186 PHODROMUS OEDIPODIORUM. 



fusco-punctulata, subfasciata. — Ate angusliores, apice minus obtusse, disco basali 

 ochraceo, fascia consueta fusca, in margine postico magis extensa ; margine anlico basi 

 ochraceo; parle apicali vitrea, fnsco-venosa, lobis 2 apicalibus Q tf infuscatis; area 

 ulnari quam area media haud latiore. — Femora postica extus ultra medium fascia 

 obscura, intus nigra fascia praeapirali lutea, area infera superaque basi lutea. — 

 Cf Alarum fascia fusca marginem posticum includente. — Long. Q 22, ^f 17; 

 El. Q 21, q* 11 mill. — Oriens; Asia minor, Taurus (a Dom. Lederer Iecta). 



Var. — a. Alse basi rosea3 vel purpurese. (Persia; Daghestania.) — b. Alae basi 

 pellucentes, coerulescenles, fascia fusra obsoleta, nebulosa, vel evanescens ; statura 

 majnr. (Syria ; Caucasus.) 



43. Genus Acrotylus, Fieb. 

 Acrotylus, Fieber, Synopsis, p. 25. (Lotos III. 125.) — Brunner de W. Prodrom. 154. 



Insecta minora, pnbescenlia, gracilia, corpore antice obtuso. crassiuscnlo. Antennse 

 filiformes, longitudine variabili. Caput breve, crassiiisculum ; oculi prominuli, globosi; 

 costa facialis laliuscula, ad frontem convergens, ad verlicem frequenter acuminala 

 vel valde constricta; sculellum verticis trigonale, canaliculalum; tempora ad basin 

 roslri posita. Pronotum breve, plus minus conslrictum, tenuiter carinatum; melazona 

 quam prozona paulo longiore, margine poslico transverse arcuato vel obtusangulo; 

 carinula prozonce normali, nonnunquam rristulata, per sulcum anticum leviter 

 incisa vel sinuata (frequenter per varietatem integra), sulco inlermedio semper per 

 carinam interrupto, nunquam trans dorsum continuo. Lobi laterales angusti, infere 

 rotundati. Elytra angusta dimidio apicali membranacea, venis spuriis frequenter defi- 

 cientibus; vena intercalata obliqua, area inlercalala antica nitida; vena discoidalis 

 vix perspicue in medio furcata; v. media deficiens ; ejus ramus anticus ramum vena? 

 discoidalis efficiens; ramus poslicus nullus vel venam inlercalatam persequens; v. 

 axillaris rare libera. Alae basi coloratse vel decolores, plerumque fascia semilunari 

 fusca campi postici, antice incompleta; area ulnaris frequenler quam area media 

 angustior (ut in G. Bryodema). Tibiae posticce eoerulese, calcaribus posticis valde inse- 

 qualibns, internis metatarsum subaequantibus. 



Les especes de ce genre devront sans doute subir une reduction, car la plupart sont 

 encore imparfaitement connues. Les formes du corps semblent varier beaucoup, de 

 meme que la longueur des antennes et des organes du vol. Les A. insubricus et^mtrue- 



