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in our species. First and third tarsal joints equal in length, 

 second joint small, simple and compressed. Forceps about half 

 the length of the abdomen, separated at the base in the male, 

 not separated in the female." * 



L. minor Linnaeus. Little Earwig. 



" Much smaller than any of the preceding species. Light 

 brown, pubescent; head blackish; antennae io-12-jointed, fuscous; 

 mouth-parts pale ; pronotum narrower than the head, and a little 

 longer than broad ; wing covers nearly twice as long as the 

 thorax ; hind wings as long as the pronotum ; legs pale luteous ; 

 abdomen reddish brown in the middle above ; forceps of male 

 more than half as long as the abdomen, and distinctly serrulate 

 on inner edge ; last segment of male with an apical, compressed, 

 upcurved, long and slender tubercle. Length of body, 3.75- 

 6 mm.; forceps, 1.25-2 mm."* 



Meriden, 3 June (W. E. B.) ; Lyme, 23 August (A. B. 

 Champlain) ; Berlin, 28 September (D. J. CafTrey). 



* Descriptive Catalogue of the Orthoptera found within fifty miles of New York 

 City. Beutenmtiller. 



