NO. 1132. NEW SPECIES OF EARWIGS— REHN. 518 



MenKuremcnis. 



mm. 



Length of body (exclusive of forceps) 16. 5 



Length of pronotum 2. 9 



Length of tegnieu 6. 5 



Length of anal segment 2. 3 



Breadth of anal segment 5.0 



Length of forcej^s ( left arm ) 10. 6 



The type is unique. 



Genus APTERYGIDA Westwood. 



APTERYGIDA ARACHIDIS (Yersin). 



1860. Forficula ararhidis Ykrsin, Ann. 8oc. Ent. France {'A), VllI, p. 509, pi. x, 

 figs. 33, 34 and 35. [Marseilles, France]. 



Jamaica. [U.S.N.M.] One male. 



This specimen is somewhat larger than specimens from Aguadilla, 

 Porto Rico, recorded as AjHerygida gravidnla/'' 



APTERYGIDA ERYTHROCEPHALA (Olivier). 



1791. Forficula erytlirocephala Olivier, Encyc. Method., Ins., VI, Pt. 2, p. 468. 

 [Cape of Good Hope.] 



Luebo, Kongo. (D. W. Snyder.) [U.S.N.M.] One male. Congo. 

 [U.S.N.M.] Two males, one female. Mount Coffee, Liberia. (G. P. 

 GoU.) [U.S.N.jNL] One male, one female. 



Genus FORFICULA Linnaeus. 



FORFICULA AURICULARIA Linnaeus. 



1758. [Forticiil(t'\ axrlcularia Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., 10th ed.; ]). 423. [Europe.] 



Flores, Azores. (Wm. Trelease.) [U.8.N.M.] Two males, two 

 females. 



FORFICULA SCHWARZI, new species. 



Ti/pe. — Female; Cayamas, Santiago Province, Cuba. March 4. 

 (E. A. Schwarz.) [Cat No. 8169, U.S.N. M.] 



This species appears to be quite distinct from any other member 

 of the genus, principall}^ on account of the peculiar forceps and 

 coloration. 



Size medium; forceps elongate, depressed; surface glabrous. Head 

 about as broad as long, distinctl}' broader across the eyes than ceph- 

 aiad, caudal angles rather evenly rounded; a])ove subdeplanate, 

 impressed lines distinct; eyes roundl}- protidjerant; antennte with nine 

 joints, proximal elongate cylindrical, second joint narrower than the 

 proximal and about a third the length, third joint slightly longer than 



a Trans. Amer. Entom. Soc, XXIX, p. 129. 



