63 NATURAL HISTORY. 
to the other. The forceps with which nature has pro- 
vided its tail, for defence, is capable of biting, fo as 
to caufe, for the moment, rather a painful fenfation. 
_ Although furnifhed with this defence, the earwig has 
been obferved not to ufe it, even when he has been 
furrounded with a fwarmof ants. But it will fre- 
quently pinch the finger of perfons attempting to take 
them with their hands. 
The larvze differs very inconfiderably from the 
perfect infect. 
