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3. Ephippigera crucigera, Fieber (=bitterensis, Marquet). 



Resemble? the preceding, but larger, and the pronotum is marked 

 with a black cross; the general colour is bright yellow, merging into 

 brown with yellow lines on the abdomen. Length of body, 30mm. 

 $ , 28mm. $ ; of pronotum, 9mm. $ , 10mm. 2 ; of posterior femora, 

 18mm. -21mm. $ , 21mm. ? ; of ovipositor, 23mm. -25mm. ? . 



Occurs in France, where it is not rare in the south-west ; recorded 

 from Beziers, Montpellier, Carcassonne and Narbonne. It is found 

 on vines. 



4. Ephippigera cunii, Bolivar. 



This is the largest of the group of E. vitium : it is distinguished 

 by the unequal rugose frons, compressed pronotum, which is produced 

 forwards over the head, by the apically truncate cerci of the male, and 

 by the nearly straight, blunt ovipositor. Length of body, 31mm.- 

 34mm. 3 and 2 ; of pronotum, llmm.-11-omm. $ and 2 ', of 

 posterior femora, 23mm. $ and 5 ; of ovipositor, 27mm. ? . 



It occurs on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees, at Canigou and 

 Banyuls. In Spain, down the Mediterranean coast to Barcelona ; the 

 writer found it commonby on Monseny, where the variety jugicola, Bob, 

 occurs. This is somewhat smaller, varying in colour from olive-green 

 to brown ; the elytra are darker, the anterior femora somewhat shorter, 

 than the pronotum, and the cerci of the male more pointed. Length 

 of body 30mm. J and $> ; of pronotum, 9mm. $ and ? ; of posterior 

 femora, 16mm. $ and 2 ; of ovipositor, 26mm. 5 . 



This occurs in Catalonia at Ribas, Camprodon, and Monseny. 



5. Ephippigera perforata, Rossi. 



Bright green or violet ; resembles E. vitium, but the fastigium of 

 the vertex is more compressed, especially in the male, the pronotum is 

 flatter, the elytra narrower, and sulphur-yellow on the scapular area ; 

 the venation is clearer in the radial field ; the supraanal plate of the 

 male is roundly triangulate, and the subgenital lamina of the male has 

 very short styles, and the ovipositor is somewhat longer or more 

 curved. Length of body, 23mm. -26mm. $ , 28mm. $ ; of pronotum, 

 6 , 8mm.-7 , 2mm. J , 7mm.-7"8mm. $ ; of posterior femora, 16mm.- 

 19mm. $ , 18mm. $ ; of ovipositor, 26mm. J . 



Rare in France; recorded from Saint-Sever in the Landes, and 

 Gavarnie in the Pyrenees. It occurs in Italy at Yoltaggio and Pegli, 

 and in Calabria. 



6. Ephippigera terrestris, Yersin. 



Resembles the preceding, but yellow in colour, with higher elytra 

 and two spines on the anterior tibiae above ; the cerci are bifid at the 

 apex, long and cylindrical. Length of body. 26mm. -28mm. J , 29mm. 

 $ ; of pronotum, 9mm. $ , 8mm. $ ; of posterior femora, 18mm. $ 

 and J ; of ovipositor, 29mm. J . 



A native of the south of France, occurring at Frejus and Grasse; 

 also at Bagnols, Montauroux, and Les Escolles. 



Azam records a smaller variety, minor, in Provence. The length 

 of body in the variety is given as 23mm. -26mm. Azam defines the 

 area where this species occurs as a polygon from Saint Aigulf, by the 

 foot of the Chaines des Maures to Cuers, up to Saint Baume, to 

 Durance, following on to Sisteron ; then to the Col d'Allos, down by 



