tlie OrtJioptera in the British Museum. 137 



specimens of C. italicus taken there, together with several 

 specimens of Calopte^wjjsis glaucopsis Walk., which is 

 extremely like the former species in its habitus and colora- 

 tion, but, of course, easily distinguished by the shape of 

 tibial spurs and other generic characters. One of the 

 specimens of C. italicus from Baltistan is Kirby's type of 

 Caloptenopsis punctata. 



2. Calliptamus vulcanius (Krauss). 



1892. Caloptenus vulcanius Krauss, Zool. Anz., xv, p. 167, 



no. 42. 

 1910. C[alliptamus] vulcanius Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., iii, 



p. 553, no. 3. 

 British Museum specimen : Teneriffe {Capt. Beechey), 1 $. 



According to -the original description, this species differs 

 from C italicus by the straight pronotal carinae and the 

 coloration of wings, which are hyalinous at the base and 

 infumate apically. The single female specimen in the 

 Museum collection is very badly preserved, and I am 

 unable to express any definite opinion as to the systematic 

 value of the above-mentioned characters ; the interrelation 

 of G. italicus and C. vulcanius must be studied by long 

 series of specimens. 



Genus Paeacaloptenus Bol. 



There are two species included in this genus in Kirby's 

 Catalogue, as well as in M. Fernandez's revision, but I am 

 rather doubtful whether P. ohesus Bol., known by the 

 female sex only, really belongs here ; most probably it 

 represents a distinct genus. Thus, only one species remains 

 in the genus, the Mediterranean P. caloptenoides Br. Watt. 



1. Paracaloptenus caloptenoides (Br. Watt.). 



I find it unnecessary to repeat the synonymy of this 

 species, correctly given by Kirby (Syn. Cat. Orth., iii, 

 p. 553). 



British Museum specimens : Corfu, 1 (^, 1 $ (purchased 

 from Brunner v. Wattenwyl) ; Belgrade, Serbia, 1 ^ ; 

 Anninger Wald, Austria, 1 (^. 



