MORSE: ORTHOPTERA OF NEW ENGLAND. 291 
Ring-legged Earwig; Banded Earwig. 
Euborellia annulipes (Lucas). 
Plate 13, fig. 15. 
Forficesila annulipes Lucas, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (2), vol. 5, p. Ixxxiv 
(1847). 
Shining pitchy black to reddish chestnut (this last color pos- 
sibly due to immersion in alcohol?). Antennae filiform, the 
segments relatively short and obconic, often with from one to 
three of them near tip and others near base pale luteous or white. 
Legs luteous; usually, or at least frequently, with the femora 
banded transversely with fuscous, and sometimes similar bands 
on the base of the tibiae. Immature specimens are brownish 
instead of fuscous. The markings of the legs and antennae are by 
no means reliable as a distinguishing character, being often absent. 
Forceps shorter and stouter than in A. maritima, in the male 
less asymmetrical, nearer together at base, the right half less 
enlarged at base, tapering smoothly, a little more arcuate at tip 
than the left. 
Measurements. 
Body and forceps Width 
Male 11-14 1.7-3 
Female 11-16 2.3-3 
This is a smaller species than the Maritime Earwig. The sur- 
face of the body sometimes appears more shining, due to less 
pubescence. 
Adults and young of this species were taken at Brighton, Mass., 
February 1, 1909, in a kilhng-shed at the Brighton abattoir. 
Reference has been made elsewhere in this work under another 
species {Prolabia arachidis) to the occurrence of this Earwig and 
associated insects at this locality and its habits need not be further 
considered here. Were staphylinid beetles more generally sought 
by collectors of insects it is probable that additional data would 
soon accumulate. So far as I am aware, this is the only instance 
of its capture in New England, but it is a cosmopolitan species 
and may turn up at any time in any part of our territory in suit- 
able situations. Unlike the Maritime Earwig, it is not restricted 
to the sea-coast. 
Since writing the foregoing, I have seen specimens captured by 
Forceps 
Antenna 
2 
4.5-5 
2.5 
5 mm. 
