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Fig. 2—Japyx sp. x 8. 
Japygid,®. 
The mouthparts are concealed. The body 
terminates in a pair of forceps. 
These delicate insects will be readily mistaken 
for young Forficulidce, though the hidden 
mouthparts serve to distinguish them. They 
are said to live in moss and under leaves, stones, 
etc., on the soil, though nothing is on record 
as to their habits in India. Wood-Mason 
records finding a single species in Calcutta. 
(Journ. Asiat. Soc., Bengal, 1876 ; Ann. Nat. 
Hist. IV, 18). Japyx oudemannsi , Par., and 
J. indicus Oudem., are reported from Burmah. 
We have found one species (Fig. 2) common 
among decaying vegetation and in soil; it is a 
delicate white in¬ 
sect, with the forceps chitinised and brown. 
It is common in Pusa and in Nagpur, and is 
probably common throughout the plains. 
Machilid^e. 
Well developed compound eyes are present. 
The mouthparts are exserted and visible. 
Apparently more than one species of this 
family occur in India, one on rocks and an¬ 
other among dry decaying leaves. 
The latter is a dark grey insect found 
in the open. The body is elongate, a little 
over a quarter of an inch long (without the 
cerci) tapering from the base of the abdo¬ 
men to head and tail. Compound eyes are 
situated at the vertex of the head; the 
antennae are simple and tapering. The 
mouthparts are inconspicuous with long- 
maxillary and shorter labial palpi. The 
body is densely scaled and ends in three 
Fig. 3—M A CHILIS POLYPOD A' X 4. 
{Brom Lubbock). 
