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16w plants. A few also occurred to him on "sugared ' 

 posts in the evenings. In speaking of his records of 

 F. pubescens ( = F. lesnei) C, W. Dale says it occurs 

 chiefly amongst reeds on the south coast.* 



DISTRIBUTION. This earwig has a very limited 

 distribution. It occurs in France, Southern England, 

 Northern Spain, and perhaps Portugal- -nowhere else 

 so far as is known at present. It was first described 

 as a distinct species from specimens captured near 

 Benerville (Calvados) by P. Lesne in 1887. 



BRITISH LOCALITIES. 



F. lesnei has now been taken in quite a number of English 

 localities, and there is little doubt that they will be added to 

 considerably in the future. It may be local, for it must be 

 recollected that this earwig cannot fly and therefore the male 

 must seek the female by aid of its legs alone ; this may 

 perhaps restrict the distribution. At present the list of 

 localities is : 



ENGLAND. Berks : near Wallingford, a , Sept. 1892 

 (Donisthorpe) ; Bradfield College near Reading (Chitty) ; 

 Streatley, a , 21 Oct. 1905 (Wa/krr) ; Cothill near Abingdon, 

 singly twice, 18 and 20 Sept. 1910 (Walker). Cornwall: 

 Falmouth (C. W. Dale) Scilly Isles, first few days of October 

 1890 (C. W. Dale). Devon: Sidmouth (Bracken). Dorset: 

 common on coast (Briggs) ; Weymouth (J. C. Dale) \ Char- 

 mouth Sept. 1837 (J. C. Dale) ; Bournemouth (C. W. Dale) ; 

 Glanvilles Wootton, two (C. W. Dale) ; Swanage (Tomlin). 

 Essex : Colchester, in the early part of 1898 (Hanraod). 

 Hants : Bonchurch, Isle of Wight (J. C. Dale) ; Freshwater, 

 1. of Wight (Burr) Yentnor and Compton, 1. of Wight 

 (Burr) ; Undercliff and Blackgang, I. of Wight (Burr) 

 Niton and S. Catherine's Point (Donisthorpe). Kent : Folke- 

 stone Warren, Sept. 1896 (Burr)-, Queensdown Warren near 

 Chatham, probably 1899 (Walker). O.cou : a specimen in the 

 Hope Museum in Oxford labelled "Kingston in hedges, 

 1840 ' (teste Hamm)- Beckley, 10 Sept. 1904 (Walker); 

 Heading-ton Wick near Oxford, a male, 24 Nov. 1906 (Walker). 

 Surrey : near Reigate (West) ; near Ramnore, 8 Oct. 1899 

 (Lucas); Witley two, -1909 (Dalgleish) Boxhill (Burr). 

 Sussex, : Pagham and Selsea (Guermonprez) . Wilts : Wilton 

 near Salisbury, one taken by Curtis, May 1852 [fide C. W. Dale). 



* ' Entomologist/ 1895, p. 333. 



