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emarginate, the lobes very narrow; cerci of male not surpassing sub- 

 genital lamina, toothed in the middle ; subgenital lamina of male 

 deeply and triangularly excised, green, with black sides ; ovipositor 

 little curved, twice as long as pronotum ; subgenital lamina of 

 female triangular, broad, very long, triangularly emarginate at the 

 apex. Length of body 12mm. -16mm. $ and 2 ; of pronotum, 4mm.- 

 4-6mm. $ and 2 ; of elytra, 7mm.-9-5mm. $ , 4 , 5mm.-8mm. 2 ; of 

 posterior femora, 14mm. -17mm. $ , 16mm. -17mm. ? ; of ovipositor, 

 8mm. -10mm. 2 . 



There is a very scarce variety in which the organs of flight are 

 perfectly developed ; the elytra have then the mediastinal area green, 

 the rest dark, and the wings are smoky anteriorly ; the length of the 

 elytra is then 19mm. $ , and 18mm. 2 . 



Found on moorlands from Lapland to the Alps. In Lapland 

 and Sweden ; in England local, ,but common where it does 

 occur, on moors and heathland, chiefly in Surrey, Sussex, and Hants. 

 In France, common in the north ; in the forest of Bondy, Herbelay, 

 the Vosges, Ermenonville, Neufmoulin, Foret de Touft'on. In Belgium, 

 not very common; Charleroi, Spa, Geronstere, Sauvemere, Vieil Salm, 

 Campine, near Pietersheim, Calmpthout. In Scandinavia, in Skane, 

 at Finjasjon, Andrarum, Vinslof ; in Smaland on the frontier of East 

 Gottland, at Nerike ; Stockholm, and in Gottland, and Jutland. 



17. Platycleis saussureana, Frey-Gessner. 



Resembles the preceding in appearance, but there is no green on 

 the elytra, which reach the 6th abdominal segment. Subgenital 

 lamina of the male with the hinder margin slightly triangularly 

 emarginate ; ovipositor slightly curved, pointed ; subgenital lamina of 

 the female broad, as broad as long, triangularly excised. Length of 

 body, 17mm. $ , 18mm. 2 ; of pronotum, 5mm. $ , 5 - 5mm. 2 ; of 

 elytra, 9mm. $ , 7mm. 2 ; of posterior femora, 17mm. 3 , 18mm. 2 ; 

 of ovipositor, 11mm. 2 ■ 



A native of the mountains of central Europe. In France it occurs 

 in the Vosges, at Mont Dore, also in the Pyrenees, on Canigou, and at 

 Bagneres; also in the French Jura. It occurs throughout the Swiss 

 Jura, in the higher parts. 



18. Platycleis bicolor, Philippi. 



Green or yellowish ; pronotum yellowish, with a pale yellow line 

 at the insertion of the side flaps ; elytra green, pellucid, abbreviated 

 normally, but perfectly developed in the extremely scarce variety, 

 sieboldii ; wings hyaline, rudimentary, or abnormally developed ; 

 femora yellowish or green, the hinder pair with a chestnut stripe on 

 outer side ; anal segment of male triangularly emarginate, with sharp 

 triangular lobes ; cerci of male surpassing the subgenital lamina, 

 nearly straight, toothed at the apex; subgenital lamina of female 

 convex, triangularly produced. Length of body, 16mm. $ , 17mm. 2 ; 

 of pronotum, 4-8mm, $ , 5mm. 2 ; of elytra, 9mm. -22mm. $ , 6mm.- 

 22mm. 2 ; of ovipositor, 6mm. 2 • 



Occurs in moist or dry fields in the mountainous countries of east 

 central Europe. In France, it is recorded from the Bois de Boulogne, 

 the torest of Saint Germain, at La Roque, Esclapont, Vaugueray and 

 in the Vosges. A single female is recorded from the neighbourhood 

 of Brussels, but this requires confirmation ; it is also found in 



