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antennae inserted bet\\eeii and close to the eyes, short, narrowly 

 ensiform. Pronotum rounded behind, carinated more or less con- 

 tinuously. Tegniina long and narrow, or abbreviated, more or 

 less pointed at the extremity ; wings hyaline, or red at the base. 

 Metasternal foveolse separated by a transverse space; abdomen 

 compressed, generally with transverse dark band. Legs long and 

 slender. 



Key to the Siyecies. 



1 (2) Lateral carinpe of prouotum obsolete . brachycera, s-^. ^.,^.17^^. 



2 (1) Lateral carinas of pronotum well- 



marked. 



3 (4) Tegniina not reaching apex of abdo- 



men in 2 hispitwsa, AValk., p. 176. 



4 (3) Tegniina extending- beyond apex of 



abdomen in 2 conica, Oliv., p. 17o. 



209. Pyrgomorplia conica, OJiv. 



Acrydiiim conicmn, Olivier, Encycl. Meth., Tus. vi, 1791, p. 230. 

 Truvalis yryiloides, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. xii, 1804, 



p. 148. 

 Truxalis rosea., Cliarpeutier, Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. 1825, p. 128, 



pi. iii, fig. 8. 

 Truxalis linearis, Charpentier, op. cit. 1825, p. 129, pi, iii, fig. 2. 

 Truxalis rhodoptila, Herrich-Schaffer, Panzer, Faun. Ins. Germ. 



clvii, 1838, pi. 16. 

 Opomala cinyulata, Walker, Cat. Derm, Salt. B.M. iii, 1870, 



p. 517. 



Grey or green, sometimes with a whitish line running below 

 the eyes, and bordering the deHexed lobes beneath. Eastigium 

 of the vertex longer than broad ; antennae stout, blackish, not 

 longer than the head and pronotum together ; median carina 

 distinct from the fastigium over the head and pronotum ; lateral 

 cariuse generally incomplete. Surface of pronotum iinely granu- 

 lose, hind border rounded, hind sulcus placed much behind the 

 middle. Tegmina green or grey ; wings hyaline, generally pink 

 towards the base and along the nervures. Hind tibia? above with 

 no outer apical spine. Metasternal lobes distant in the female ; 

 in the male produced behind the foveolaj, and contiguous ; 

 abdomen spotted with black above. 



Length 15-24 mm, ; pronotum, 3-5 mm. ; tegmina, 13- 

 22 mm. 



S. Europe ; IN". & W. Africa ; W. Asia. 



210. Pyrgomorpha brachycera, sp. nov 



Testaceous, evidently green during life. Eastigium of the 

 vertex as long as the eye, equally broad nearly to tho extremity, 



