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two genera may be seen at the umer borders of the eyes, wlu(;h 

 in Platamodes are nearly parallel, while in Periplaneta they 

 approach one another anteriorly. I have only seen males." 



Platamodks unicolok. ScncUler. 



" Wings and wing covers, uniform pale, shining reddish brown ; 

 head and prothoracic shield nearly the same, but slightly darker, 

 particularly in the middle of the latter ; abdomen a little darker 

 above, especially on the borders ; cerci dark brown ; legs, 

 especially the tibiai, darki'r tlian the body ; eyes black ; antennae 

 and palpi brown ; antennte reaching backward to tip of wing 

 covers. Length of body, .25 inch; lenoth to tip of wings, .;{;">." 



Family FORFICULIDylC. Stephens (1821i). 

 Earwigs. (Fig. 22.) 



Dr. Packard has followed Leach and some others in separating 

 the earwigs from the Orthoptera, and has 

 established the Order Deruiatoptera for their 



reception. ^ t.-,. ^ 



We have but a single species in New -^^^^ y^ ^- \. 



England, common also in Europe, and Fig. 22. 



placed in the genus Labia. ^'*'"""«- i*""--"'^"'''- 



Genus Labia. Leach (1S17). 



Body small and convex ; head moderately large ; aiitfuuie com- 

 posed of from ten to fifteen jouits. Pronotum somewhat smaller 

 than the head ; wing covers always jiresent, though the wings are 

 sometimes wanting. Abdomen somewhat widened in tlu; middle, 

 the IjTst segment much larger than the others, and aniied with a 

 l)air of forceps separated at the base in the males, but not separated 

 in the females. Legs comparatively short ; the lirst joint of the 

 tarsi as long as the other two, and the second is the shortest. 



Labia Mixoit. Liniiciis. 



Tint Litlla J'Jariri(/. 



Length of body, including forceps, one-foiutli of an inch. Head 

 and sides of abdomen nearly l)lack. Moiilh parts, antennae, 

 thorax, wing covers, exposed portion of the wing^s, and tlie middle 

 of the upper side of the alxloinen, yellowish brown ; the last seg- 

 ment of the abdomen and tlu; forceps reddisii hrowii. I^t'gs and 



