1915.] F.H. Gravety: Indian Insects, Myrtapods, etc. 485 
DERMAPTERA.! 
Burr notices the habits when attracted to light of Labidura 
lividipes (J.A.S.B.? [n.s.], II, p. 391), and the feeding habits, etc., 
of Diplatys gladiator (J.A.S.B. [n.s.], VII, p. 772). The attrac- 
tion of a giant stinging neetle for various kinds of earwigs is also 
noted in the latter place.’ . 
The habits and development of Diplatys longisetosa and D. 
nmigriceps are described by Green (Tvans. Ent. Soc. London, 1898, 
pp. 381-390, pl. xviii and xix). 
Willey records the maternal instincts of a Ceylonese earwig 
(Spolia Zeylanica, VI, p. 53). 
ORTHOPTERA. 
Blattidae. 
Annandale notes that Pseudoglomeris flavicornis lives under 
the bark of trees (Wem. A.S.B., I, p. 207). 
C. Drieberg notes that cockroaches are common in beehives in 
Ceylon and appear to attack the combs (Sfolta Zeylanica, IV, p. 33). 
Annandale (J.A.S.B. [n.s.], II, pp. 105-106) and Shelford 
(Rec. Ind. Mus., III, p. 125-7) refer to the amphibious habits of 
cockroaches of the geuus Epilampra. These cockroaches are com- 
mon among stones at the edge of streams in many parts of India. 
Green (Spolta Zeylanica, VI, p. 135) and Annandale (Rec. Ind. 
Mus., V, pp. 201-2) describe cockroaches (Pertplaneta australasiae 
and americana respectively) preying upon winged termites. 
Leucophaea surinamensis is ovo-viviparous. When the egg- 
capsule is protruded it splits along one side, and the young (about 
30 in number) at once escape, leaving what looks like a mass of 
exuviae behind with the capsule. This observation was made at 
Peradeniya. 
Phasmidae. 
The development and habits of Phyllium scythe and Pulchri- 
phyllium crurifohum are described by Murray (Edinburgh New 
Phil. Journ. {n.s.], III, pp. 96-111, pl. vi-viii), Morton (Bull. Soc. 
Vaud. Sct. Nat., XX XIX, pp. 401-7, pl. iii), St. Quentin (Extomo- 
logist, XL, pp. 73-75 and 147, pl. iv) and Leigh (Proc. Zool. Soc. 
London, 1909, pp. 103-113, pl. xxviii; Rep. and Trans. Manchester 
Ent. Soc. 1912, pp. 22-29). Green records an authenticated case 
t See also Annandale ‘‘ Notes on Orthoptera in the Siamese Malay States’, 
Ent. Rec., X11, 1900, pp. 75-77 and 95-97. 
2 Fournal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
5 The statement in the same place that Labidura riparia and bengalensis 
occur under stones between tide-marks by the Chilka lake must not be taken to 
imply that this insect is amphibious, for this lake has since been found to have its 
level so greatly affected by winds and by flooding that regular tides can scarcely 
be said to exist. High-water marks at all times are more likely to be due to the 
most recent flood than to a tide (see Mem. Ind. Mus. V, pp. 10-11, pl. i). 
