﻿Order 
  DERMOPTERA. 
  

  

  The 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  little 
  order 
  are 
  popularly 
  known 
  as 
  "ear-wigs," 
  

   from 
  a 
  supposed 
  Habit 
  of 
  crawling 
  into 
  the 
  ears 
  of 
  persons 
  sleeping 
  out- 
  

   doors. 
  They 
  are 
  slender, 
  with 
  short 
  wing-covers 
  and 
  resemble 
  "rove- 
  

   beetles" 
  in 
  shape, 
  except 
  for 
  a 
  forceps-like 
  process 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  ab- 
  

   domen, 
  used 
  in 
  tucking 
  the 
  large, 
  elaborately 
  plaited 
  hind-wings 
  under 
  

   the 
  wing-covers. 
  The 
  metamorphosis 
  is 
  incomplete, 
  and 
  the 
  females 
  of 
  

   some 
  species 
  brood 
  over 
  their 
  eggs 
  until 
  they 
  are 
  hatched. 
  

  

  Though 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  common 
  and 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  injurious 
  in 
  some 
  

   European 
  countries, 
  they 
  are 
  rare 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  and 
  never 
  troublesome 
  

   in 
  any 
  way. 
  

  

  Family 
  FORFICULID^. 
  

  

  ANISOLABIA 
  Fieb. 
  

  

  A. 
  maritima 
  Bon. 
  Along 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Palisades 
  

   north 
  from 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Sandy 
  Hook 
  VII 
  (Sm) 
  ; 
  

   g. 
  d. 
  along 
  the 
  seashore 
  of 
  Staten 
  Island 
  under 
  

   stones 
  and 
  driftwood 
  V, 
  VI, 
  IX, 
  X 
  (Ds), 
  An 
  in- 
  

   troduced 
  species. 
  

  

  LABIA 
  Leach. 
  

  

  L. 
  minor 
  Linn. 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  V, 
  

   VIII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  VII, 
  Englishtown 
  X, 
  

   12, 
  Lahaway 
  IX 
  (Sm). 
  Another 
  introduced 
  spe- 
  

   cies, 
  flies 
  commonly 
  to 
  light 
  at 
  times 
  and 
  may 
  

   also 
  be 
  taken 
  sweeping. 
  

  

  SPONGIPHORA 
  Serv. 
  

  

  S. 
  brunneipennis 
  Serv. 
  Has 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  New 
  

   Jersey 
  (Bt). 
  

  

  ^ 
  ? 
  

  

  Forficula 
  tcsniata, 
  male 
  

   and 
  female. 
  

   Fig. 
  72.- 
  

  

  APTERYGIDA 
  Westw. 
  

   A. 
  aculeata 
  Scudd. 
  Snake 
  Hill 
  IV, 
  V 
  (Bt). 
  

  

  FORFICULA 
  Linn. 
  

  

  F. 
  auricularia 
  Linn. 
  The 
  common 
  European 
  "ear-wig," 
  which 
  is 
  occa- 
  

   sionally 
  found 
  in 
  green-houses 
  on 
  imported 
  plants. 
  Has 
  never 
  as 
  yet 
  

   been 
  taken 
  outdoors. 
  

  

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