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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria and Supplement of the Blattari� in the Collection of the British Museum, Vol. 2
Female. Testaceous. Head roughly punctured above, finely punctured in front, with a short oblique spine between the antenna. Pro thorax scabrous; fore part with four spines on the hind part of the disk, with four spines in front, and with four longer spines on each side; hind part with two spines on the hind border and with six on each side like those of H. Marginatus. Dorsum of the abdomen minutely tuberculate, with seven rows of tubercles, the tubercles in the middle row and in the second row on each side larger than the others. Oviduct slightly curved, a little longer than the abdomen. Legs stout; femora and tibia keeled; four anterior femnra with two spines beneath; hind femora with five spines above and with four on each side beneath, the first and second of the latter very minute; s'pines of the tibia like those of H. Marginatus. Length of the body 21 lines.
It may be a variety of H. Pupa. The oviduct is a little longer. A. Congo. Presented by Sir J. Richardson.
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