204 roRncuLiD.i:. 



133. Lipodes vivax, Burr* 



Opisthocosmia vivax, Burr, (05^) p. 30. 

 Lipodes vivax, Burr, (07^) p. 101. 



Large and robust ; general colour tawny bro\\n. Pronotum with 

 very distinct median suture; prozona tumid, deeply impressed on 

 each side. Elytra ample, well rounded at the shoulders, truncate 

 posteriorly, darker behind. Abdomen smooth, with hinder edges 

 of segments friuged with pale hairs. Pygidium parallel-sided, 

 prominent, with a deep triangular incision at the apex, the 

 lobes pointed. Forceps remote at base, punctulate, cylindrical, 

 elongate, gently sinuate, inner margin denticulate, incurved at 

 the apex. 



?sex. 



Length of body IS mm. 



„ forceps Q-5 ,, 



India : Dikrang Valley, Nanangs {Lid. Mus.). 



Tyjye in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



In spite of the broken abdomen, missing antennse and missing 

 legs, this cux'ious earwig has such well-marked characters th4t its 

 identity can be established by the description, though its affinities 

 cannot yet be determined. On account of the abdomen being 

 broadest about the middle and the forceps simple, it would appear 

 to be a female, but the characters are so distinctive that it might 

 equally well be a male. 



Further material is urgently needed. 



Species of Uncertain Position. 

 Forficula? pulchripes, Borm. 



Forncula? pulcnnpes, Borm. 



Forficula? pulchripes, Bor7n. (94) p. 408, (00-) p. 128; Kirbi/, (04) 

 p. 63. 



General colour dark chestnut, varied with black. Antennae 

 with 12 segments, typical [? of Forficulci], brown, with the 

 exception of the tenth which is pale. Head shining dark 

 chestnut-brown. Mouth parts yellow ; palpi brown. Pronotum 

 nearly square, the angles blunt, posterior margin rounded, some- 

 what convex anteriorly, bright shining black, with pale yellowish 

 sides. Elytra smooth, dull chestnut, four times as long as the 

 pronotum, the shoulders rounded, sides parallel, truncate pos- 

 teriorly. Wings one and a half times as long as the pronotum, 

 bright orange-yello\\\ with an irregular black, oblique band passing 

 from the base of the suture to the apex of the exterior margin. 

 Legs typical [? of Forficula'], orange-yellow, the apical half of the 



