FAM. LOCUSTID^E 3 



two callosities, placed one on each side of the median line, and near 

 to each other . Subraanal plate of male placed below the anal segment. 

 Cerci of male large, with the base broad and produced interiorly into 

 a strong tooth. , then slender, and longer than the snpraanal plate, 

 bent inwards, at the apex, which ends in a sharp point .... 5. Genus Cali.ickanta, Bolivar. 



6. Side flaps of pronotum roundly inserted; pronotum with no lateral 



keels 7. 



— Side flaps of pronotum set at an angle; metazona with lateral keels . 6. Genus Platystolus, Bolivar. 



7. Small, less than 3o mm. long in either sexe, exclusive of the ovipositor ; 



color above black 7. Genus Pr^phippigera, Bolivar. 



— Large, over 40 mm. long in both sexes; green 8. Genus B^tica, Bolivar. 



Unplaced g. Genus Synephippus, Navas. 



I. Genus PYCNOGASTER, Graells 



Pycnogaster. Graells, Mem. Acad. Sc. Madrid (3), Vol. 1 (2), p. i55 (i85i); Bolivar, Orth. Esp. 



Portug. p. 177 (1876); Brunner, Prodr. Eur. Orth. p. 403 (1882); Rev. Orth. p. 189 (i8q3); 



Navas, Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. Vol. 2, p. 266 (1902); Kirbv. Syn. Cat. Orth. Vol. 2, p. 173 



(1906); Burr. Ent. Record, Vol. 20, p. 199 (1908). 

 Bathyscapes. Fieber. Lotos, Vol. 3, p. 188 (i853). 



Characters. — General form stout and plump. Pronotum more or less flat above, not sellate. 

 lateral carina; present, distinct and persistent; lateral lobes vertical, longer than high, the lower margins 

 generally emarginate or concave; presternum armed with a pair of spines. Elytra almost or quite 

 concealed beneath the pronotum. especially in the female. Posterior femora short and weak, but 

 slightly swollen at the base ; hind tibiae with or without an apical spine in the inner side above, none on 

 the outer side. 



Type. — Pycnogaster jugicola, Graells. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Europe, Africa. 



1. P. bolivari, Brunner, Prodr. Europ. Orth. p. 403-404, pi. 10, f. 92 (1882). Spain. 



2. P. brevipes, Navas, Act Soc. Esp. p. 235 (1899). Spain. 



3. P. cucullatus, Charpentier, Hor. Ent. p. g8(i825) (Barbitistes). Spain. Portugal. 



4. P.finotii, Bolivar, An. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. Vol. 10, p. 5o3, pi. 8, f. 1(1881). Oran, Algeria, Spain. 



gaditanus, Bolivar, Ann. Sc. Nat. Porto, Vol. 6, p. 4 (1900). 



5. P. graellsii, Bolivar, An. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. Vol. 2, p. 218, pi. 9, f. 2 Spain. 



(1873). — Plate, Fig. I . 2. 



6. P. inermis, Rambur, Faune Andal. Vol. 2, p. 57, pi. 4, f. 1. 2 (i83g) Sierra Nevada, Spain. 



(Brady poms). 



7. P. jugicola. Graells, Mem. Acad. Sc. Madrid (3), Vol. 1 (2), p. 137, pi. 9, Spain, Portugal. 



f. i-3 (i85i). 



8. P. sanchez-gomezi Bolivar, Act. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. p. 172 (1897). Ahmeria, Valenzia. Spain. 



2. Genus EPHIPPIGER, Latreille 



Ephippiger. Latreille, Cuvier's Regne Anim. (new edit.), p. 184, footnote (1829); Serville, Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. Vol. 22, p. i65 (i83i) ; Bolivar, Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. Vol. 7, p. 446 (1878); Saussure, 



