44 THE entomologists' S RECORD. 



1.1. Elytra entirely wanting. 



2. First abdominal segment with a tympanum. 



3. Subgenital lamina s blunt . . . . 5. baldensis, Krauss. 



3.3. Subgenital lamina i acute . . . . 6. salamandrum, Fischer. 



2.2. Abdominal tympanum absent. 



3. Pronotum with impressed points, the side 

 lobes with a black band interrupted. 

 4. Hind tibia? bluish ; hind knees dark ; 



ventral segments with black spots . . 7. pyeen^um, Fischer. 

 4.4. Hind tibiae reddish ; hind knees pale ; 



ventral segments entirely pale . . R. cost;e, Targioni. 

 3.3. Pronotum smooth ; dark band of side 

 lobes not interrupted. 

 4. Cerci j pointed ; subgenital lamina (? 



obtuse .. .. .. .. ..9. PEDEMONTANUM, Brunner. 



4.4. Cerci c? somewhat dilated at apex; 



subgenital lamina cj pointed . . 10. cobellii, Krauss. 



1. PoDisMA FRiGiDUM, Boheman. 



Known by the crimson posterior tibiae, with rudimentary elytra. 

 Length of body 17mm. -20mm. ^ , 24mm. -26mm. 5 ; of pronotum, 

 4-2mm.-4-3mm. J , 5mm. -6mm. $ ; of elytra, 6"2mm.-8mm. S" , 

 6'8mm.-8mm. 2 . 



A northern species. It occurs in Lapland, at Quickjock ; in 

 Norway in the Dovrefjeld and at Nordland, Hatfjelddalen, and San- 

 skarf jeld at about 3500 feet ; in Switzerland on the Rhone glacier, 

 Maderanerthal ; also in the Seisseralp and Schlern. Li Austria at 

 Pasterze on the Grossglockner, in the Dolomites, South Tirol. In 

 France at Plane (over 7000 feet) near Mount Genevre, and on the 

 plateau of Gondran near Brian9on. 



2. PoDisMA ALPiNUM, Kollar. 



Known by the rudimentary or more or less developed organs of 

 flight, dark bluish or olivaceous hind tibite, curved valves of the 

 ovipositor, pointed cerci of $ and crimson under sulcus of posterior 

 femora. There are two well-known forms, viz., (1) alpinum, Koll., 

 smaller ; pronotum truncate behind ; elytra lateral, lobiform ; hind 

 tibife almost entirely blackish-violet. Length of bod}^ 16mm. 3- , 

 22mm. -27mm. $ ; of pronotum, 3-8mm.-4-2mm. (^ , 5mm. -6mm, $ ; 

 of elytra, 2-5mm.-4mm. ^, 4mm.-4-5mm. ?. (2) var. collinum, 

 Br., larger ; pronotum bluntly triangular behind ; elytra and wings 

 fairly well-developed ; former lanceolate ; posterior tibiae in both sexes 

 dirty yellow. Length of body, 16mm. -23mm. 3 , 24mm. -31mm. ? ; 

 of pronotum, 6mm. -6mm. ^ , 6mm.-7nim. 5 ; of elytra, 7mm. -12mm. 

 S , 9mm. -15mm. $ . 



The var. collinam is the east European form ; it has, however, 

 been taken at Belluno on the southern slopes of the Alps, and an 

 intermediate form at Schneeberg in the Semmering pass. It is rare 

 in France, and its distribution begins in the Wienerwald ; the other 

 form is found in all the highlands of west Europe ; in France common 

 in the Vosges, Jura, Mont Dore, Alps, and Pyrenees ; also in the 

 Black Forest. 



{To he continued .) 



