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52. A Further Note on Earwigs C oa shige: Aor in the Indian Museum ; 
with the Description of a New Species.—By Matcoum Burr, 
B.A., F.E.S., F.L,S., F.G, s Timcanieliad by N. ANNANDALE. 
Dr. Annandale has obligingly communicated me a further 
box of Earwigs belonging to the*fhdia n Museum ; it does not in- 
Genus DIPLATYS, Serville. 
1, gerstaeckeri, Dohrn, var. calidasa, Burr. Kurseong, 5,000 ft. 
E. Himalayas, 21-29. v. 60, 9518/14. Taken by Dr. ar 
This form has been previously recorded from Darjeelin 
2. gladiator, Burr, Caleutta, 3 ¢, Nos. 9503, 9507, —08/14; 
‘on stones.” 
siva, a on ?. One larva, No. 9517/14, from Kurseong, 
E. Himalayas, 5,000 ft. 6 29. v. 06., taken by Dr. Annandale. 
From its size and colour, I presume this to “id eed nymp of 
its se size and the incipient wing-flaps, ahowitig clearly the the 
venation of the future wing, point to it being a nymph ready to 
change ; of the caudal setae, one is missing ; the other has 15 seg- 
the total length of the appendage is about 
body 105mm. The species has been previous 
Darjeeling. 
ly recorded from 
Genus PYGIDICRANA, Serville. 
1. picta, Guer. Calcutta, 3 ¢, 9482,—84,—91,—93, nie 
and 2 9, 91481,—97,—95, —9500/14, and larvae, 9160,—6 a 
83/14. Also a female from Kurseong, 5,000 E. ene anes 
21-29. v. 06, taken by Dr. Annandale. Of tis spec ; r 
Annandale remarks that it is “common in Calcutta among dea 
leaves at the base of trees. 
