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Note on the habits of the Earwig Lebidura lividipes, Dufour— 
an addendum to Mr. Burr's paper entitled,“ A Further Note on 
Earwigs in the Indian Museum.—By N. ANNANDALE. 
Mr. Burr has just returned to me further specimens of Labi- 
dura lividipes (the typical form and subspecies vicina), to which 
the following note applies :—- 
These little earwigs frequently come to light singly or in 
small numbers durin hot weather and the rains, and speci- 
mens can generally be taken round the are lamps in the public gar- 
dens in Calcutta at this time of the year, the two forms occurring 
together. Large numbers were noted round an oil lamp in the 
rly. e 
abdomen is then bent upwards and backwards and the forceps 
are used to unfold the delicate membrane. They do not seize 
d together during the 
oothing organ. In a 
dto push the wing into 
its place beneath the elytra, although movements of the thorax 
play an important part in this process also. 
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