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or var. farinosa. Nymphalid^ : Linienitis Camilla, Polygonia e(jea, 

 Pyrameis cardui, Melitaea didyina (very variable), M. phoebe, M. trivia, 

 Issoria lathonia, Dryas pandora, Argynnis niobe var. eris, Melanargia 

 titea with var. teneates and var. titania, Satyrus telephassa, S. pelopea 

 Epinephele var. telmessia, Coenonympha pampliilus, Pararge maera, P. 

 megaera. Altogether 59 species, 20 of which were not taken by me in 

 July, 1904. 



[Errata.^ — Page 124, line 14 from bottom, for " Ascya " read " Areya." 

 Page 126, line 7, delete " and a 9 iJ. loewii " ; it turned out to be the ? of iJ. 

 nicholli. Page 126, line 16, after " Thecla spini " add "and Thecla. acaciae vai. 

 abdominalis." — P.P.G.] 



Synopsis of the Orthoptera of Western Europe. 



By MALCOLM BUEE, B.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S. 

 (Continued from vol. xviii., p. 129). 



2. Tettix KiEFFEKi, Saulcy. 



According to Azam, this species is characterised by the strongly 

 tectiform pronotum, long posterior femora, moderately thick antennae, 

 with somewhat elongated segments, short pronotum and wings, and 

 usual absence of spots on the sides of the pronotum. A variety is 

 known with long pronotum and fully developed wings.* 



According to Azam, found on flinty soils in Brittany, Hautes- 

 Pyren^es, Sologne, and the Vosges. Also the macropterous form from 

 Saint-Aignan and Sologne. The same author speaks of a variety 

 gavoyi, which is smaller in size, with slightly shorter antennal 

 segments, occurring in a few localities in the south of Prance in damp 

 places, in March and June, at Mont Alaric and in Provence. It is a 

 doubtful species. ' 



3. Tettix nobrei, Bolivar. 



Allied to the common T. bipnnctatus, which it resembles in every 

 respect, except that the pronotum is more rugose, the central keel 

 higher and more strongly compressed, and the anterior femora have 

 the edges undulated. Length of body, 9mm. (J and ? ; of pronotum, 

 9' 6mm. g and 5 ; of posterior femora, 6mm. ^ and $ . 



It occurs in Portugal, at Le9a and in the Serra de Vallonjo ; in 

 Spain, in the Picos de Europa, Montseny in Catalonia, and the Sierra 

 de Guara, in Aragon. 



4. Tettix kraussi, Saulcy. 



Closely allied to the common 2\ bipnnctatus, but antennae stouter, 

 segments shorter, and the lateral spots of the pronotum oblique. 

 Normally short-winged, with short pronotum, but sometimes speci- 

 mens are found with long wings and pronotum. Length of body, 

 7mm.-7"6mm. j , 8-5mm.-9mm. $ ; of pronotum, 6-5mm. ^ , 8mm.- 

 8-6mm. $ . A doubtful species. 



Found in France at Wavrille, near Damvilliers, at Bitche, in the 

 Alps of Dauphine, and the Hautes-Pyrenees. 



* I have been unable to obtain the dimensions of this and some others of the. 

 species described by de Saulcy, but '^they are all very nearly the same size as T. 

 bipunctatuft . 



