SYNOPSIS OF THE ORTHOPTERA OF WESTERN EUROPE. loO 



33mm. J ; of pronotum, 5-3mm. ^ , 6mm.-7nim. ? ; of elytra, 

 23mm. -25mm. ^ , 14mm. -28mm. 2 • 



This handsome insect is widely distributed in the mountain regions 

 of south and central Europe. In France, it is found in the Pyrenees 

 and Alps ; Larche, Isere, Bagneres, C'auterets, C-ravarnie, Canigou, Bag- 

 neres de Luchon, Grande Chartreuse, Mont Revard near Aix-les-Bains, 

 Chanrousse, Col du Lautaret. In Spain it is found in Catalonia, and 

 perhaps in the Sierra de Guadarrama. It is found throughout the 

 •lura and the Alps, including the southern slopes of the latter, where 

 it is recorded from Tessin and Sondrio, though it appears rare or not 

 known in Italy. It is found also in the Tirol, near Innsbruck, and in 

 Lower Austria, at Dornbach, Punke^sdorf, Modling, Baden, Gloggnitz, 

 Pfalzau. 



2. Arcyptera tornosi, Bolivar. 



Distinguished from A. fiisca by the characters given in the table. 

 Length of body, 22mni.-2onnn. <? , 28nim.-31mm. J ; of pronotum, 

 5mm. S , 6-5mm. 5 ; of elytra, 20mm. ^ , 12mm. -14mm. $ . 



A native of the hills and mountains of northern and western 

 Spain and northern Portugal ; Santiago in Galicia, Navarredonda, 

 Gredos, Escorial, San Ildefonso ; Coruna, Serra de (rerez, Oporto. 

 Also recorded from Ribas in Catalonia. 



8. Arcyptera flavk'osta, Fischer { = rriiciatits, Philippi). 



Differs from its congeners in its paler colour ; the elytra of the S 

 are as long as the abdomen ; the colour is paler, and the wings 

 hyaline; the knees are pale. Length of body, 19mm. -21mm. J, 

 25mm. -28mm. $ ; of pronotum, 4mm.-4-2mm. ^, 5mm.-5'5mm. 

 ? ; of elytra, 14mm. -I8mm. ^ , 18mm. -21mm. J . 



Rare, but widely distributed in central Europe. In France it has 

 only been recorded from Mont Saleve and near Nice. In Germany, 

 from Berlin, Mecklenburg, the Harz, and Thuringia. In Spain, from 

 Oha, Albarracin, Valencia, and in Portugal at Troia, Beira, Alta, 

 Lisbon, and Alfeite. In Austria, at Oberweiden, Bisamberg, Modling, 

 and Eichkogl. In Italy, at Voltaggio, in the Apennines at 700m. 

 Very local. 



4. Arcyptera kheili, Azam. 



Elytra short in both sexes ; wings hyaline, very short ; knees 

 clear. Length of body, 22mm.-25iina. J , 30mm. -37mm. J ; of 

 pronotum, 5mui. J , Gmm.-7mm. $ ; of elytra, 10mm. -12mm. J , 

 9mm. -10mm. 9 . 



Discovered by Kheil on the mountain of Lachens and in the plain 

 of Canjeurs in the department of Var in southern France ; also in 

 Spain near .Jaca, by the writer. 



5. AftcYPTERA brevipennis, Brunner. 



Stouter and larger than preceding; elytra \evy short in lioth sexes; 

 wings abortive, hyaline; femora as in A. fusra, but knees of 2 pale, 

 spotted with black ; like A. fusca, but foveohe clear cut, pronotum 

 more tumid. Length of body, 25mm. -30mm. J , 35mm. -45mm. $ ; 

 of pronotum, 5.2mm. J , 7. 5mm. -S. 2mm. $ ; of elytra. 13mm. -15mm. 

 3 . 14mm. -21mm. J . 



An eastern species, but has been taken at Brindisi. 



