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456 INSECTA, ORTHOPTERA.
mal; sexes similar; thorax short; wings longer than the abdomen. Type
M. glauca, Sauss.
Acromantis, Saussure, I. c. p. 226. Allied to Gonypeta. Frontal scutellum
mucronate above; elytra of the female membranaceous, marginal area opaque.
Two new species, noticed below.
Mesopteryx, Saussure, I. c. p. 235. (Subtribe Thespites.) Intermediate
between Tenodera and Phasmomantis. Margins of the prothorax lamellate,
parallel; wings of the female shorter than the abdomen, hyaline; legs slender.
Type a new species, noticed below.
Euchomena, Saussure, I. c. p. 235. Differs from Danuria in the feet being
deprived of lobes; from Thespis by the length of the wings, and by the short
supraanal lamina. Two new species, noticed below.
Oxyothespis, Saussure, I. c. p. 239. Allied to Thespis. Eyes laterally
spined; antennae with long hairs, nearly plumose. Two new species, noticed
below.
Pseudocreobotra, Saussure, I. c. p. 244. (Harpacites.) Allied to Creobotra.
Eyes scarcely conical; margins of the prothorax dilated; abdomen perfoliate
beneath, the margins dilated. Type P. ocellata, Pal. de B.
Pseudoharpax, Saussure, I. c. Allied to Harpax. Margins of the prothorax
and abdomen not dilated; clypeus subcarinate. Type P. virescens,
Serv.
Paracanthops (Pseudocanthops [sic] in table), Saussure, I. c. p. 243. Differs
from Acanthops in the vertex being armed with a split horn; tibiae perfoliate.
Types P. ccelebs, Sauss., and a new species noticed below.
Nanomantis, Saussure, Melang. Orthop. 3 e fascic. p. 263. Head much
compressed, transverse, short, facial scutellum linear. Prothorax very
slender, moderate. Elytra reaching to or extending beyond the apex of the
abdomen, membranaceous, more or less reticulated in colour. Wings narrow,
not coloured, discoidal vein bifurcate. Anterior legs slender, the thighs
short, slightly dilated. Abdomen of the female slender, linear; supraanal
lamina small, lanceolate, acute, and carinate. Male unknown. Type N,
australis, n. sp., 1. c. p. 264, Australia.
New species :—
SAUSSURE (Mitth. schw. ent. Ges. iii.) describes the following new species:
—THEOCLYTITES : Votes denticulata, I. c. p. 222, Surinam ; Pseudovates consobrina,
I. c, Brazil.—EMPUSITES : Phyllocrania undulata, I. c, Asiatic
islands P. Idolomorphus longifrons, I. c. p. 224, Turin.—MANTITES : Parao.iypi/us
tasmaniensis, I. c. p. 227, Tasmania; verveauxii, I.e., Tasmania.
Pseudomiopteryx spinifvons, I. c. p. 228, Brazil; boyotensis, 1. e., Bogota.
Pseudomantis nemoralis, I. c. p. 229, Manilla. Acontista multicolor, I. c, Guadaloupe;
roseipennis, I. c, Guiana; bimaculata, 1. c., Brazil. Stagmomantis
vidua, I. c, South America. Acromantis formosa, I. c. p. 230, Silhet; jatana,
I.e., Java. Gonypeta delalandi, I. c, South Africa; femorata, I. c, Arabia?;
irina, I. c. p. 244, Moluccas. Coptopteryx ? stollii, I. e. p. 230, Surinam. Stagmatoptera
pagana, I. c. p. 232, Bogota; veneratoria, 1. c, South America;
predicatoria, 1. c., Brazil. Hierodula tectiformis, 1. c., Bombay; rhomboidalis,
I. c. p. 233, India; trimacula, I. c, Sina [Sinai] P ; manillensis, 1. c., Manilla;
grandis, I. c, Silhet. Mantis orientalis, I. c, India. Tenodera intermedia, 1. c.,
New Zealand.—THESPITES : Mesopteryx alata, I. e. p. 235, Manilla. Phasmo-