180 THE entomologist's record. 



Table ok Species. 

 1. Infraanal plate of i depressed. 



2. Elytoi as large as abdomen, or scarcely longer ; 

 with big greyish spots ; infraanal plate i 

 with lateral margins parallel, and apex 

 broadly rounded ; tibia; reddish .. .. 1. pijATypygia, Pantel. 



2.2. Elytra distinctly longer than abdomen, of 

 almost uniform colour ; infraanal plate j 

 broadened towards apex and truncated 

 there . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. teroestina, Miihlf . 



1.1. Infraanal plate g conical, of ordinary form. 



2. Hinder femora narrow, with the black spot of 

 inner face interruj)ted near base ; wings 

 nearly hyaline ; form slender . . . . H. thalassina, Fabr. 



2.2. Femora stouter; black spot on inner face not 

 interrupted ; wings darkened towards apex ; 

 form stouter . . . . . . . . . . 4. strepens, Latr. 



1. Epacromia platypygia, Pantel. 



A rare Spanish species characterised by the depressed infraanal 

 •plate of the S > iu which it resembles K. tert/estina, but it differs from 

 that species in the shorter elytra, with large greyish spots ; the infraanal 

 plate is also somewhat differently shaped. Length of body, 22m in. - 

 28mm. 3' , 25-2mm.-32mm. ? ; of pronotmii, 3mm. -4mm. <? , 

 4-6mm.-5-2mm. $; of elytra, 15-5mm.-18-5mm. 3, 20mm. -24mm. 

 $ . Recorded from Ucles and Salamanca. 



2. Epacromia tergestina, Miihlfeld. 

 Distinguished from the two following species by the grey or 



brownish colour, depressed infraanal plate of ^ , the triangular 

 foveohe of vertex, the unspotted elytra. The inner side of the hinder 

 femora is never red ; the size is very variable. Length of body 14uim.- 

 25mm. ^ , 22mm. -32mm. ? ; of pronotum, 3mm.-4-7mm. (^ , 4-3mm.- 

 6min. 5 ; of elytra, 15mm. -23mm. <? , 21mm. -30mm. 5 . 



A species of wide, but erratic, distribution. It occurs in salt- 

 marshes ; in France, it is recorded from Arcachon, La Teste-de-Buch, 

 Lainothe ; Charpentier notes it from Switzerland, with no precise 

 information. Lt it recorded from Domleschg and at Siders in Valais ; 

 it is known at Wattens near Innsbriick, and, in Spain, at Santander 

 and San Vicente de la Barquera. 



3. Epacromia thalassina, Pabricius. 



Green, with dark spots ; elytra with dark spots, the scapular and 

 mediastinal areas bright reddish-brown from the base to the middle ; 

 wings hyaline, with a greenish-yellow tinge near the base, slightly 

 smoky towards the apex ; hinder femora slender, often green, the 

 under keel never punctulate, the inner face bright purple, with the 

 base spot interrupted, so that apparently there are three spots, the 

 underside yellowish. Length of body, 17mm. ^ , 22mm. -25mm. 5 ; 

 of pronotum, 3-5mm. g , 4mm.-4-8mm. 9 \ of elytra, lGmm.-18mm. ^ , 

 20mm. -25mm. $ . 



Common in dry sunny places in southern and south central Europe ; 

 in France, it occurs as far north as Fontainebleau, also at Agen, Aix, 

 Toulon, Auges, Nice, Draguignan, common throughout Provence, occurs 

 even in winter at Arcachon, Saunnir, le Blanc, Tarbes, Allier and near 

 Lyon. In Germany at Karlsruhe and Glogau. In Switzerland at 

 •Geneva; in Austria, rare; Brigittenan, Prater, Neusiedlersee, Ober- 



