SYNOPSIS OF THE ORTHOPTERA OF WESTERN EUROPE. 179 



the same species occurred in greater numbers, a few ( '. var. t/onlliis 

 being the most noteworthy. Papilio niacliaon and a fair number of Cnlias 

 phicownne were taken. On July 27th, Mr. Morel went to Mattmark 

 and stayed for six days. Here he found butterflies very scarce. A fair 

 number of Parnaasins (leliu!< was taken, the species being rare this 

 year, Brenthis yalcs, ('alias pliicdiiwne, a single ( 'ocnoni/nipha var. 

 dariviniana, and a single Krehia iimestra, Krebia tipidana, Paiiijihila 

 coiiDna, and Hesperia alreiiH appear to be the only other butterflies 

 captured. Pi/fpnaena fnsca was especially abundant, and, among the 

 coleoptera, Cicindela (^allien was in magnificent variety and also 

 abundant. 



The most interesting captures among the coleoptera between June 

 26th and mid- August, in 1904, in the Saas valley, are O.vypoda soror, 

 Thoms., which is not very common, Otiorrhynchus subcostatus, which 

 is fairly abundant, and a species, which appears to be Anthobium impres- 

 ticolle, very abundant here, although only given by Eeitter from the 

 Pyrenees, of which one would like more information. Quedius dubius 

 var. flai'olineatits, Bech., very rare here, and possibly a new Atowaria, 

 and a very rare Liodes. ( 'lirysob()thryxc/n-i/sii»tii/))io is a good species oc- 

 curring here, but is more common in the Tyrol. Tlippuriphila niyritula, 

 Duft, is also common, and Crepidodera peirolerii vars. siiperba and iiioesta 

 both occur here very abundantly and are to be obtained by sweeping. 

 Ajiion spenrei is also a pretty common species here, and Anthophayiis 

 hir<i)-nis, (d)ii)nis, falla.v, alpestn'K, and jiraeiistuti are perhaps worthy of 

 mention, the first-named being the most abundant, followed by alpi)nis 

 and alpesfris ; praeustus, possibly the best of these species, is not 

 common. It is perhaps to be remarked that Attelabus coryli is very 

 common at Hiiteck, but that not a single example has been taken in 

 the Saas valley above this point, explained easily because Corylns does 

 not occur above this, although the species also feeds on Alniis, 

 yet does not seem to follow this plant up the valley ; Mclasoma aenea 

 also occurs with this species. Orina yloriosa var. excellent and var. 

 renitsta both occur commonly here. Zoiiahris flcsuom (? ov f/eniinata) is 

 fairly abundant, and Ado.nix obscnnis, common at Loeche, reaches up 

 the valley as far as Haas-Grund. Jjaryiiotiis maryaritacfiifi, formerly in 

 great abundance in one meadow in Saas-Grund, has been very rare 

 this year (1004). and it is to be noted that last year not a single specimen 

 was obtained, the season being a very bad one for all beetles in the 

 valley. HydroponiK boyealia is very abundant in the river-water where 

 pools are made. 



Synopsis of the Orthoptera of Western Europe. 



By MALCOLM BUKK, B.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



{Continued from p. 156.) 



Genus XV : Epacromia, Fischer. 



In the construction of the elytra this genus is a transition to the 

 CEdipndidaf, but in the structure of the head agrees with the Tni.ralidae. 

 The elytra are alike in the two sexes, with the mediastinal area dilated 

 at base, the scapular area very narrow, irregularly reticulated, the 

 discoidal area with a vena intercalata ; wings subhyaline, often tinted 

 with yellowish-green. The distinction of the species is rather difficult. 



