118 LABIID.'E. 



«tout, and trigonal at the base ; in the c? subcontiguous, straight 

 and strongly tapering towards the points, which are strongly- 

 incurved ; in the $ straight, conical, contiguous. 



Length of body 6'5 mm. 



,, forceps 1 „ 



BuEMA : Bhamo, viii. {Genoa Mus.). 



Occurs also in Borneo and the Philippines. 



Eecognizable by its small size, simple form, and reddish-orange 

 colour. 



It is included in the Indian list on the strength of the single 

 female reported by de Bormans from Burma ; but further 

 collecting will doubtless prove it to be fairly common in Further 

 India, and its distribution is probably more extensive, as it is an 

 indistinct little earwig which might be easily overlooked. 



68. Labia curvicanda, MotscJndshj. (Fig. 38.) 



Forficesila curvicanda, Motsch. (63) p. 2, tab. 1. fig. 1. 



Labia curvicauda, Bohrn, (64) p. 428; Biibr. (79) p. 364; Bonn. 



(88) p. 440, (94) p. 387, (00-') p. 70 ; Burr, (01) p. 325, (08") 



p. 33 ; Kirby, (04) p. 26. 

 Platylabia guineensis, Bohrn, (67) p. 348 ; Bor7n. (00-) p. 75 ; 



Eirby'iOA) p. 22. 

 Platylabia dimidiata, Bohrn, (67) p. 348; Borin. (00") p. 74 ; Eirhy, 



(04) p. 22. 

 Platylabif. camerunensis, Borg, (04) p. 570, pi. 26. fig. 4. 

 Platylabia bibastata, Bory, (04) p. 572, pi. 26. fig. 5. 

 Platylabia dimidiata, Bohrn, var. guineensis Sf var. camerunensis, 



Borelli, (07) p. 382. 



Size small. Colour blackish brown or reddish chestnut, some- 

 times varied with yellowish. Antennae blackish or reddish brown, 

 with some segments pale or yellow ; first segment clubbed ; third 

 cylindrical, not very long ; fourth about equal to third, and a 

 little thicker ; fifth a little longer than fourth, the remainder 

 gradually lengthening ; ? 14 segments. Head rather tumid, 

 gently emarginate posteriorly, black or dark brown. Pi'onotuni 

 longer than broad, narrower than the head, convex anteriorly, 

 the sides parallel, rounded posteriorly; black, brown, or light 

 yellow. Elytra black or deep brown, with a purplish sheen, 

 pubescent. Wings prominent, of the same colour as the elytra. 

 Legs testaceous, the femora usually ringed with blackish. Ab- 

 domen reddish-chestnut or blackish ; rather elongate, depressed; 

 parallel-sided in the S , broad about the middle and narrowed 

 apically in the 5 . Last doi'sal segment of cJ transverse, with a 

 median longitudinal depression ; narrowed in 5 , the depression 

 less marked. Pygidium of S depressed, short and broad, nearly 

 square, truncate posteriorly, not always very prominent ; of $ 

 hidden. Porceps of 6 remote at base, straight, dilated on inner 



