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taking up their abode under large loose stones, for they exist in pairs 
under al most every one of them. 
Of this order Mr. Walker has examined twenty four species, and 
he has described one half of those as new. 
Fain. Forficulidai. 
Forficula, Linn.' 
F. flavipes, Fabr. — The common Earwig, which is very large in 
size, and abundant on the high land and under stones on the out- 
skirts, such as Thompson’s Wood, Dead Wood, and similar places, 
also inhabits Africa. 
Fam. PancMoridte. 
Panclilora, Burm. 
P. maderse, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 11, G. (Blatta). — A very large 
grey Cockroach, which is found abundantly in houses in J amestown, 
Ladder Hill, and other warm low parts of the Island. It has been 
distributed over many parts of the world. 
Proscratea, Burm. 
P. illepida, Walk. Cat. Blatt. 185. — A large brown, flat Cock- 
roach, easily distinguished by its very offensive odour. It also is 
very plentiful in the houses of Jamestown and neighbouring parts, and 
occurs under stones in the gardens attached to them. Mr. Walker- 
says : “ It has been found in St. Domingo and in the Canaries, and 
it may have been transferred by shipping from one to the other of 
these places.” 
Fam . Corydidce. 
Euthyrrapha, Burm. 
"*E. sanetse helense, Walk. — An extremely pretty and unobjec- 
tionable, little black and bright orange- coloured Cockroach, generally 
found under stones in the gardens ot Jamestown, Ladder Hill, and 
Hew Ground. It is also sometimes found in the houses, but is not 
very common. Mr. Walker gives the following description of it ; — 
“Female black, oval, ferruginous beneath. Protliorax luteous along 
each side. Abdomen luteous beneath. Forewings with a round 
luteous spot in the disk beyond the middle ; length of the body four 
lines. It has much resemblance to E. pacifica, of Barbadoes ; it is 
