200 THE entomologist's rkcoed. 



5. Pronotum with rectangular emargination 

 on posterior border ; infra-anal plate s 



rounded behind ; ovipositor curved . . 5. cucullatds, Charp. 

 5.5. Pronotum with obtuse angular emargin- 

 ation posteriorly ; infra-anal plate ^ 

 emarginate behind ; ovipositor straight. 

 6. Ovipositor rather long (32mm.) ; feet 



somewhat long and slender . . . . 6. bolivari, Brunner. 



6.6. Ovipositor shorter (27mm.) ; feet 



shorter and stouter . . . . . . 7. brevipes, Navae. 



4.4. Keels of pronotum curved . , . . . . 8. jugicola, Graells. 



1. Pycnogaster ge/Ellsi, Bolivar. 



Distinguished by its smaller size, reddish-brown colour, varied 

 with yellow or green, with grey spots and yellow ones, and also with 

 broad ochre-yellow stripes ; also by the side flaps of the pronotum 

 which are entire, not emarginate beneath, and higher posteriorly than 

 anteriorly. Length of body, 28mm. ^ , 30ram. $ ; of pronotum, 

 11mm. (J , 10-5mm. 2 ', of posterior femora, 14mm. J and 2 ; of 

 ovipositor, 27mm. $ . 



A native of almost the whole of the Province of Ciudad Eeal, and 

 part of the Province of Cuenca, in central Spain. 



2. Pycnogaster finoti, Bol. 

 Characterised by the series of wrinkles or little furrows, bright 

 and shining, on the latter part of the dorsal segments of the abdomen ; 

 the type form occurs only in Algeria, but the var. gaditanns, Bol., is 

 recorded from Chiclana, in southern Spain ; in this variety the side 

 flaps of the pronotum are not widened posteriorly, the cerci of the ^ 

 are very slender and pointed apically, the subgenital lamina of the 2 

 is emarginate posteriorly, with a deep sulcus oblique on each side ; 

 the ovipositor is somewhat curved. Length of body, 40mm. <? and 

 2 ; of pronotum ? ; of posterior femora, 19mm. J and 2 ; of ovi- 

 positor, 37mm. 2 . 



3. Pycnogaster inermis, Rambur. 



Distinguished from the following by the form of the pronotum, 

 as shown in the Table of Genera. Further, the spines of the posterior 

 femora are very small ; the posterior tibife are rather spiny along the 

 whole of the inner border ; the cerci of the <? have an inner tooth 

 placed near the apex, which is very obtuse. The supra-anal pale 

 plate of the <? is triangular, and longer than broad at the base. 

 Length of body, 34mm. ^ , 40mm. 2 ', of pronotum, 12mm. <? and ? ; 

 of posterior femora, 18mm. 3^ and $ ; of ovipositor, 37mm. 2 . 



Peculiar to the Sierra Nevada. 



The egg and egglaying of Ourapteryx sambucaria, with a remark 

 on upright Geometrid eggs. 



By J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 

 On the evening of July 9th, at about 10.30 p.m., a fine 2 Ourap- 

 teryx sambucaria was sitting on a privet-leaf in one of the little front 

 gardens of a house in Westcombe Hill. It was raining hard, but the 

 moth sat unconcerned upright on the leaf Avith its wings over its back, 

 so I carried it indoors and placed it under a glass, and in the morning 

 it had laid a considerable number of eggs, all on the edge of the glass, 



