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from India by Burr; this does not include species found in Ceylon only. 
The number of known species will be increased when more attention is 
paid to this group in India, and some of the commonest species have 
been found to be undescribed. The student should consult Burr’s 
paper on Ceylon Forficulidse (Jour. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., XIV, 59), 
his papers on Indian species (Jour. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1905, p. 2/ , 
and 1906, p. 387); and his revision of part of the family (Trans. Ent. 
Soc., London, 1907, p. 91). 
Diplatys is represented by several sub-tropical species ; D. longi- 
setosa , Wesfcw. is marked by the long multi-articulate setae of the nymph, 
the basal joint of which is stated to be¬ 
come the forceps of the adult. Ford - 
pula has three species in India; Labidura 
is represented by several species. L. 
riparia , Pall. L. bengalensis , Dohrn. (fig. 7), 
and L. lividipes Duf. are common in grass 
and are obtainable in numbers when a 
grass lawn is flooded with water. An- 
isolabis maritima, Gene, is a world-wide 
species, found in sea-weed on the beach. 
A. annulipes, Luc. is a wingless species, 
found abundantly in the plains on the 
soil. Labia minor , L., is a common insect 
not only in Asia but in Europe, Africa 
and America, found in flowers and on 
plants, rarely seen on the wing by day. 
Chelisoches is represented by nine species, 
Fig. 7— Labidura bengalensis. C. morio , Fabr. being spread over 
the coasts of the South Pacific and 
Indian Oceans. C. melanocephalus , Dohrn. has been found commonly 
in sugarcane roots and also in the tunnels of the borer caterpillars in 
the cane. Apterygida gravidula, Gerst. is widespread and there are 
other species of this genus. Several species of Forficula are recorded, 
though the widespread F. auricularia , L., the common earwig of 
Europe, has not been found. 
Collecting. —Earwigs will be found only by patient search if they are 
to be specially collected. In the course of general collecting one finds 
