EMBOROS. LIPARURA. 181 



Burma : Kareu-ni, Geku District, 4300-4700 ft., ii./iii. (Genoa 

 Mtis., 1 $ ). 



Ti/pe in the Genoa Museum, 



G'he above description is adapted from the original text of 

 de Bormans. In the Paris Museum there is a pair of earwigs 

 from Diego Suarez which have been referred to this species, as 

 from the description above they cannot be distinguished from the 

 Burmese specimen ; but it is probable that the two are distinct, as 

 their localities ai'e so widely separated. 



The genus Emboros was erected for de Bormans' 0. duUa, but 

 characterized from that pair from Diego 8uarez. This charac- 

 terization agrees in every particular with the description of 

 de Bormans, except that he does not refer to the keel of the 

 elytra. As he never luade use of this character in any of his work, 

 it is probable that he overlooked it, and there is little doubt that 

 the specimens from Diego Suarez belong to the same genus as 

 E. dubia, but it is likely that they will be shown to be specifically 

 distinct when the true male of the latter is discovered. In order 

 to settle this point, collectors in Further India should look out for 

 a small dark Opisthocosmiiue earwig with long narrow pronotum, 

 keeled elytra and no wiugs. A careful comparison with the male 

 from Diego Suarez will then probably show a specific distinction. 



In these circumstances it is advisable to give a brief account 

 of the features of this male : — 



It agrees in every respect with the description of E. dubius 

 except where the sexual characters are involved. The abdomen 

 is not very strongly dilated and consequently the last dorsal 

 segment is not very strongly angustate, being only slightly nar- 

 rower posteriorly than at the base ; its length is about equal to its 

 smallest width ; it is smooth and sloping, but not remarkably so ; 

 the posterior margin is gently convex, and tumid over the roots 

 of the forceps ; the latter are rather strong, horizontal, swollen at 

 the extreme base but not contiguous, cylindrical and converging 

 in the basal third, where they almost meet, and then straight 

 as far as the apex which is hooked ; the inner margin is very 

 finely denticulate, otherwise they are unarmed ; in colour deep 

 reddish black. The pygidium is just visible as a small obtuse 

 tubercle. Length of body, 8 mm.; forceps, 2-5 mm. 



Of course, should the true Burmese E. dubius prove to be 

 specifically distinct, this pair from Diego Suarez will require a 

 new name. 



Genus LIPARURA, Burr. 

 Liparura, Burr, (07') p. 119. 



Type, L. jmnctata, Burr. 



Size medium or small. Antennie unknown. Head smooth 

 and tumid, but sutures distinct. Pronotum square, nearly as 

 broad as the head. Elytra trapezoidal, not free, weak at the 

 axillary angle, exposing a transverse scutellum ; anal mai'gin of 



