 First tarsal segments longer than the tiird. Abd(men reddish-brown, smooth, 

 the last segment broadened, darker in colour, granulated, the hinder be rder 

 rouiide<^, slightly emargin-tte at the corners, which end in a sharp point. For- 

 ceps black, flat reneath, keeled above, the branches stout, straight, gradually 

 converging, to form a small narrow o\al, irmnulated on the -nner margin at 

 the part meeting near the apex, and then contiguous until the apex itself, 

 where the points decussate. In the $ the brandies are contiguous their 

 whole length, and toothed on the inner side. The whole body is pubescent. 



Length of the body ^$27mm. 



„ „ forceps $ 7 mm. 9 3-5 mm. 



Pygidicrana pictaG-aQiixi., Magasin de Zoolog., 1838, VIII 70, tab. 236, fig. 1. 

 Dohrn, 1863, Stett. Eiit. Zeit., xxiv,, 50. 

 Borm. 1900. Forf. 18. 

 J3"a5?i«<.— India, Madras (Gnerin) ; Ceylon (Doh'n), Ceylon (Mus. Brux.). 



PYGIDICRANA MARMORICRURA, Serv. 

 Large. General colour dull- black, the different organs varied with light- 

 testaceous. The head is dark^fuscous, with a testaceous patch in the centre 



