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the (? ; these have the dilated part occupying about half the total 

 length, and the inner margins are contiguous throughout the dilated 

 part ; the apex of the dilated part is terminated in a knob rather than 

 in a blunt tooth, and the extremities of the branches do not meet, as 

 they do in F. puhescem. Length of body, 6-8mm., S , ? ; of forceps, 

 l-5mm.-3mm. <? , ? . 



This species takes the place of F. pubescens in the north. In 

 England, it has occurred at several localities in Kent, Surrey, Hants, 

 Berkshire, Isle of Wight, and Dorset. In France it has been 

 recorded from near Trouville ; it was first discovered by Lesne in the 

 marsh of Villers-sur-Mer, in Calvados. In Spain it is recorded from 

 Galicia. 



FoRFicuLA SMYRNENsis, Serville. 



This is easy to recognise by its bicolorous elytra, the only other 

 European Forjicula having such elytra being the very distinct F. 

 ruJicoUis ; the elytra are castaneous, with a large central testaceous 

 spot ; the wings also have a white spot ; the dilation of the forceps is 

 extremely short, the slender part being very long and slightly curved. 

 Length of body, limm., <? , ? ; of forceps, 5-8mm. <? , 3-5mm. $. 



This is, strictly speaking, an Eastern species, but it is recorded 

 from Corsica by Brunner. The female very closely resembles that of 

 Anechuia hipunctata, Fabr. 



FoRFicuLA RUFicoLLis, Fabricius. 



Large and stout ; head black ; general colour dark chestnut ; 

 pronotum transverse, castaneous, with disc reddish ; wings scarcely 

 visible ; abdomen black ; feet red ; forceps $ stout, red, the base and 

 apex black, dilated and crenulated at base, then slightly incurved. 

 Length of body, 13mm. -17mm. <? , 14mm. $ ; of forceps, 4-9mm. 

 ^ , 3-4mm. ? . 



This is an easily recognisable species from the figure of Eambur 

 {Fainie de V AndaL, p. 6, tab. 1., figs. 6-8, 1838, as F. haetica). It 

 is purely an Iberian species, recorded from Granada, Andalusia, and 

 Portugal, but nowhere common. 



FoRFicuLA DEciPiENS, Gene. 



In appearance very like F. auricularia, but has no wings ; the 

 dilated part of the forceps hardly exceeds one-third of their length ; 

 except the denticulations at the extreme base, the forceps are unarmed. 

 Length of body, 7-13mm. <y , 8-12mm. ? ; of forceps, 3-6mm., 

 ^ and ? . 



A meridional form. In France it is not uncommon in the south, 

 though Finot records it as far north as Fontainebleau. It has been 

 taken at Mt. Cenis, and at Genoa and Pegli in Italy. In Spain, it is 

 recorded from Ona, Salamanca, Barcelona, and Sierra Nevada. 



According to Brunner it occurs under stones, but Finot says it is 

 found on flowers and plants, especially on Comiiositac. 



Genus 5 : Anechura, Scudder. 

 This genus is characterised by the strongly bent and irregularly 

 curved forceps of the male, which, in the only European species, are 

 bent strongly downwards ; there are about fifteen species described. 



Anechura bipunctata, Fabricius. 

 Dark reddish ; elytra spotted with paler ; forceps of S' bent downwards 



