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5.5. Elytra shorter than abdomen (in 

 5 not surpassing half its 

 length). Wings shorter than 

 elytra ; ? with 3rcl radial vein 

 of elytra fused with 2nd almost 

 as far as apex. . . . . . 4. minutissimus, Bol 



4.4. Antennae distinctly depressed at apex, 

 almost as in ? s of Gomphocerus ; 

 elytra of <? somewhat shorter than 

 abdomen, in ? much shorter ; in 

 both sexes with only two radial 

 veins; the 3rd present only excep- 

 tionally, generally represented by a 

 branch of the 2nd, which goes off 

 beyond middle of elytra ; lower 

 valves of ovipositor somewhat 

 sinuous at sides, with no tubercle at 

 base, and hardly visible when at 

 rest. . . . . . . . . . . 5. UHAGONi, Bol. 



3.3. Colour green and black or grey and red ; 

 elytra dark anteriorly, and green pos- 

 teriorly, with a few black spots, but no 

 white scapular band ; palpi white at apex 

 at least in i ; femora more or less red, 

 as also abdomen of s ; tibiae red in g 

 and dark in ? . . . . . . . . 6. rufipes, Zett. 



2.2. Carinffi of pronotum almost straight, parallel 

 in first part of prozona, then slightly diverg- 

 ing towards hinder border, where they are 

 slightly further apart than at anterior border; 

 colour very varied ; elytra as long as, or 

 slightly longer than abdomen . . . . 7. panteli, Bol. 



1.1. Valves of ovipositor very long, the upper pair more 



or less cylindrical and exposed, *^he lower pair 



with the transverse sulcus situated before the 



middle, so that the apical portion is the longest; 



outer border with an excision which separates off 



a tooth more or less sharp ; elytra with a very 



faint whitish spot, but no scapular band. 



2. Elytra well developed, prolonged to extremity of 



abdomen, with anal area green and the rest 



reddish-grey ; vertex slightly keeled at apex ; 



pronotum with carinffi slightly arched in 



prozona, and the central keel longer in the 



metazona. . . . . . . . . . . 8. viridulus, L. 



2.2. Elytra very short, in the ? not passing the 

 fourth abdominal segment, entirely greyish- 

 red. Vertex with keel ; carinae of pronotum 

 strongly bent in and approximating in the 

 middle, the central keel shorter in the 

 metazona. . . . . . . . . . . 9. antigai, Bol. 



1. Omocestus h.emorrhoidalis, Charpentier. 



General colour pale ; mouth-parts entirely pale ; anal area of elytra 

 rarely green. Length of body, 13mm. $■ , ITmm. ? ; of pronotum, 

 2-8mm. $ , 3-2mm. 2 ; of elytra, 10mm. ^ , 13mm. ? . 



On moors and commons in central Europe, from Mecklenberg to 

 the Volga. It is widely distributed in France, but rare and local, 

 occurring chiefly in east, south, and Pyrenees ; recorded from 

 Larche, Lardy, Forest of Illkirch, Bourray, Bitche, Montgueux; in 

 Belgium it is noted from Pietevshiem, and Campine ; in Austria it 

 occurs in the Tirol, at Igis, Bad Ratzes, Vill, common round Vienna, 

 Ottakring, Mauer, Modling, Baden, Felixdorf, Steinbruck. It is fairly 



