THE ENTOMOLOGIST 



Vol. XXXI." 



DECEMBEE, 1898. 



[No. 427. 



FORFICULA LESNEI, Finot. 

 By W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S. 



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In an early number of the present volume of the 'Entomo- 

 logist' (ante, p. 49), I recorded and figured a male of what was 

 then considered a rare British earwig, Forficula lesnei, which had 

 been captured near Reigate by Mr. W. West, of Greenwich. 

 During the past season (1898), while searching more especially 

 for Hemiptera, the same indefatigable collector was on the alert 

 for F. lesnei, and his efforts were crowned with unlooked-for 



BNTOM. — DEC. 1898. 2 C 



