— 169 — 
hatched larva. Adult maies are incomparably rarer than the fe- 
maies (a maie for 15 females approximativer?). I cannot deny 
the dimorphism of maies of E. taurica, such as observed recently 
by M el and er in E. texana, but up to the présent time I have 
not observed any suggestions to it (p. 159). 
Geographical distribution of E. taurica over the Crimean pe- 
ninsula seems to be restricted to the wärmest portions of the 
country. The însects are abundant on the Southern Coast from 
the cap Sarytsh to the bay of Alushta; several spécimens were 
found also at Inkerman and near Sebastopol. I suppose it will be 
discovered also further to the east. Vertically E. taurica ascends 
to the lower frontier of the Pinus-laricio-forests of the Southern 
Coast (125 — 150 m.) and is found almost everywhere on ail 
the heights of the southern littoral zone (e. g., on the summit of 
Aju-Dagh) (pp. 159—164). 
In E. taurica we have, no doubt, the most typical mediter- 
ranean (subtropical) élément of the Crimean fauna, which con- 
firms very positively the conclusions based on the results of other 
investigations (floristic, faunistic, meteorological) in this country; 
Southern Coast of the Crimea bearing in fact many mediterranean 
characters (p. 162). Rejectiug the doubtful information of Brauer 
(16), we may consider E. taurica as the first species discovered 
in the European Russia and, after E. taurica of Saussure (34), 
as the second in the Eussian Empire (p. 162). Is JE. taurica endé- 
mie in the Crimea? This question is to be solved only by immé- 
diate exploration of the Caucasian régions and of the countries of 
Balcan peninsula which are in this respect entirely unexplored. 
Very possible E. taurica would be discovered on the coasts near 
Novorossiisk. Total absence of Embiodea in the Caucasus is at 
least improbable (pp. 162 and 163). 
The bibliography of the subject, I hope, is exhausted by the 
subjoined list of papers. 
