116 rROCEKDiyc. .S of the XA TIONA L MVSE VM. vol. XX. 



it was Fiebcr's species, and because Fieber\s schmidtii and Fischer's 

 W('inla.v are the same. IJy tlie ordinary rules of nomenclature, the 

 name srhmidtiiy liavinjj^ been aj)i)lied to one si)ecies of the genns could 

 not snb.secjuently be ajjplicd to another, even if tlie first were a syno 

 nym; but it is ilouldy incorrect here, since xclnnidtii of Fieber has tlie 

 priority over mcndax of Fi.s(!lier. It is therefore necessary to ^ivc tlic 

 l)rcsent s])ecies a new name. 



This species is found on leafy buslics. 



Fiom Carniola eastward to Scrvia, soutlicrn linii^iary, and Transyl 

 vania. , 



19. PODISMA PEDESTRIS. 



(riatr VIII. lig. 10.) 



r.riilhia pcdefitrh lASS.T.Vfi. Syst. Xiit.. Kd. X (1758), p 133, 

 Arrjidiiim pcdtslre ( )i.i\ ir.i;. r.ncycl. Mt'tli., VI (17!)1). p. 232. 

 ro(li.-t)ua pedestris La il{i:iM.i:, Cnv. Ki-jjin' Aiiini., V (1S29), p. 1S8, 

 Pczotettix pcdiairis IUKMKisri:i{, (i»rrn. Zeitschr. Ent., II (1840), p. 51. — 



riscHKK. Orth. Eur. (1854), pp. 3()!»-371, pi. xv, lijjs. 17. 17", 18, 18a.— 



intLNXr.R. Prodr. Eur. Ortli. (18^2). pp. 220-227. 

 Jcrifdiiim aptrrum I)?:(;eki!. Mom., Ill (1773), p. 474, pi. xxill. fiirs. 8, J). 



In nortliern Hurope. in Finland, soiitliern Sweden, and llolsteiii: 

 then a^ain farther south in tlie hij.'h alps of Switzerland, at the Wen 

 licm alp and the IJhone glacier, and in the mountains of soutliern l>ava 

 ria and the Tyrol; farther east it comes down to the hill country and 

 occurs from Carinthia eastward to the Vol«ia. South of the alps it is 

 found in southeastern France, southern Tyrol, and Sardinia. Jt has 

 been incorrectly re])orted from Enj»land. 



20. PODISMA ALPINA. 



(Plate IX, lig. 1.) 



G711U118 alpinufi KoLLAK, Bi'itr. T.andesk. Oestcrr , III (1833), p. 83. 



Podi^mn aJp'nia Fikukh, Lotos. [II (18.')3), pp. 1H>. 



J'e:otetiix alpitio Fis. hkk. Orth. Eur. (18.'>3), ]>p. 3«)8-3f;t), ])1. xv, figs. 19. 20. 



Pczoteftix (ifphuis HiuxNEH, Prodr. Eur. Orth. (1882), j)]). 224-22."), pi. vii, tig. ,'>3. 



Acridiinn jnilchellum Hr.iMUCH-ScnAKFFKU. Nonuncl. Ins., II (IKIO), Orth., 8, lit. 



rodisina frh/idiini FiscuER, Jahrc!*b. Mann. ver. Xatnrk, X\' (1841M, pp. 38-39. 



J'odisma siiholpiinim FjscnEU, ibid.. XVI (1850), ]». 27. 



Occurs in two forms: alpina, with tejiinina separate and lateral, found 

 in the hi<jher mountains: and a larger, collina, with tegmina overlap 

 ping, lialf as long as the abdomen. 



P.O. alpi.ia occurs in all the higher mountains of central Europe ns 

 far east as the borders of Servia. I found it extremely abundant in 

 the alpine pastures alxmt Villars sur Bex, Canton de Yaud, Switzer 

 land, P. a. coUina is found frou) Carniola and the forest of Vienna 

 through southern Hungary to Transylvania. _ - _ „ ,._..__ 



