SYNOPSIS OF THE ORTHOPTERA OF WESTERN EUROPE. 1G9 



Bohemia ; it does not penetrate south of the Alps. The variety 

 sieboldii has been taken in the Vosges. 



19. Platycleis roeselii, Hagenbach 

 (=brevipennis, Linn.) 



Reddish testaceous ; side flaps of pronotum reddish, with a 

 distinct yellowish border all round ; elytra olive-reddish with black 

 veins, pellucid, broad towards the apex in the male ; in the female, 

 rounded ; a macropterous variety is known, but is exceedingly rare ; 

 abdomen reddish; anal segment of male triangularly excised, with 

 lobes long and triangular ; cerci of male easily surpassing subgenital 

 lamina, toothed near the apex ; subgenital lamina of male deeply 

 triangularly emarginate ; of female, keeled, deeply triangularly 

 emarginate, with flat triangular lobes ; ovipositor curved sharply 

 upwards at the base, shorter than the pronotum ; in the fully winged, 

 variety, the elytra are yellowish and pellucid, with black veins, and 

 the wings hyaline. Length of body, 14mm. -17mm. $ , 15mm.- 

 18mm. 2 ; of pronotum, 4-2mm.-4-8mm. $ , 4-5mm.-5mm. 2 ; of 

 elytra, 8mm. -10mm. J , 5mm. -6mm. 2 ; of elytra in the macropter- 

 ous variety dilitta, 20mm. $ , 23mm. 5 ; of posterior femora, 14mm.- 

 15-5mm. 3 , 16'5mm.-17mm. 2 ; of ovipositor, 7'8mm.-8mm. 2 . 



A native of northern and central Europe. It occurs in Sweden 

 doubtfully, but is recorded from Denmark. In England it is scarce, 

 but has been taken at Heme Bay. In France, it is common through- 

 out the country, especially in the north and mountainous regions. 

 The var. diluta is recorded from Bordeaux and Alsace. In Belgium, 

 it is recorded from Lisseweghe, near Heyst. It is found in South 

 Germany, near Tubingen in Wurttemberg. Brunner mentions a 

 female from Chioggia near Venice, which agrees with the variety 

 diluta, but is more than twice as large, and has a narrow white border 

 round the side flaps of the pronotum. 



20. Platycleis marmorata, Fieber. 



Large; reddish olive ; side flaps of pronotum uniform dull green; 

 elytra dirty green, very ample, subtruncate at the apex, a little shorter 

 than the abdomen ; cerci of male very short, strongly thickened at the 

 base, toothed in the middle ; subgenital lamina of female broadly 

 emarginate with thin pointed lobes. Length of body, 20mm. $ , 

 21mm. 2; of pronotum, 6 - 5mm. $ and $; of elytra, 13mm. $, 

 12mm. 2 ; of posterior femora, 20mm. $ , 21mm. 2 ; of ovipositor, 

 11mm. 2 . 



A rare species recorded from Chioggia, near Venice. 



21. Platycleis marqueti, Saulcy. 



In colour and appearance, it resembles the preceding ; superficially 

 resembles /'. brachyptera, Linn. Length of body, 14mm. -18mm. g, 

 16mm. -19mm. 2 ; of pronotum, 4mm. -6mm. g , 5mm.-6 - 5mm. 2 ; 

 of elytra, 8mm.-ll-5mm. 3 , 7-5mm.-llmm. 2 ; of ovipositor, 

 6'7mm. 2 • 



Taken at Bagneres de Bigorre, and near Pau, in the French 

 Pyrenees. 



22. Platycleis buyssoni, Saulcy. 



Greenish, varied with reddish and brown; elytra reddish-green, 



