INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 5 6. Forficula. 523 



Fufoipen- Clotty-black : fhells and legs teftaceous. 

 nis. Inhabits Keil ; refembles St, elongatus, but is larger. 



Antennas fhort ferruginous, the firft joint longer incurved: Jlielh 



entirely teftaceous : abdomen black, fubferruginous at the 



end. 



Fahrhii. Black: legs teftaceous. 



Inhabits Holface. Paedarus brunnipes. Fabricius, 

 Size of St. elongatus: antennae dufky. 



Fulgefcens. Glofly-black : fhells and ends of the legs teftaceous : head 

 (lightly punctured. 



Inhabits Keil. Pgedarus fulgidus. Fabricius. 

 Head with numerous fmal] imprelTed dots. 



Tricolor* Black : antennas and thorax rufous ; fhells and legs tefta- 

 ceous 

 Inhabits Denmark. Paykull. Monogr. 23. 15. fmall. 



Quadratics, Filiform, black : legs piceous. 



Inhabits Germany, Paykull. Monogr, 29. 21. 



Head large ovate : antenna piceous, the firft joint long incurved: 



thorax cylindrical. 



Orbiculatus Filiform, black : head orbicular. 



Inhabits Sweden ; refembles the laft. Payk. Mon. 35. 26. 



Nigrocepha- Filiform, black ; thorax and legs fulvous. 

 lus. Inhabits Germany ; very fmall. 



Head large ovate black : antennae ferrugindus : thorax globular. 



56. FORFICULA. Antennce fetaceous : 



feelers unequal, filiform : Jhells half as 



long as the abdomen : wings folded 



up under the fhells : tail armed with 



a forceps. 



Earwig. 



*Juricula- Dark chefnut : forceps curved, toothed at the bafe : anten- 

 nas with 14 joints. 

 Shaeff. Icon. tab. 144. fig. 34. Sulz Inf. tab. 7. fig. IJ. 

 Very common in wet ground, ripe fruit and old wood : is faid 

 to creep into the ears of fuch as fleepin the open air. 



3 U 2 Gigantea* 



r;a. 



