Order DERMOPTERA. 



The members of this little order are popularly known as " earwigs," from a 

 supposed habit of crawling into the ears of persons sleeping outdoors. They 

 are slender, with short wing covers and resemble " rove-beetles " iu shape except 

 for a forceps-like process at the end of the abdomen used in tucking the large, 

 elaborately plaited hind wings under the wing covers. The metamorphosis is 

 incomplete and the females of some species brood over their eggs until they are 

 hatched. 



Though the species are common and injurious in some European countries 

 they are very rare with us and never troublesome in any way. 



Family FORFICULIDJE. 



FORFICTJLA Linn. 



F. aculeata Scudd. Snake Hill, IV and V (Bt). 



F. auricularia Linn. The "Ear-wig": a common European species said to 

 have been found near Jersey City and in greenhouses. 



SPONGOPHORA Serv. 

 S. brunneipennis Serv. Has been recorded from New Jersey (Bt). 



ANISOLABIA Fieb. 



A. maritima Bon. Common at Sandy Hook in July (Sm), Staten Island (Ds), 

 along the Palisades from Fort Lee up the Hudson (Bt), and the species 

 seems to be extending its range. 



LABIA Leach. 



L. minor Linn. Apparently an introduced species : occurs on Staten Island, 

 V, VIII (Ds), taken at light, New Brunswick, VII, in the sweep-net 

 Lahaway. IX, flying near Englishtown, X, 12 (Sm) and at Caldwell Ct 



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