30 Earwigs of the Indian Museum. (February, 1905, 
dentem acutum’ magnum sigan dehinc inermia, incurva, 
attenuata, aream ovalem includentia. 
o 
Long.corporis......8°75 mm, 
‘ ” forcipis 15. 
eee eore 
INDIA :—Catcourta. - 
A very distinct species, icisetanase by the rudimentary 
wings, black elytra, which are bro ee notum, 
and the form of the last abdominal segment and fore 
ere is a larva with long segmented cerci whieh. on account 
of the distribution of colours, I attribute also to this species, It 
also comes from Calcutta. 
OPISTHOCOSMIA VIVAX sp. n. 
tatura majore, castanea: caput magnum, tumidum sulcis 
Y-formantibus, profunde impressis: pronotum oblongum, antice 
rectum, postice paulo adnan Snerenne tum ; prozona tumida, 
— plana, rugulosa: elytra ampla, granulosa ; alee promi- 
tes, leves: piiercouril latum, Seine angustatum, ened 
iiss recto, paulo, reflexo: abdomen medio dilatatum, le eve ; 
mentis omnibus margine postico pilis brevibus spissis hansoauban 
instructis; segmentum ultimum dorsale an ngustum, declive, margine 
postico recto, integro ; medio ae bie oct subtuberculato : 
- pygidium prominens, validum, coins 2 ac : forcipis 
bracchia remota, gracilia, abnitits reheat versus incurva, 
a ‘interno per totam longitudinem denticulata, 9. 
g 
. - Long” corporis......18 mm. 
»  Foreipis.....4970, 
INDIA: Dixrane Vattzy, Nananas. No, 5313/14. (Godwin- 
Austen), 
This is a very iia species, characterised by the Sesto 
sutures, the form of the pygidium, and the dilated abdom 
The basal part of ee san | is badly broken, it the speci- 
men is apparently a female, though the well developed characters 
would appear to be more suitable to a male. It is possibly a male. 
FORFICULA ACER sp. n. 
Ni psaieee ; caput globosum, rufum, suturis ——— cade: anten- 
ney...f. enta 7 restant), nigre: pro prozona vix 
— depleastare: medio sutura lonuiendenbht reine oa > lata 
tfipite vix angustius, margine antico recto, postico lateribusque 
paullo rotundatis, lateribus ipsis paullo reflexis: el et ale 
edvia, rufo-nigra, ‘ata ; abdomen — 1-3 fere levibus, nigris” 
