170 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. 



Sphingolabis schwarzi Rehn. 



One male, Cayamas, Cuba, May 25 (Schwarz). 



This species was described from a single female specimen collected 

 in the same locality by the same collector. It was placed in the 

 genus Forficula by the describer but the male shows it to be a member 

 of the genus Sphingolabis. 



In general appearance of form and color the male is very like the 

 female but the forceps are more elongate and are armed on the inner 

 side with four teeth, the basal and apical ones the shortest, and basally 

 there are a few sharp tubercles on the inner and dorsal surfaces. The 

 pygidium terminates in a blunt cylindrical spine about three times as 

 long as the middle width. The antennae are twelve jointed. The 

 measurements are as follows : Length, elytra, 4 mm.; wing, 2; for- 

 ceps, 14. 



Sphingolabis buscki Rehn. 



Four full grown nymphs, all females, taken in the San Francisco 

 Mountains, St. Domingo, by Mr. Busck in September, 1905. The 

 antennae of these specimens are unicolorous and the legs are a little 

 lighter in color than in the type specimens but otherwise they agree 

 very well with the types. 



This species does not seem to fit very well into the genus Sphin- 

 golabis, being in general appearance very unlike the other members 

 of the genus. At a casual glance it resembles very much a large 

 Anisolabis. It seems to be the insect referred to by Scudder^ as 

 Psalis gagatina. > 



Forficula auricularia Linn. 



The specimens of this species recorded from Indiana, first by 

 Rehn and later by Blatchley, are not from the United States at all 

 but were taken by Professor Webster in Tasmania where he found them 

 injuring fruit. This information is taken from Webster's original notes. 



Forficula auricularia var. forcipata Steph. 



Specimens of this insect were bred from imported nests of the 

 brown-tail moth at Medford, Massachusetts, 



*Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geogr. Siirv. Terr., ii, 250, 1876. 



