116 Mr. Malcolm Burr’s Preliminary Revision of the 
Chelisoches pulchellus, Burr (nec Gerst.) Journ. Bombay 
N. H. Soe. xiv, p. 327 (1902). 
Patria, CEYLON: Punduloya and Ambegammoa, fairly 
common (Coll. mea). 
This species was confused by me with Chelisoches pul- 
chellus, Gerst., and recorded as such in a paper on the 
earwigs of Ceylon (/.c.); I sent some specimens to 
de Bormans, who also identified them as Ch. pulchellus ; 
but that is a West African species, and on comparing the 
Ceylon specimens with Gerstaecker’s description, my doubt 
as to its identity is confirmed; the head of the African 
insect appears to be tumid behind the eyes, with distinct 
sutures, a feature very characteristic of Chelosoches, 
whereas the Ceylon specimens have the head perfectly 
smooth as in true Forficula; Ch. pulchellus has the pro- 
notum “quadratisch,’ and not crescent-shaped; the 
organs of flight are yellowish with a dark brown band, 
whereas in the Ceylon specimens they are dark cas- 
taneous, with a large pale spot on the elytra, and the 
wings are pale yellow, with a brownish suture and apical 
speck; the form of the forceps seems to agree how- 
ever; Gerstaecker’s insect is only known to me from the 
description of that author. 
F. greeni, which I am pleased to dedicate to my friend 
Mr. Ernest Green, who has procured me such interesting 
material from Ceylon, more closely resembles in size and 
colour F. ovnaia, which also has the same shaped pronotum. 
Forficula sjostedti, sp. n. 
Statura mediocri, minus fortiori; antennze 12-segmentate, seg- 
mentis subconicis, fusco-testaceis ; 
quam longius; postice rotundatum ; elytra brevia, unicoloria; alz 
abortive ; pedes testacei ; abdomen typicum, castaneum, minutissime 
punctulatum ; segmentum ultimum rectangulare, punctulatum ; 
pygidium 2 elongato-productum, lingueforme, angustum, apice 
attenuatum et Poedenae g pees angustatum, apice truncatum ; 
forcipis bracchia ¢ gracilia, per tertiam partem basalem margine 
interno deplanato ac dilatato, margine ipso crenulato, hac parte 
dente parvo obtuso terminata, dehine attenuata, inermia, arcuata ; 
d, recta, simplicia. ¢@ 9. 
Long. corporis ¢ 8°5-9°75 mm., 2 85-9 mm.; forcipis ¢ 35-6 mm., 
® 1°75-2 mm. 
caput leve ; pronotum sublatius 
