VARIATION. 239 



Table of Species. 

 1. Supraanal plate £ rectangular, with more or less 

 prominent lobes. 



2. Cerci £ bifid apically (short, ending in a strongly 

 curved tooth, sometimes also with an internal 

 tooth) . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. provincialis, Yers. 



2.2. Cerci £ conical or truncate. 

 3. Cerci £ conical. 



4. Pronotum with disc uniform, rugulose ; hin- 

 der part arched . . . . . . . . 2. vitidm, Serv. 



4.4. Pronotum with disc marked with black ; 



hinder part raised, but not inflated . . 3. crucigera, Fieb. 



{ — bitter ensis, Marq.) 

 3.3. Cerci £ conical, but obliquely truncate at 



apex, with an internal tooth near the apex 4. conii, Bol. 

 1.1. Supraanal plate £ triangular or rounded. 

 2. Supraanal plate £ triangular. 

 3. Elytra densely reticulated. 



4. Elytra flat, but little elevated . . . . 5. perforata, Rossi. 



4.4. Elytra very distinctly convex. 



5. Pronotum rugose . . . . . . . . 6. terrestris, Yers. 



5.5. Pronotum smooth . . . . . . 7. zapateri, Bol. 



3.3. Elytra with open reticulations. 



4. Cerci £ shorter than supraanal plate, conical 8. paulinoi, Bol. 

 4.4. Cerci £ longer than supraanal plate. 

 5. Anterior tibiae with two rows of spines ; 



Spanish species . . . . . . . . 9. hispanica, Bol. 



5.5. Anterior tibia? with one row of spines 



above, or only an apical spine . . 10. dorsalis, Fieb. 



2.2. Supraanal plate £ rounded. 

 3. Side flaps of ponotum straight beneath. 



4. Anterior tibia? with one row of spines above, 

 or only an apical spine. 

 5. Ovipositor four times longer than pro- 

 notum. 

 6. Feet long and slender ; Spanish species 11. longicauda, Bol. 

 6.6. Feet not noticeably long and slender, 



French and Italian species. . . . 12. bormansi, Br. 



5.5. Ovipositor three times longer than pro- 

 notum. (Feet not noticeably long. 

 Spanish species). 

 6. Size medium ( £ l.-corp. 18mm., l.-ovip. 



17mm.) . . . . . . . . . . 13. areolaria, Bol. 



6.6. Size larger ( £ l.-corp. 28mm., l.-ovip. 



24mm.) . . . . . . . . 14. pantingana, Navas. 



4.4. Anterior with two rows of spines above . . 15. carinata, Bol. 

 3.3. Side flaps of pronotum sinuate beneath. 



4. Supraanal plate £ longer than cerci . . 16. saussureana, Bol. 



4.4. Supraanal plate £ as long as cerci . . 17. dildta, Bol. 



JiEMIPTERA. 



Tiuecphora vulnerata in East Kent. — I found a single specimen 

 of this very handsome, but local, Homopteron, on June 3rd, on the 

 railway cutting at Hnowdown, halfway between Adisham and Shepherds- 

 well stations, on the line from Canterbury to Dover. — Malcolm Burr. 

 June Gilt, 1907. 



IfARIATION. 



Cidaria picata ab. lacteomarginata. — At 9.20 p.m. on July 13th, 

 1906, I took a female < 'idaria picata at rest on a flower-head of 



