228 THE entomologist's record. 



$ , 22mm. ? ; of pronotum, 3;5mm. <? , 4-8mm. $ ; of posterior femora, 

 18-6mm. ^ , 18mm. 5 ; of ovipositor, 10mm. ? . 

 Sicily : Messina, Siracuse ; also in Sardinia. 



Genus VI : Leptophyes, Fieber. 

 This is the last of the apterous genera of the family, and the only 

 one represented in the British Islands. It is characterised by the very 

 short, but broad and strongly compressed, ovipositor, sharp at the 

 apex. The species are small and delicate, and very fragile. 



Table or Species. 

 1. Pronotum not exceeding metanotum, leaving elytra 

 free in both sexes. 



2. Ovipositor three times as long as pronotum .. 1. laticauda, Friv. 

 2.2. Ovipositor hardly attaining twice the length of 



pronotum . . . . . . . . . . 2. pdnctatissima, Bosc. 



1.1. Pronotum extending to hinder margin of metanotum; 

 elytra <j free from the vena plicata ; in the 9 

 almost entirely hidden. 

 2. Smaller ; with black marks on sides . . . . 3. albovittata, KoUar. 



2.2. Larger ; elytra <? with two black bands . . 4. bosci, Fischer. 



1. Leptophyes laticauda, Frivaldsky. 



(= riificosta, Frey-Gessner). 



Distinguished by the very long ovipositor of the female, and the 



strongly marked costal margin of the elytra of the male. Length of 



body, 17mm. ^ , 20ixim. ? ; of pronotum, 4mm. $ and 5 ; of posterior 



femora, 18mm. 3 and 2 ; of ovipositor, 10mm. -13mm. $ . 



This is an eastern species, which has occurred at Mendrisio and at 

 Voltaggio ; also at Lachens in France. It is common enough where it 

 ■occurs, on oaks, from the end of July to the end of September. 



2. Leptophyes punctatissima, Bosc. 

 Characterised by the short pronotum, almost entirely free elytra, 



with a faint black stripe in both sexes, by the long subgenital plate 

 straight at the end, and by the almost circular curved cerci of the male ; 

 the colour is green, covered with a mass of black specks and some 

 reddish lines. Length of body, 12mm. ^ , 16mm. $ ; of pronotum, 

 2-5mm. 3- and J ; of posterior femora, 15mm. 3 , 16mm. 5 ; of 

 -ovipositor, 7mm. 5 . 



Coramon in autumn and late summer, on trees and shrubs 

 throughout west central Europe. It occurs in Denmark, Seeland, 

 Bornholm ; in Sweden, Schonen ; at Kullen, in northwest Skane. 

 In Britain, it is common enough in the southern half. It is 

 common throughout France, but rarer in the south. Also throughout 

 Switzerland, from Zurich to Geneva. In Italy, it is found in the 

 north. It is doubtfully recorded from Kissingen, but otherwise, 

 apparently absent from Germany and Austria. It is also common in 

 Belgium. 



3. Leptophyes albovittata, Kollar. 



In this and the following species, the fastigium of the vertex is 

 furrowed above, and the pronotum of the male is slightly recurved at 

 the hinder border. This species is dirty green in colour, covered with 

 reddish spots. Length of body, 10mm. 3 , 15mm. J ; of pronotum, 

 3mm. 3, 3-5mm. $; of posterior femora, 12mm. 3, 14mm. ?; of 

 ovipositor, 5mm. $ . 



