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long) ; upper border of anterior tibisB 

 unarmed or with a single spine in the 

 middle ; keels of pronotum sharp. 

 6. Colour dark reddish ; elytra blackish- 

 grey, the ground colour predominating ; 

 the veins few and yellow . . . . 14. castellana, Bol. 



6.6. Colour green or yellow ; elytra densely 

 reticulated so that the yellow colour 

 of the veins predominates . . . . 15. brdnneri, Bol. 



5.5. Larger (pronotum 8mm. long) ; upper- 

 side of anterior tibise generally with 

 three or four spines ; keels of pronotum 

 much more ill-defined. . .. .. 16. flavovittata, Bol. 



4.4. Elytra with margin more densely reticu- 

 lated, with no regular areas. 

 5. Keels of pronotum distinct ; cerci s short 



and conical 17. pseudola, Bol. 



5.5. Keels of pronotum very obtuse ; cerci d 



sharp, sinuate on inner side . . . . 18. obsoleta, Bol. 



3.3. Larger species, with anterior femora scarcely 



longer than pronotum . . . . . . 19. andalusica, Ramb. 



1. Steropleurus catalaunica, Bolivar. 



Rather small, reddish above, paler below ; the prozona is com- 

 pressed and cylindrical ; the metazona is convex, but not highly 

 arched ; the ovipositor is four times as long as the pronotum, and 

 gently curved. Length of body, 25mm. <? and 2 ; of pronotum, 6mm. 

 (J and ? ; of posterior femora, 15mm. c? , 15-5mm. ? ; of ovipositor, 

 23mm. ? . 



Taken by Masferrer at Sora, in Catalonia. 



2. Steropleurus CAVANNiE, Targioni. 



Green ; the pronotum rough ; the metazona arched and rounded ; 

 side flaps inserted at an obtuse angle ; elytra black and yellow ; cerci 

 short and cylindrical, obliquely truncate, bent, and hooked, with 

 a black basal tooth. Length of body, 32mm. J ; of pronotum, 9mm. 

 <? ; of posterior femora, 19mm. <? . 



An Italian species, taken on oaks, at Cosenza. 



3. Steropleurus elegans, Fischer. 



Sulci of pronotum, black ; anterior tibite with no spines ; colour 

 olive-green ; hinder margin of abdominal segments pale, with dark 

 spots ; subgenital lamina 2 roundly emarginate. Ovipositor not 

 twice as long as pronotum, rather strongly curved. Length of body, 

 30mm. (? and 2 ; of pronotum, 8-5mm. ^ , 8mm. 2 ; of posterior 

 femora, 19mm. <? and 2 ; of ovipositor, 16mm. 2 • 



Taken near Rome, and in the Tuscan Apennines. 



The Geometrides of Wimbledon Common. 



By RALEIGH S. SMALLMAN, F.E.S. 

 I have read with great interest Mr. G. D. Millward's paper on the 

 Macro-Lepidoptera of Wimbledon Common {antea, vol. xix.), in 

 which, however, he makes no mention of the Geometrides, hence the 

 following notes. At a later date I may make a few notes on 

 Mr. Millward's paper, or supplement it with a short account of the 

 Pyralides and Crambides to be taken in the district. Melanism 

 amongst the Geometrides in the district is of fairly common 



