On some South African Dermaptera (Earwigs). 1 



tudinal shallow furrow or sulcus down each side ; tarsi long and 

 slender, the third segment about one-third and shorter than the first, 

 the second more than half as long as the third. 



FIG. 3. (a) A. sulcatipes $ ; (b) leg ; (c) antenna ; (d) head and thorax. 



Abdomen smooth, brown. 



Forceps typical, but rather long and slender. 



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This is so well marked a species that I describe it on a single 

 female, as in this group there is but little difference between the 

 sexes. 



It is well characterised, among other things, by the furrow on the 

 tibiae. 



FAMILY 



GEN. LABIA, Leach. 

 1. L. MINOK, Linn. 



Forficula minor, Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. x., i., p. 423 (1758). 



