65 



abdomen (8 mm.) depressed, laminate, perfectly straight, entirely 

 simple and tapering apieally to a blunt point. 



The entire Old World, 

 whence it has spread into ncaidy all parts of the western hemisphere. 

 Labidura rufesc^ns. 



Forficula rufescens Pal.-Beauv., Ins. Afr. Amer., ii, 35, pi. Orth. 1, 

 fig. 2 (1805). 



Forficeslla rufescens Serv., Orth., 24-5 (1839). W. Africa. 



Labidura Servillei. 



Labidura Servillei Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxiv, 316-17 (1863). 



E. India. 

 Labidura tarsata. 



Forficula tarsata AVestw.. Proc. Zool. Soo. Lond., V, 129 (1837). 



Labidura tarsata Dohrli, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxiv, 311-12 (1863). 



Manilla. 

 Labidura teinninalis. 



Forficesila terminalis Serv., Orth., 25 (1839). Mauritius. 



Labidura tertiatria. 



L^abidura tertiaria Scudd., Bull. U. S. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Terr., 

 Se.r. 2, 44 7-49 (187G); lb., ib., ii, 259 (1876). Colorado [fossil]. 



Labidura Tomis. 



CheUdura Tomis Kol., Melet. Ent., V, 74, ph 17, fig. 6a-b (1846). 



Forficida Tomis Fieb., Lotos, in, 254 (1853); lb., Syil. Eur. 

 Orth., 71 (1854). 



Forficula iLelmanni Kitt., Bull. Soc. imp. iTat. Mosc, xxii, iv, 

 438-39, pi. 7, figs. 1-2 (1849). 



Forficula elongata Eversra, (nee Fabr.), Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Mosc., 

 XXXII, 123 (1859). Armenia. 



I place Kolenati's and Kittary's species together on the authority of 

 Fieber. I have not been able to consult Kolenati's plate or descrip- 

 tion, and do not know the insect in nature. 

 Labidura trispinosa. 



Labidura trispinosa Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxiv, 310-11 (1863). 



E. India. 

 Labidura vieina. 



Forficesila vieina Luc, Expl. Alg., Iii, 5-6, pi. 1, figs. 2, 2a-e 

 (1846). 



Labidura vieina Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxiv, 318-19 (1863). 



N. Africa, India, E. Indies. 



