Séance du 27 décembre i9ÎB Ü9 



A female was taken among thistles; she had 

 bitten her way into the web of a half-grown larva of 

 Pyranicis cardai and was eating the larva. 



34. Saga ornata, Burnì. 



>Yadi Kelt, i6 May. 



Recorded by Giglio-Tos undei'i the name S. vit- 

 tata, F. - W. 



35.* Saga gracilipes, Uvarov, sp. n. 



9 . Of medium size for the genus; slenderly 

 built. Face in scattered punctures, in the lower part 

 with feeble transverse rugosities. Pronotum about 

 twice as long as broad; anterior and posterior margin 

 slightly raised; the surface deeply furrow^ed and be- 

 tween the sulci strongly gibbose; lower margin of the 

 lateral lobes callous, somewhat incrassate and slight- 

 ly expanded ; anterior and posterior angles slightly 

 attenuate, about 90°. Elytra and wings absent. 

 Anterior and intermediate femora relatively long, 

 armed with 8 - 9 spines on each side below. Hind 

 femora very slender, quite four times as long as the 

 pronotum, armed below on each side with i3-i8 ir- 

 regularly arranged feeble spines. Ovipositor straight, 

 almost three times as long as pronotum. 



Coiloration greenish-ochraceous. Lower margins 

 of pronotum paler. Abdomen brownish-ochraceous, 

 with the usual pattern in pale. All femora marmorated 

 in darker and paler shade. 



cT (paratype). Hind margin of pronotum raised 

 slightly more than in the female, but still very lit- 



