PHOLIDOPTERA. 151 



Genus 1. PHOLIDOPTERA Wesmael. 



Pholidnptera WESMAEL Bull. Acad. Sc. Brux. v, p. 592 . . 1838. 

 Micropteryx STEPHENS 111. Br. Ent. Maiid. vi, p. 12 [name pre- 

 occupied] ........ 1835. 



Olyntlioscelis FISCHER DE WALD. Bull. Soc. Mosc. xii, p. 110 . 1839. 



Thamnotrizon FISCHER DE WALD. Orth. Eur. p. 261 . . . 1853. 



Vertex broader than the basal segment of the an- 

 tennse. Pronotnm more or less produced posteriorly ; 

 without carinae or with lateral carinse only posteriorly, 

 no median carina; lateral lobes well developed. Pro- 

 sternum unarmed. Wings abbreviate, the elytra shorter 

 than the body, not passing the end of the abdomen, 

 usually no longer, or even shorter, than the pronotum. 

 Legs moderate, the posterior femora from two to three 

 times as long as the pronotum and usually strongly 

 swollen basally; all the femora unarmed or the posterior 

 ones rarely spinose vent/rally ; anterior tibiae armed 

 above on the outer carina only with three spines ; 

 posterior tibiiB with four apical spurs beneath ; free 

 plantula no longer than the first tarsal segment, 

 sometimes not over half as long. Anal segment of the 

 male rounded posteriorly or acuminately bilobate. 

 Cerci of the male nearly straight, apically somewhat 

 incurved, basally toothed on the inner side ; subgenital 

 plate in the male posteriorly subemarginate or deeply 

 incised. Ovipositor sometimes nearly straight but 

 usually curved more or less upwards, acuminate. 

 (A. N. Caudell, ' Grenera Insectorum,' fasc. 72, 1908.) 



1. Pholidoptera griseoaptera De Geer. 

 (Plate XIV, fig. 4 ; PI. XV, figs. 1 and 2.) 



c/riseo-aptera DE GEER Mem. Ins. iii, p. 436 . 1773 Locusta. 

 cinereus GMELIN in Linn. Syst. Nat. (ed. 



13), i (4). p. 2071, n. 28 . I79QGryllus. 



clypeata PANZER Faun. Ins. Germ. fasc. 



33, pi. iv . . . . . 1796 Locusta. 



aptera CHARP. Hor. Ent. p. 117 . . 1825 Locusta. 



cinereus BRUNNER Prod, der Eur. Orth. 



p. 343 ..... 1882 Thamnotrizon. 



