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4. PcEciLiMON iNCERTUs, Targioni. 



Distinguished from the preceding as indicated. Length of body, 

 19mm. <y and ? ; of pronotum, 4'2mm. ^ , 5-5mm. 2 ; of posterior 

 femora, 16mm. ^ , 18mm. 5 ; of ovipositor, 9mm. 2 . 



An Italian species recorded from Savigno in the Italian Riviera, 

 and from Prata Sannita in Calabria. 



Genus III. Barbitistes, Charpentier. 



This genus is distinguished by the cerci of the male, which are 

 bent down strongly and crossed beneath the subgenital lamina. 



Table of Species. 

 1. Subgenital lamina 3 with posterior border broad, 

 not pointed. 



2. Subgenital lamina i smooth, not crested. 

 3. Subgenital lamina s with hinder border 

 straight, the terminal lobes emarginate on 

 the inner angle. Cerci c? smooth. 

 4. Cerci s apically hooked ; cisalpine species 1. serricauda, Fabr. 

 4.4. Cerci <? blunt ; transalpine species . . 2. obtusus, Targ. 

 3.3. Subgenital lamina <? with hinder border 

 round, the terminal lobes rounded on each 

 side ; cerci <? somewhat thickened at the 

 angle . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. constrictus, Br. 



2.2. Subgenital lamina 3 with a very sharp raised 

 crest. 

 3. Colour dark, rarely green, always bright ; lower 

 border of crest continuously curved ; elytra ? 



strongly punctate with violet radial spot . . 4. beeenguieei, Azam. 

 3.3. Colour green, not bright ; lower border of 

 ^ crest excavate ; elytra ? finely punctate ; 

 entirely green . . . . . . . . 5. fischeri, Yers. 



1.1. Subgenital lamina <? with hinder border compressed, 



pointed ; cerci of s hardly crossed . . . . 6. pulchripennis, Costa. 



1. Barbitistes serricauda, Fabr. 



Green, varied with dark reddish, with two yellow bands, more or 

 less distinct, throughout the body. Length of body, 15mm.-17mm. ^ 

 and 2 ; of pronotum, 4mm. $ , 4- 5mm. 2 ; of posterior femora, 

 15mm. ^ , 17mm. 2 ; of ovipositor, lOmm.-llmm. 2 • 



On shrubs and in clearings in the late summer and autumn in 

 many mountains in central Europe. In France, at Larche in the 

 Basses-Alpes, in the Vosges, and at Beynes near Digne ; Mont Dore. 

 In Belgium, at St. Michel in the Ardennes (rare), Chatillon, and 

 near Brussels. It occurs also in south Germany ; in the Swiss Jura 

 and central Switzerland, and in the Austrian Alps from the Tirol to 

 Vienna. 



2. Barbitistes obtusus, Targioni. 



Differs from the last only in the blunt cerci of the male. Occurs 

 in the south of France at Chabrieres near Digne, at the foot of Beyne. 

 In Italy at Cagliari, and Monte Generoso, Tessin, near Mendrisio. In 

 the south Tirol at Bad Ratzes. 



3. Barbitistes constrictus, Brunner. 

 Resembles B. serricauda, but smaller, and distinguished by the 

 shorter constricted pronotum and the distinctly rounded lobes of the 

 subgenital lamina of the male. Length of body, 14mm. J , 17mm. 



