SYNOPSIS OF THE ORTHOPTERA OF WESTERN EUROPE. 



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2.2. Lower border of side flaps of pronotum more 

 or less distinctly sinuate ; (supraanal plate 

 ,} variable). 

 3. Ovipositor twice as long as pronotum ; supra- 

 anal plate cT rounded. 

 4. Italian species. 



5. Hulci of pronotum black ; anterior tibite 



unarmed ; abdomen speckled ; subgenital 



lamina withashallovvroundemargination 3. elegans, Br. 



5.5. Sulci of pronotum not black ; anterior 



tibiffi sometimes spined ; abdomen 



plain ; subgenital lamina with deep 



triangular emargination .. ..4. sicula, Fieb. 



4.4. Spanish species. 



5. Cerci j armed apically with sharp tooth 



placed obliquely and separated from the 



inner tooth by a furrow; metazona small, 



with big impressions, but not very deep 5. oktegai, Pant. 



5.5. Cerci d" conical at apex ; metazona 



large, very rugose . . . . . . 6. asturiensis, Bol. 



3.3. Ovipositor two-and-a-half times longer than 

 pronotum ; supraanal plate c{ angular. 

 4. Supraanal plate (^acutangular; Italian species 7. ann.e, Targ. 

 4.4. Supraanal plate cT obtusangular ; Spanish 

 species. 

 5. Pronotum very convex posteriorly, with 

 no median keel, the lateral keels obsolete 

 beyond the middle ; subgenital lamina 

 ? entire. 



6. Pale 8. stali, Bol. 



(3.6. Black and yellow . . . . . . 9. i'olita, Bol. 



5.5. Pronotum nearly tectiform posteriorly, 

 with faint median carina, the lateral 

 cai'inas extending to posterior border ; 

 subgenital lamina ? sinuate in the 

 middle . . . . . . . . . . 10. nobrei, Bol. 



1.1. Metazona of pronotum more or less oblique and 

 tectiform, keeled centrally. 

 2. Last ventral segment ? smooth ; supraanal 

 plate c? longer than broad. Anal segment d 

 with hinder border straight, interrupted by 

 median sulcus, but generally parallel with 

 border of preceding segment. 

 3. Elytra very convex, with dense reticulations; 

 ovipositor as long as, or longer than, the 

 posterior femora. 

 4. Pronotum yellow-green ; metazona short 

 and transverse, leaving tympanal area of 

 elytra free . . . . . . . . . . 11. perezi, Bol. 



4.4. Pronotum darkish green, metazona nearly 

 square or transverse, but completely 

 covering tympanal area of elytra .. 12. balearica, Bol. 



3.3. Elytra less convex, with more open reticula- 

 tion ; ovipositor shorter than the posterior 

 femora . . . . . . . . . . 13. martorellii, Bol. 



2.2. Last ventral segment ? tumid ; supraanal plate 

 <f equilateral ; anal segment cf not straight 

 on posterior border, but faintly produced into 

 very short obtuse lobes on each side of median 

 sulcus. 

 3. Small species; anterior femora one-and-a-half 

 times as long as pronotum. 

 4. Elytra with margin extended and openly 

 reticulated. 

 5. Smaller (pronotum not exceeding 6mm. 



