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ANISOLABIS ANNULIPES ,,Luc. (PI. IX fig. 3.) 



This inconspicuous earwig lias a wide distril^ution both in tro 

 ])ical and temperate zones. 



Like the more conspicuous Chclisochcs iiiorio, it is omnivorous, 

 Init prefers insect food, often feeding almost exclusively on the 

 cane leaf-hopper, as an examination of several crops has proved. 

 It is nocturnal, remaining hidden down in the leaf sheaths or 

 under trash and stones where the female may often be found 

 zealously guarding her eggs. This species is interesting struc- 

 turally since it is one of the most completely apterous forms of 

 the family. 



PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. 

 (Systematic.) 



1 Bormans, A. de "Forficulidae." Das Tierreich pp. 1-132, 



(1900.) 



2 BiuT, M. "The Earwigs of Ceylon." Jour. Bombay Nat. 



Hist. Soc. XI\', pp. 39-78 and 316-336; 2 Pis. 

 (1902.) 



3 Kirby, W. F. "Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera," Vol. 



I, PP- 1-55 (1904-) 



(A complete list of the known species of Forfi- 

 culidae, with distribution.) 

 (Biological.) 



1 Williams, J (Use of the Forceps in Labia minor) 



Zoologist p. 2695 (1850.) 



2 Fischer, L. H. "Orthoptera Europaea'' pg. 45 (1854) 



(Bred a Tachinid parasite {Tachina sctipcnnis) 

 from a species of Forficula.) 



3 Meinert, F. "De Danske arter af Forficula" Naturh 



Tidsskr (3) II pp. 427-82 PI. XIX (1864.) 

 Habits, Life History, Structure, etc. 

 Resume in Latin pp. 474-7. 



4 Dunlop, A. A. "On tlie use of the anal forceps in the 



Forficulidae." Ent. Month. Mag. II, p. 158 

 (1865.) 



(Earwigs in India observed to hold larvae in for- 

 ceps whilst eating them.) 



