36 APACHYID^. 



Genus DENDROIKETES, Burr. 

 Deudroiketes, Burr, (09') p. 321. 



Type, Apacliyus cortichius. Burr. 



Kesembles Apachyus generally, but body less depressed ; head 

 less flattened, occiput tumid. Antennae with about 30 segments ; 

 first long and thick, third long and cylindrical ; fourth and fifth 

 short and subcorneal, together not longer tlian third ; sixth and 

 ninth slightly longer, subconical ; the rest more elongate, nearly 

 cylindrical. Pronotum rectangular ; elytra and wings perfectly deve- 

 loped ; femora somewhat compressed ; tibia? slender ; tarsi slender, 

 first and third segments about equally long. Abdomen parallel - 

 sided, depressed and smooth. Last dorsal segment of S and $ 

 ample, slightly broader than long, densely granulated ; penultimate 

 ventral segment of S convex, rounded and obtusely triangular, 

 punctate ; in $ punctate, produced into a long, slender, sharp- 

 pointed lobe. Anal process smoother, depressed, the margin itself 

 finely crenulated, rounded in c^ ; iu $ parallel-sided at the base 

 itself, then obtusely triangular. Forceps with the branches 

 depressed, finely punctulate ; in 6 unarmed, incurved ; in $ 

 straighter. 



Ilanr/e. Ceylon. 



This genus was founded for a single Singhalese species Avhich 

 represents the passage from Apachyus to typical earwigs. 



It resembles Apachyus in its main features, especially in the form 

 of the apex of the abdomen and the forceps, and in the penultimate 

 ventral segment of the female, but in the less depressed body, 

 rectangular pronotum, somewhat different tarsi, and penultimate 

 ventral segment of the male it approaches the normal earwig. 



3. Dendroiketes corticiiiiis, Burr* (Fig. 3.) 



Apachyus corticinus, Burr, (08^) p. 51. 

 Dendroiketes corticiuus, Burr, (09) p. 321. 



Of small size ; general colour greyish fuscous ; antennae with 

 first three segments yellowish, the rest grey ; head smooth, 

 yellowish, the mouth-parts darker; sutures distinct. Pronotum 

 rectangular, nearly square, prozona tumid, median suture distinct, 

 metazona depressed, sides reflexed ; scutellum obtusely triangular ; 

 elytra narrow, not rounded at the shoulders, about twice as long 

 as the pronotum, smooth, greyish brown ; wings very prominent, 

 longer than the elytra, the scales of the same colour ; legs yel- 

 lowish, the femoi-a with darker shading ; abdomen depressed, 

 parallel-sided, yellowish brown, smooth. Last dorsal segment of 

 cJ and $ ample, reddish brown, a little broader than long, coarsely 

 scabrous, with a faint median depression. Penultimate ventral 

 segment of (^ punctate, decidedly convex, obtusely triangular ; of 

 5 produced into a long slender sharp-pointed lobe. Anal process 

 smoother, depressed and prominent, the edge finely crenulate ; in 



