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2. Saga vittata, F. de W. 



Differs from S. serrata as shown in the table. Leno-th of body, 

 56nim.-65nim. <? , 65mm.-70mni. $ ; of pronotum, 10mm. -14mm. ^ , 

 12mm. -13mm. $ ; of elytra, 10mm. -11mm. <? , 0mm. 2 ; of ovipositor, 

 33mm.-3-±mm $ . 



A Levantine and Balkan species, which has been recorded by Costa 

 from Otranto in Italy. 



Family VII: Stenopelmatid,?:. 



This family is readily distinguished by the compressed tarsi: it 

 contains a number of spidery, apterous (in European genera) brownish 

 grasshoppers, which live in caves and holes. Two genera occur in 

 Europe, but owing to the isolation of their habitats, the species are 

 rather minutely subdivided, and their discrimination correspondingly 

 subtle. 



Table of Genera. 

 1. Hinder tibiffi with very numerous minute spinules 



above, and a few larger ones ; furrowed beneath, with 



numerous spines . . . . . . . . . . 1. troglophilus, Kr. 



1.1. Hinder tibiae with equal spines above, not very close 



together; smooth beneath, with few spines. .. 2. dolichopoda, Bol. 



Genus I : Troglophilus, Krauss. 



Of this genus a single species occurs in West Central Europe. 

 1. Troglophilus cavicolus, Kollar. 



Yellowish-testaceous, unicolorous, or varied with fuscous : anal 



segment of male, with rounded lobes of female, gently emarginate. 



Length of body, 17mm. -20mm. ^ , 18mm. -21mm. 2 ; of pronotum, 



5mm. S and 2 ; of posterior femora, 16mm. -18mm. $ , 17mm. -19mm. 



2 ; of ovipositor, 12mm. -13mm. 2 • 



Occurs in limestone caves and shady woods, under stones and leaves 

 in Austria, Graz, Klagenfurt, Schelmenloch near Baden (Vienna), and 

 in Lower Austria at Hinterbriihl, near Gumpolds Kirchen, Soos, 

 Gloggnitz, Kranichberg, and Meran. 



Genus II : Dolichopoda, Bolivar. 

 The members of this genus are even more spidery than those of 

 the preceding, but the general structure is very similar. 



Table of Species. 

 1. Femora spiny beneath .. .. .. .. ..1. borjiansi, Br. 



1.1. Femora not spiny beneath. 



2. Knees with two little spines. 



3. Anal segment of cT with two points, very large 2. palpata, Sulz. 

 3.3. Anal segment unarmed. 



4. Abdominal segments bordered with brown 3. geniculata, Costa. 

 4.4. Abdominal segments not bordered with 



brown . . . . . . . . . . 4. azami, Saulcy. 



2.2. Knees unarmed . . . . . . . . . . 5. linderi, Duf. 



1. Dolichopoda bormansi, Brunner. 



Distinguished by the presence of small spines beneath the anterior 

 and middle femora : segments of thorax and abdomen bordered with 

 dark: anal segment of male unarmed. Length of body, 16mm. J ; of 

 pronotum 4mm. <? ; of anterior femora, 14-5mm. <? ; of middle femora, 

 14mm. g ; of posterior femora, ?. 



Discovered by the late Auguste de Bormans in the Grotto Cisco, 

 near Bastia, in Corsica. The female is unknown. 



