PYGIDICRANA PIEPERSI. 



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NOTE XIII. 



TWO NEW DERMAPTERA 

 IN THE COLLECTION OF THE LEYDEN MUSEUM 



BY 



MALCOLM BURR, B, A„ P. E. S., F. L. S. 



Pygidicrana pieper si, sp, n. 



Sat gracilis; fulvo-rufa ; tomentosa; pronotum subqua- 

 dratum ; scutellura am plum ; elytra brevia; alae abortivae ; 

 tarsi breves, lati, segmentis tertio primoque aeque longis ; 

 segmentum penultimum ventrale angustum, acutum ; forcipis 

 branchia contigua, depressa, apice arcuata. cf. 



Long, corporis 16.5 mm. 



> forcipis 3. > 



Ratber slender; general colour reddisb testaceous, sbaded 

 witb darker, entirely covered witb a fine dense pale pub- 

 escence. 



Antennae typical, tawny. 



Head blackish, pubescent, ratber flattened. 



Pronotum somewhat narrower than the head, subrectan- 

 gular, the sides parallel and corners rounded, longer than 

 broad; reddish testaceous, the prozona shaded with fuscous. 



Scutellum ample, as broad as the pronotum, nearly as 

 deep as broad, with a median suture, reddish testaceous, 

 pubescent. 



Sternal plates yellowish ; prosternum narrowed posteriorly, 

 mesosternum convex, rounded ; metasternum with lobe 

 broadened and somewhat sinuate posteriorly. 



Elytra narrow, dark orange yellow, hairy, cut away at 

 the axillary angle, exposing the ample scutellum, lanceolate 

 at the apex. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXX. 



