SYNOPSIS OF THE ORTHOPTERA OF WESTERN EUROPE. 



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Madonna del Monte, near Varese, and since taken by Azam at the 

 Cheval Blanc in the Basses-Alpes. 



13. Ephippigera areolaria, Bolivar. 



Small; cerci of the male shorter than the supraanal plate; ovi- 

 positor and feet shorter than in the allied /•:. longicauda. Colour 

 dark, with bright spots and sometimes yellow dorsal stripes. Length 

 of body, 18mm. S , 22mm. 2 ; of pronotum, 6mm. $ , 6-5mm. ? ; 

 of posterior femora, 15mm. $ and 5 ; of ovipositor, 17mm. 2 . 



At high elevations in Spain : Albarracin, Madrid, Granada, Ser- 

 rania de Cuenca, Pehalara, Soria, Ona ; and also Camllonc, near 

 Berga in Catalonia. 



14. Ephippigera pantingana, Navas. 



Size large ; green or straw-greenish ; cerci of male with blunt 

 point and median tooth ; anterior tibia? w T ith 3-4 spines on outer side, 

 and one median spinule on inner side, which may be obsolete. Ovi- 

 positor gently curved, about 3 times as long as pronotum. Length 

 of body, $ , 2mm., $ , 30mm. 2 ; of pronotum, 7'5mm. $ , 8mm. 2 ; 

 of posterior femora, 20mm. $ , 21mm. 2 ; of ovipositor, 24mm. 2 . 



Resembles K. areolaria and E. carinata, but distinctly larger ; dis- 

 tinguished also by the form of the cerci, fewer spines on anterior 

 tibia?, more sloping metazona of pronotum. Discovered by Father 

 Navas in July on shrubs on Monte Aragon, Spain. 



15. Ephippigera carinata, Bolivar. 



In this species the side flaps of the pronotum are roundly inserted, 

 and there is a double row of spines on the anterior tibia?. Length of 

 body, 25mm. $ , 27mm. 2 ; of pronotum, 7'5mm. 3 , 7mm. 2 ; of 

 posterior femora, 21mm. $ , 20mm. 2 ; of ovipositor, 21 mm. -23mm. 2 . 



A native of Central Spain ; Aranjuez, in valleys and cultivated 

 places among thorns. 



16. Ephippigera saussureana, Bolivar. 

 Small, yellow or red in colour. Length of body, 25mm., $ and 2 ; 

 of pronotum, 5mm. $ and 2 ; of ovipositor, 25mm. 2 • 

 In Spain, at Burgos and Fuencebadon. 



17. Ephippigera diluta, Bolivar. 

 Rather larger, very variable in colour ; ovipositor very long ; 

 keels of pronotum appear very sharp, as the disc is rough and the 

 sides are smooth, but there are no real carina?. Length of body, 

 30mm. -32mm. $ and 2 ; of pronotum, 6mm. $ and 2 ; of ovi- 

 positor, 31mm. 2 • 



A native of the mountains of Central Spain ; common on the 

 Sierra de Guadarrama. Bolivar places /*.'. gracilis, Br., here : it is 

 recorded from Pehalara, where only this species and /*,'. areolaria occur. 



HOTES ON COLLECTING, Etc. 



Effect of late season in the Swiss Alps on Leptidia sinapis. — 

 It is quite usual for there to be two broods of Leptidia sinapis through- 

 out the Alps of central Europe to an elevation of some 5000ft. One 

 suspects that, as happens at lower elevations in higher latitudes, the 



