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inner margin near the base, and two or three blunt denticulations in the 

 ipraB-apical third ; the braaches are reddish, but darker at the apex. In the 

 $ the branches are stout, not contiguous, straight, reddish at the base, 

 black at the apices where the points curve in and meet ; they are armed 

 with strong denticulations throughout their length. $ 9 • 



$ 9 



Long, corporis 22-26'5 mm. 19"5-22'5 mm. 



„ forcipis 9--2-5 7 



Laliidura henrjalensis, Dohrn, 863, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxiv,, 312. 



Borm, 1900, Forf. 33. 

 Psalis hengalensis, Scudd, 1876, Ent. Notes, V., 67. 



Habitat. — Bengal (Dohrn). 

 In the Brussels Museum there are two males and one female labelled 

 " Ceylon." They seem to be larger and finer than specimens from Calcutta. 



LABIDURA LIV WIPES, Duf. 



Small, dark castaneous, the whole body pubescent. Antennae with 17-21 

 segments. The pronotum is more or less elongate, the lateral margins pale, 

 sometimes bluish. The elytra are long, the posterior margin truncated, 

 fuscous. The wings are fuscous, prominent, sometimes thinly bordered 

 with light-blue. Sternum pale ; feet shining, pale, the femora darker 

 towards the apex. In the $ the anal segment is plain and unarmed, the 

 branches of the forceps are not curved upwards, not very long, incurved to 

 meet at the apices, with a small tooth oa the inner margin, at the apical third. 

 In the 9 the branches of the forceps are not contiguous, unarmed on the 

 inner margin. 



$ 9 



Length of body 8-9 mm 8 mm. 



„ forceps 2-3-3-2 2-2 



Forficula lividipes, Dufour, 1828, Ann. Sci. Nat. XIII, 340. 



Forficula clufouni,Desmsii'est, 1820, Faune franc,, Orlh., pi. I., fig. 27. 



Scudd., 1878, Ent. Notes, V., 62. 

 Forficula palU])es, Duf., Ann. gen. des sc. phys. de Bruxelles, VI., 316, tab, 



96, fig. 7, a,b. 

 LaUdura palUpes, Dohrn, 1863, Stett. Ent. Zeit,, XXIV., 317. 



Bol., 1878, Ort. de Esp., 22, tab, L,fig, 9, a, b. 

 LaUdura limdipes, Borm. 1900, Forf. 36. 

 Forficesila meridionalis , Serv., 1839., Orth., 26. 

 Forficula {Lahidura) meridionalis, Fisch., 1853, Orth. Eur., 67, tab. 6, fig, 3a. 



Fieb,, 1853, Syn., 72, Erganzungsbl. Lotos., V., 90. 

 Forficesila victim, Luc. 1846, Expl. de 1' Alg. Orth., p. 5, tab. L, fig. 2. 

 LaUdura dufouri, Brunner, 1882, Prod. Eur. Orth., p. 7. 



Borm., 1888, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2), vi., 434, id., 1894 

 op.cit. (2), xiv., 378. 



