300 the entomologist's record. 



Puget-Theniers, Grasse, towards Esterel, on to Saint Raphael. It 

 is commonest in the southern part of this polygon ; the smaller 

 specimens are taken in the north, the smallest of all at the Col d'Allos, 

 at Colmars, on the Cheval Blanc, B roves, and Roque Esclapon to 

 Lachens. 



7. Ephippigera zapateri, Bolivar. 



Uniform green ; pronotum smooth ; elytra strongly arched ; 

 supraanal plate of male sharply triangular, with long styles. Length 

 of body, 30mm. g ; of pronotum, 7 - 5mm. 3 ; of posterior femora, 

 18mm. $ , of ovipositor, 30mm. 2 . 



A native of Spain : Albarracin, Sierra de Cuenca, Montes de Toledo, 

 Escorial, Siles, on trees as well as on shrubs. 



8. Ephippigera paulinoi, Bolivar. 

 Distinguished from the preceding by the shorter cerci of the male, 



and by the slightly longer ovipositor. Length of body, 33mm. $ , 

 34mm. 2 ; of pronotum, 9mm. $ , 10mm. 5 ; of posterior femora, 

 22mm. $ , 24mm. 2 ; of ovipositor, 30mm. 2 . 

 Recorded from Granada. 



9. Ephippigera hispanica, Fieber. 



Large, yellowish ; anal segment of male separated from the supra- 

 anal plate by a transverse fold ; ovipositor as long as the posterior 

 femora ; feebly reticulate elytra, with large dark areas ; cerci slender 

 and conical. Length of body, 30mm. $ and 2 ; of pronotum, 

 8-5mm. $ , 9mm. 2 ; of posterior femora, 24ram. $ and 2 ; of 

 ovipositor, 24mm. 2 • 



A Spanish species, occurring only in the south ; Huelva, Seville, 

 Cordoba, where it is common in shrubs in summer. 



10. Ephippigera dorsalis, Fieber 

 {=nigromarginata, Lucas). 



Yellowish; with dark bands of square black spots on the abdomen; 

 elytra dark chestnut, with open reticulations, the radial vein not very 

 thick. Length of body, 26mm. $ , 28mm. 2 ; of pronotum, 7"2mm. 

 $ , 7 ■ 2mm. -8mm. 2 ; of posterior femora, 18mm. $ and 2 '» of 

 ovipositor, 28inm.-30mm. 2 • 



Recorded from Messina. Occurs also in Algeria. 



11. Ephippigera longicauda, Bolivar. 

 Characterised by the long and slender feet ; the anterior tibia? have 



six spines above ; the cerci are as long as the supraanal plate in the 

 male; the ovipositor is longer than in E. areolaria, which it resembles. 

 Length of body, 18mm. $ , 16mm. 2 ; of pronotum, 6mm. $ , 5mm. 

 2 ; of posterior femora, ? ; of ovipositor, 19mm. 2 • 

 Recorded from Ciudad Rodrigo and Salamanca. 



12. Ephippigera bormansi, Brunner. 



Resembles E. terrcstris, but smaller; violet in colour; the pronotum 

 is smoother and more rounded, the lower borders are straight, and the 

 supraanal plate of the male is rounded. Length of body, 23mm. $ , 

 25mm. 2 ; of pronotum, 7mm. $ , 6-2mm. 2 ', of posterior femora, 

 13mm. $ , 15mm. 2 5 of ovipositor, 24mm. 2 • 



An Italian species, discovered by the late Auguste de Bormans at 



