SYNOPSIS OF THE ORTHOPTERA OF WESTERN EUROPE. 227 



cocoons, which had come from a larva of G. papilionaria. These I 

 submitted to Mr. E. Fitch, who identified them as Apanteles rufipes, 

 Haliday. He refers me to Trans. Fntoin. Soc. Lond., 1885, p. 175, 

 which reads thus : " Bred in England commonly from G. papilionaria 

 by Curtis. Four broods by Bignell in July, and another brood ;^by 

 Raynor." — P. A. Marshall. '•■a'd'6 



I have to thank most sincerely Mr. Prout and Mr. Bacot for their 

 painstaking investigations, and all those friends who by the supply or 

 loan of material, have aided me in the preparation of these notes. 



Explanation of Plate VIII. 



I. a. The egg. 



h. ,, portion more highly magnified. 



II. The larva, freshly emerged. 



c. ,, the forked hairs. 



d. ,, the trumpet-hairs on thoracic segments. 



e. ,, long tactile (?) hair on 6th segment. 



f. ,, the first abdominal segment. 



III. The larva, still in first skin, but ready to moult. 

 f). ,, the forked hairs. 



h. ,, the tactile (?) hair on 6th segment. 



i. ,, the first abdominal segment. 



IV. The larva, second skin. 



}. ,, dorsal projection on first thoracic segment. 



k. ,, spicules (?) on anal flap. 



I. ,, the tactile (?) hair on 6th segment. 



m. ,, the first pair of legs. 



n. ,, hairs of strange forms from different parts. 



Synopsis of the Orthoptera of Western Europe. 



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



(Continued from p. 208.) 



Genus V: Celes, Sauss. 



Only one species. 

 1. Celes variabilis, Pall. 



Extremely variable in colour and size; the male is nearly always 

 quite black, and the female dark, Avith black spots and a whitish cross 

 on the pronotum ; sometimes it is dirty yellowish ; the wings may be 

 red, pale blue, or white, with a black straight band on the anterior 

 margin and the tip of the wing blackish, Length of body, 18mm.- 

 25mm. <y , 22min.-34mm. 2 ; of pronotum, 4mm. -6mm. ^ , 5mni.- 

 7mm. $ ; of elytra, 14mm. -19mm. ^ , 19mm. -25mm. $ . 



A rare, but widely distributed species. In France it has been taken 

 near Montpellier and at Loizac near Millau. It is recorded from 

 Portugal by Charpentier, but Bolivar doubts the authenticity, as it is 

 otherwise unknown in the Peninsula. It occurs near Vienna at 

 Modling, Felixdorf, and Oberweiden, the latter being the only recorded 

 European locality for the blue form. 



Genus VI : CEdipoda, Latreille. 

 This genus contains the grasshoppers with beautifully coloured 

 hindwings, varied Avith an arched black fascia. 



Table of Species. 

 1. Black band of wing giving out a radial branch in 

 front of the dividing vein, reaching towards the 

 base of the wing. 



