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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



1. Ctenodecticus masferreri, Bol. 



The generic characters are less strongly marked in this than in the 

 other two species ; the elytra are free, and the anal segment of the 

 male is normal, but little produced, and emarginate in the centre, 

 leaving the cerci free; the posterior femora are noticeably shorter than 

 in the other species. Length of body, ? ; of posterior femora, 7'5mm. 

 3 , 8-5mm. 2 . 



Taken on Thymus at Espinelvas, in Catalonia ; originally wrongly 

 recorded from Montserrat. 



2. Ctenodecticus pupulus, Bol. 



Testaceous, pale above, with a black band on each side ; side flaps 

 of pronotum chestnut, with whole of lower border white ; elytra hardly 

 visible in male, and quite hidden in female. Length of body, 10mm. 

 $ and 2 ; of pronotum, 4-5mm. $ , 3-5mm. 2 ; of posterior femora, 

 11mm. $ and ? ; of ovipositor, 8mm. 2 . 



A rare insect, occurring on the hills behind Escorial in central 

 Spain. 



3. Ctenodecticus bolivari, Targioni. 



Differs from preceding in the side flaps of pronotum, which have 

 only hinder part bordered with white, by the prominent elytra of the 

 female, and by the single black band on the posterior femora. Length 

 of body, 13mm. 2 ; of pronotum, 5mm. 2 ; of posterior femora,. 

 13mm. 2 ; of ovipositor, 11mm. 2 • 



Occurs in Sardinia ; also recorded from Oran in Algeria by Brunner. 



Genus IX : Anterastes, Brunner. 

 Characterised by the absence of the middle pair of terminal spines 

 on the underside of the posterior tibiae, and by the strongly curved 

 ovipositor. There are two species known, one occurring in Serbia 

 and the other in south-west Europe. 



1. Anterastes raymondi, Yersin. 



Very slender ; reddish-testaceous, the whole body being banded 

 with chestnut ; antennas three times as long as the body ; elytra 

 hardly free in either sex. Length of body, 12mm. $ , 13mm. 2 ; of 

 pronotum, 4mm. $ , 4-2mm. 2 ; of elytra, l-5mm. $ , 1mm. 2 ; of 

 posterior femora, 15mm. $ and 2 ; of ovipositor, 9mm. -10mm. 2 • 



A rare species found on oaks and shrubs ; it is exceedingly active 

 and difficult to catch. In France, a few southern localities are recorded, 

 as Hyeres, Toulouse, Cannes, Narbonne, Bagnols, le Rayran, Montauroux. 

 In Spain, it has been taken at Espinelvas and Viladrau in Catalonia ; 

 in Italy, at Naples, Voltaggio, Pegli, and Genoa. Also in the Tirol at 

 Bozen. 



Genus X : Pachytrachelus, Fieber. 

 Characterised by the long, threadlike, and quite simple and unarmed 

 cerci of the male ; the genus is a transition between Ehaeocleis, which 

 it resembles in the form of the head, and Olynthoscelis, which it 

 resembles in the unarmed presternum and the four terminal spines of 

 the posterior tibiae. The ovipositor is straight, obliquely truncate at 

 the apex. 



