LA.BIA. ^^^ 



anar^in in basal half, then abruptly and strongly curved inwards 

 ZoTt at a right angle; in $ contiguous, trigonal, straight, 

 tapering, simple. 



6 2- 



Length ot body • 5-5 mm. 



,, forceps 1 V 



Ceylon: Nuwara Eliya, Galle (oo/?. Bor.u.^s), Peradeniya (co^- 

 Burr); Bubma : Shwegu, vi ., Katha -\- {^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^' 



yiii. (coll. Burr) ; Karen-ni, Keba ^^'^f^-^^^V.?; 4^01 4700 ft 

 4000-4300 ft., xii., i.; Karen-ni, Geku District, 4300-4/00 tt., 

 W /\u cryenoff J/ms.): Tenasseeim: Meetau, IV. 



All the names mentioned under this species are probably 

 SY^oVlusTough this cannot yet be said to be proved. The 

 snecTenppears to be as widespread and consequently as variable 

 as ?he uKsal LaUdura ripcn-ia itself. There are various dis- 

 ?Lctions quo ed, but these Ire not sufficient to 3^«tafy specific 

 rani Pxobably'if PlatylaUa r7-«-n-^. Dohrn as understood 

 C de Bormans,"has its pubescence worn and rubbed off, it becomes 

 pI .?S1, Dohrn.' To Borelli belongs the ci^^ of fir^^^ 

 fu^o-esting, at least in part, this synonymy, and in hi woik on 

 West A nkn earwigs he discusses these two so-called species, 

 ZfJoPrJLJensis of Borg. PI hihastataol Borg may be 

 dSnct^ as the form of the pygidium is somewhat different, but 

 tTclrJon of the anteuL as a character has no value 



"\nTbe'same way, the relative abruptness of the -rv^t-e of 

 the forceps of the male is a notoriously variable feature it 

 requres but little experience to make the Dermaptenst sceptical 

 as to the value of an/ species based upon shght differences in the 



armature of the forceps. . T3,i,.mn 



In the author's collection there are specimens from Bmma, 

 Cevh>n Java, Madagascar, Brazil, West Indies, and the Seychelles 

 and he cani'iot find any satisfactory --- /-' ^f ^^^^^^^.^^ 

 of them as specifically distinct; at the best t^^y offer but^slight 

 variations of colour and armature which ^^e even less marked 

 than would be expected over so extensive a distribution. 



69. Labia mucronata, Stal. (Fig. 39.) 



Forficula mucronata, -Sic?/, (60) p. 303. , , .-m « q^i • 7),aA,- 



(01) p. 324, (02) p. 481. 

 Of medium size. General colour blackish, varied with tawny. 

 AntennrS 14 segments, rather slender, light brown, darker 

 totrdTtCapex; segments cylindrical; fourth about half as 

 lon^as third; fifth alio shorter than third ; sixth about equal 

 to tibial Head black and smooth, sutures indistinct. Pronotum 



