182 rORKICULIDiE. 



elytra short ; posterior marp;in oblique ; costal fold witli an entire 

 and strongly-marked keel. Wings absent. Legs long and slender ; 

 iirst tarsal segment longer than the second and third united. 

 Abdomen strongly dilated and strongly attenuate at the apex. 

 Last dorsal segment short, small, and transverse, gently attenuate 

 and strongly sloping. Penultimate ventral segment broad, rounded. 

 Pygidium not distinct. Forceps of d" with the branches subcon- 

 tignous, rather depressed at the base, elongate ; simple in the $ . 



linage. India. 



This genus is based on a pair of earwigs from Northern India 

 which are related to Ohelnra tumid, Burr, from Ceylon, and to 

 0. asiaiica, Borm., from Southern India. But the keel of the 

 elytra, with the square pronotum and long tarsi, are very dis- 

 tinctive features. 



115. Liparura punctata, sp, n, (Fig. 04.) 



Neolohophora asiatica, Burr, (08^) p. 117. 



Liparura asiatica, Burr, (07') p. 119 (nee Borm,, nee Kirbi/,. 



Size small, deep reddish chestnut. Antenna) unknown. Head 

 tumid, sutures feeble. Pronotum about as broad as the head, 

 square; prozona tumid, with a median suture and impression 

 ou each side ; metazona depressed, sides strongly reflexed. 

 Scutellum short, as broad as the pronotum, rounded posteriorly, 

 smooth. Elytra abbreviated, trapezoidal, the posterior margin 

 being oblique, so that the axillary (sutural) margin is much shorter 

 than the costal margin ; costal keel very sharp and well defined. 

 Legs very long and slender. Abdomen punctate, strongly dilated 

 and convex in both sexes. Last dorsal segment of cJ trajjezoidal, 

 narrowed posteriority, sti'ongly sloping; in $ similar, but still more 

 strongly sloping. Penultimate ventral segment of c? transverse, 

 rounded. Pygidium of c5" and $ indistinguishable. Forceps of c^' 

 witli the branches subcontiguous at the base, slender, elongate, 

 somewhat compressed, almost crested above, contiguous and nearly 

 straight through half their length, then attenuate and gently 

 arched, enclosing an elongate ellipse, the points meeting; in the 

 5 the branches are slender, subcontiguous, straight, elongate, only 

 meeting at the apex. 



c? 2 



Length of body 7*5 mm. 75 mm. 



„ forceps 4-5 „ 2-75 „ 



SiKKiM : Darjiling (Paris il/»s.) ; Bhutan : Pedong (Paris Mns.). 



Type in the Paris Museum. 



There is nothing in de Bormans' description of Neolohophora 

 asiatica which excludes the two specimens in the Paris Museum, 

 but the entire omission of any reference to the strongly punctu- 

 late body and the fact that his typcj was from the south of India 

 — whereas these are from Darjiling and Bhutan, a difference 

 especially important in apterous forms such as these — render it 



