SYNOPSIS OF THE ORTHOPTERA OF WESTERN EUROPE. Ill 



is rough. Length of body, 23mm. 3' '■ of pronotum, 7*2mm. 3' ; of 

 posterior femora, 14mm. <? . 



Occurs in Sardinia. Distinguished by the exceedingly rough 

 pronotum. 



8. Steropleurus stali, Bolivar. 



Clear green, to blackish-violet ; pronotum not keeled, but convex ; 

 metazona longer than prozona, arched ; side flaps with lower margin 

 strongly sinuate. Elytra reddish, arched, with coarse venation ; 

 ovipositor straight, 2^ times as long as the j^ronotum. 



The mountains of central Spain, Sierra de Guadarrama, etc. 



9. Steropleurus politus, Bolivar. 

 Distinguished from the preceding by the brilliant black on the 



head and pronotuin, nearly dull on the abdomen, which contrasts 

 with the pale yellow of the lower head, feet and belly. The margin 

 of the elytra is not areolated, but consists of a thick ridge. Length 

 of body, 22mm. 3- ; of pronotum, 6-5mm. S' ', of posterior femora, 

 11mm. J ; of ovipositor, 15mm. $ . 



Discovered by Escalera in the high mountains at Santiago de la 

 Espada. 



10. Steropleurus nobrei, Bolivar. 



Small; greenish -yellow; pronotum almost tectiform, faintly keeled; 

 subgenital plate 3 sinuate in middle ; ovipositor hardly longer than 

 posterior femora. Length of body, 24mm. S' arid $ ; of pronotum, 

 7mm. 3 and $ ; of posterior femora, 15mm. S' ii-iid 5 ; of ovipositor, 

 17mm. $ . 



Recorded from the Sierra d'Estrella in Portugal, and taken by 

 the writer near Espinama, in the Picos de Europa (Prov. de 

 Santander). 



11. Steropleurus perezi, Bolivar. 

 Characterised by the violet colour and the pale- bordered abdominal 



segments. Length of body, 23mm. -85mm. <? and 5 ; of pronotum, 

 7mm. t? and 2 ; of posterior femora, 16mm. g- , 17mm. $ ; of ovi- 

 positor, 18mm. 5 . 



This is a very widelj' distributed species (for a member of this 

 family) ; it is also variable in size to a considerable extent. It occurs 

 in Northern and Eastern Spain, from Huesca to El Jucar, and from 

 Burgos to Valencia ; the writer has found it common enough on 

 shrubs on the slopes of Montserrat ; other localities are Ucles, Dehesa 

 de Arganda, near Madrid, and recently recorded from Alcobaca to 

 Aljubarrota and Condeixa in Portugal. 



12. Steropleurus balearica, Bolivar. 



Resembles the preceding, of which it is an insular form, but 

 the prothorax is a little larger, and more convex posteriorly, and the 

 colour is darker. Length of body 33mm. 5 ; of pronotum, 10-5mm. 

 ? ; of posterior femora, 22mm. $ ; of ovipositor, 21mm. 5 . 



The writer found it in Majorca in a dried-up hedge near Yalde- 

 mosa, and on shrubs near Porto Cristo, but it does not appear to be 

 common. 



13. Steropleurus martorellii, Bolivar. 



The elytra are less convex than in S. perezi, and the reticulation 



