THE ENTOMOLOGIST 



Vol. XLIII.] - MAY, 1910. [No. 564 



ODONTOPSALIS LEWIS I, Burr (Orthoptera). 



By W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S. 



In January, 1904, a specimen of this earwig was taken amongst 

 " sweepings " in St. John's Market, Liverpool. Though of course the 

 capture is interesting, it does not constitute the insect a British one, 

 and we must not add the name to our Hst. Eecently I have had the 

 opportunity of photographing the specimen, which is in good condi- 



0. lewit<i ( X 0-25). 



tion, and am therefore able to give a figure of it. Both genus and 

 species were described by Burr in Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1904, 

 pp. 315 and 317, from specimens taken in Japan. His description is 

 as follows : — " Nigra, vel fusco-castanea, alis flavescentibus, nigro- 

 maculatis. 0. harmandi vicina ; ab eo difl'ert statura majore, minus 

 depresso, colore fusciori, abdomine minus dilatato ac deplanato, seg- 

 mento ultimo dorsali «? tuberculis minimis instructo, forcipe graciliori, 



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