DERMAPTERA ; ISOPTERA- 



DERMAP1 ERA. 

 FORFICULIDiE. 



NALA LIVIDIPES, Duf. 

 Forficula lividipes, Dufour, Ann. Sc. Nat., XIII, p. 340 (1828). 

 Labidura lividipes, Burr, Faun. Ind. Derm., p. 97, t. 4, f. 31. 

 Nala lividipes, Burr., Gen. Ins. Derm., p. 36, t. 3, f. 10. 



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Fig. 434. — Xal<i lividipes. The small figure shows the natural size. 

 (( (riginal.) 



Distribution. — Common throughout the Plains of Southern India. 



L i/r hi story. — Not known. 



Remarks. — This insect is included here as one of the commonest 

 representatives ol its family. Earwigs are rarely pests, but, on the 

 contrary, are often beneficial as they arc largely carnivorous and 

 have been recorded as important predators on larvae of Fruit-flies 

 and of House-flies. 



[SOPTERA. 



MESOTERM1TID.E. 

 COPTOTERMES HEI.MI, Wasm. 

 Coptotermes heimi, Wasm., Zool. Jahrb., XVII, 104. t. 4, if. 1 a — f 

 (1902); Holmgr.. B.J.. XXI, 777(1912). 



