66 Mr. W. F. Kivhj— Notes on ForficulldEe. 



12. L. icterica, Serv. 



From India, Ceylon, and China. Pale coloured ; no anal 

 points ; generally a second tooth on the inside of the forceps 

 in the male, and in large specimens the space between the 

 central tooth and the tip crenulated. I regard L. Servillei, 

 Dohrn, audjaponica, De Haan, as probably varieties of this 

 insect. The European specimens called inennis may also 

 belong to it. 



A very large dark-coloured form from the Philippines, of 

 •uhich the Museum now possesses both sexes. 



14. L. pluvialis, Kirb. 



Another very dark form, from Eaine Island, Queensland, 

 but narrower than the last. 



15. L. truncatOj sp. n. {infra). 



There are several other doubtful forms in the Museum 

 which do not agree with any extant descriptions, but which 

 I do not feel justified in describing at present. 



16. L. lidens, Oliv. 



Described from Jamaica : erythrocfpJiaJa, Fabr., South- 

 American Islands; hivittata, Burm., from San Domingo, Porto 

 Rico, and Colombia; and ojinis, Gu^r., from Cuba, appear 

 to be the same species. It is easily recognizable from the 

 descriptions; but, though agreeing with L. riparia in many 

 respects, especially in possessing the anal points wanting in 

 most of the other forms resembling X. riparia, I tliink it is 

 in error that various entomologists have included European 

 and other forms with it as a subspecies of L. riparia. 



L. hidens seems to be common in the West Indies. The 

 Museum has undoubted specimens from Haiti and St. Bar- 

 tholomew, and also from l\Iexico. 



17. L. suturaliSf Burm. 



Described from Colombia. Distinguished from the last 

 form by wanting the anal points. 



Group of L. lividipes. 



18. L. lividipes, Duf. 



A South-European species which extends to Asia and 

 Africa. The following names are probably synonymous : — 



