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two genera may be seen at the inner borders of the eyes, which 

 in Platamodes are nearly parallel, while in Periplaneia they 

 approach one another anteriorly. I have only seen males." 



Platamodes unicolor. Scudder. 



" Wings and wing covers, uniform pale, shining reddish brown ; 

 head and prothoracic shield nearly the same, but slightly darker, 

 particularly in the middle of the latter ; abdomen a little darker 

 above, especially on the borders ; cerci dark brown ; legs, 

 especially the tibia, darker than the body ; eyes black ; antennae 

 and palpi brown ; antennae reaching backward to tip of wing 

 covers. Length of body, .25 inch ; length to tip of wings, .35." 



Family FORFICULID^. Stephens (1829). 

 Earwigs. (Fig. 22.) 



Dr. Packard has followed Leach and some others in separating 

 the earwigs from the Orthoptera, and has 

 established the Order Dermatoptera for their 

 reception. 



We have but a single species in New 

 England, common also in Europe, and Fig. 22. 



placed in the genus Labia. ^^'"^'s- Forncuia. 



Genus Labia. Leach (1817). 



Body small and convex ; head moderately large ; antennae com- 

 posed of from ten to fifteen joints. Pronotum somewhat smaller 

 than the head ; wing covers always present, though the wings are 

 sometimes wanting. Abdomen somewhat widened in the middle, 

 the last segment much larger than the others, and armed with a 

 pair of forceps separated at the base in the males, but not separated 

 in the females. Legs comparatively short ; the first joint of the 

 tarsi as long as the other two, and the second is the shortest. 



Labia minor. Linneus. 



The Little Earwig. 



Length of body, including forceps, one-fourth of an inch. Head 

 and sides of abdomen nearly black. Mouth parts, auteniux!, 

 thorax, wing covers, exposed portion of the wings, and the middle 

 of the upper side of the abdomen, yellowish brown ; the last seg- 

 ment of the abdomen and the forceps reddish brown. Legs and 



