158 BRITISH ORTHOPTERA. 



1. Metrioptera albopunctata Goeze. 

 (Plate XIV, fig. 8 ; PI. XVI, fig. 3.) 



albopunctatus GOEZE Eiit. Beytr. ii, p. 89, n. 1 . 1778 Tettigonia. 



grisea FABR. Spec. Ins. i, p. 359, 11. 22 . 1781 Locusta. 



griseus SERV. Ins. Ovth. p. 488 . . 1839 Decticus. 



FIEB. Kelch. Kenntn. Orth. p. 2 . ISSZPlatyclei*. 

 grisea BRUNNER Prod, der Eur. Orth. 



p. 347 . . 18S2Platycleis. 



FINOT Faune de la Fr. Orth. pp. 



204, 205 lS$9Platycleis. 



ELAND SHAW Mon. Brit. Orth., 



in Ent. Mo. Mag. p. 94 . . 1890Platycleis. 



BURR Brit. Orth. p. 57, pi. iv, f . 13 ISWPlatycleis. 



Albopunctata KIRBY Syn. Cat. Orth. ii. p. 203. 19()6~Chelid<>ptera. 



albopunctata CAUDELL Gen. Ins. fasc. 72, p. 31 1908 Metrioptera. 



grisea BURR Syn. Orth. W. Eur. p. 109 1910Platycleis. 



albopunctata LUCAS Proc. S. Loiid. Ent. Soc. 



p. 55, pi. i, f. 8 . . . . 1914 Metrioptera. 



(Other synonyms: L. striata Thuiib. ; L. denticulata Panz. ; L. 

 falcata Zett.) 



ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION. 

 IV. Tettigonia, Sabelschwanze. 



1. Albo-punctatus, der Weisspwrikt. 



Rosels Iiisekteiibel. 2. B. Samml. der Heuschr. p. 128, t. 20 



ff. 8, 9, 10. 

 Feminise corpus viridesceiis ; mas fusco-testaceus ; elytris flavo- 



marginatis et maculatis ; in feinorum junctura punctum 



albissimum. 



(Goeze, ' Ent. Beytr.' ii, p. 89 (1778).) 



MALE IMAGO (PI. XVI, fig. o).- -Colour rather bright 

 brown, mottled and spotted with very dark brown : for 

 a day or two after reaching maturity a green tint may 

 remain upon the sides, and Groeze's description (above) 

 of the female seems to have been made from such a 

 specimen. Le-nyth some 18 mm. The slender antennae 

 longer than the body. Side flaps of the pronutum 

 sometimes edged with a paler tint, dimly suggesting 

 the margin in M. roeselii. Elytra narrow, but fully 

 developed, pale brown with darker markings. Wings 

 fully developed, nearly hyaline, with brown nervures. 

 Hind legs about three times as long as the fore legs, 

 femora much swollen at the base and marked there with 

 a dark patch. Thorax (as well as abdomen) pale below. 

 Anal segment deeply furrowed, lobes pointed. Cerci 



