228 THE entomologist's record. 



2. Black band of wing broad, reaching the border 

 of the wing itself. 

 3. The black band continued along a great part 

 of hinder margin, where it reaches the 2nd 

 or 3rd sinus, advancing along the border as 

 much as the radial band advanced towards 

 the base of the wing, so that a line joining 

 the ends of the two bands would be parallel 

 with the body when the wings are expanded. 

 4. Wings crimson, with black band very com- 

 plete . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. MINIATA, Pall. 



4.4. Wings blue, the black band less prolonged 2. CiEEULESCENS, L. 

 3.3. Black band but little prolonged along hinder 

 border, not reaching 3rd or 4th sinus, 

 hardly passing the 3rd vein of the radial 

 field ; radial band very long ; wings azure 

 or bright rose . . . . . . . . 3. charpentieei, Fieb. 



2.2. Band narrow, prolonged along hinder border 

 but without touching it ; wings pale rose- 

 coloured.. .. .. .. .. ..4. GRATiosA, Serv. 



1.1. Black band extending along hinder border, advanc- 

 ing towards the base much more than the 

 radial branch, which is short or absent ; wings 

 greenish-yellow . . . . . . . . . . 5. fuscocincta, Lucas. 



1. GiIdipoda MINIATA, Pallas { — (jermanica, Serville). 



This species is often confused with the following. Apart from the 

 different colour of the wings, the two kinds differ somewhat in 

 structure ; in 0. miniata the frons is quite flat above the ocelli, but in 

 the following species distinctly forked, with a small keel in the middle; 

 the foveoljE of the vertex are less deep and clean-cut than in the 

 following species, and the keel of the pronotum is blunter, so that the 

 sulcus makes a blunt incision, which is deep and clean in 0. caeruleacens. 

 It is wrong to consider 0. caeridescens as a kind of albino form of this ; 

 with 0. miniata when the pigment of the wing fails, the colour becomes 

 yellowish, and in 0. caernlescens, yelloAvish also. Length of body, 

 17mm. -27mm. (J , 24mm. -28mm. J ; of pronotum, 4mm. -5-5mm. J" , 

 6'8min.-6-2mm. ? ; of elytra, 18mm.-21ram. 3- , 22mm. -25mm. 2 • 



On dry stony places throughout southern and central Europe. In 

 France it is common in the south, but less so in the centre ; Agen, 

 Verdun, St. Germain, Basses-Alpes, Lestaques, Draguignan, Pyrenees, 

 Champign3^ Vosges, Alsace (not very common), Cauterets, Saint- 

 Martin-Lantosque, Fontainebleau, Amelie-les-Bains, Canigou, Tarbes, 

 Grenoble, Serres, Brunoy, Allier, Caraman, Var, Grande Chartreuse, 

 Carcassonne, Decmes near Lyon, and many localities in the south. 

 In Germany, at Eegensburg, Wiirzburg, Jena, Thiiringen, Meck- 

 lenberg ; it occurs throughout Italy, but is rare or unknown in Spain, 

 though it is recorded from Vilajuiga in Catalonia. In Austria it is 

 rarer than 0. caendescens ; it occurs in the Jura, Voralpen, Baden, 

 Otelfiingen, Osterfingen, Feldbach, Sargans. 



2. ffiDIPODA CiERULESCENS, L. 



Wings bright blue, with black band. Length of body, 15mm.- 

 21mm. ^ , 22mm. -28mm. $ ; of pronotum, 3-6mm.-5"3mm ^ , 6mm.- 

 7"5mm. ? ; of elytra, 16mm. -22mm. ^, 22mm. $. 



For the characters of this species see under the preceding. 

 Extremely common throughout France ; it occurs also in Jersey. In 

 Belgium, at Canipine, Ardennes, Condroz, Louvain, Ostend, Nuy, 



