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ANISOLABTS ANNULTPES .Luc. (PI. IX fig. 3.) 



This inconspicuous earwig has a wide distribution both in tro 

 pical and temperate zones. 



Like the more conspicuous Cliclisoclics iiiorio, it is omnivorous, 

 Ijut prefers insect food, often feeding- ahnost exckisively on the 

 cane leaf-hopper, as an examination of several crops has proved. 

 It is nocturnal, remaining hidden down in the leaf sheaths or 

 under trash and stones where the female may often be found 

 zealously guarding her eggs. This species is interesting struc- 

 turally since it is one of the most completely apterous forms of 

 the famil3^ 



PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



(Systematic.) 



1 Bormans, A. de "Forficulidae," Das Tierreich pp. 1-132, 



(1900.) 



2 Burr, M. "The Earwigs of Ceylon," Jour. Bombay Nat. 



Hist. Soc. XIV, pp. 39-78 and 316-336; 2 Pis. 

 (1902.) 



3 Kirby, W. F. "Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera," Vol. 



I, pp. 1-55 (1904.) 



(A complete list of the known species of Forfi- 

 culidae, with distribution.) 

 (Biological.) 



1 Williams, J (Use of the Forceps in Labia minor) 



Zoologist p. 2695 (1850.) 



2 Fischer, L. H. "Orthoptera Europaea"" pg. 45 (1854) 



(Bred a Tachinid parasite (Tacliiiia scfipciiiiis) 

 from a species of Forficula.) 



3 Meinert, F. "De Danske arter af Forficula" Na'turh 



Tidsskr (3) II pp. 427-82 PI. XIX (1864.) 

 Habits, Life History, Structure, etc. 

 Resume in Latin pp. 474-7. 



4 Dunlop, A. A. "On the use of the anal forceps in the 



Forficulidae." Ent. Month. Mag. II, p. 158 

 (1865.) 



(Earwigs in India observed to hold larvae in for- 

 ceps whilst eating them.) 



