134 OKTHOPTEKA. 



Acontista truncata, Sauss. Mem. Mex., Mantid. p. 33. 1 (?) j Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. p. 237 



(?) ; Westw. Revis. Mantid. p. 23 (nee p. 45). 

 Mantis fuscata, Stoll, Kakkerl. t. 19. fig. 70 (?) (var. ?). 

 Mantis fusca, Oliv. Encycl. Meth., Ins. vii. p. 635. 53 ($ ). 

 Mantis multistriata, Serv. Orthopt. p. 199. 32 ( $ ) (var. ?). 

 Mantis perspicua, Fabr. Mant. Ins. p. 230. 36; Ent. Syst. ii. p. 24. 48 ((?) ; Oliv. Encycl. Meth., 



Ins. vii. p. 631. 27 (<J). 

 Acontista perspicua, Sauss. Mem. Mex., Mantid. p. 33. 2 ( £ ) ; Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. p. 238, 



t. 6. fig. 18 ((f) ; Westw. Revis. Mantid. p. 23. 

 Acontista elegans, Sauss. Bull. Soc. Ent. Suisse, iii. p. 63 (<J). 



2 . Sat valida, grisea vel fulvo-fusca. Scutellum faciale trifoveolatum, lobo medio superne truncato ; verticis 

 lobus medius convexus, angustus, parum prominulus. Alae totae fuscae, campo anteriore ad apicein 

 macula pallida, campi postici margine externo haud vitreo-limbato. Abdomen latum. Pedes fuseo- 

 fasciati ; coxae anticae extus fasciis fuscis 2-3, intermedia in latere interno breviter producta ; femora 

 latere interno maculis 3 majoribus nigris vel margine supero toto late nigro-marmorato necnon spinis 

 marginis interni alternatim nigris; tibiae spinis intus 15, extus 15-16. 



c? . Majusculus, griseus vel prasinus. Elytra et alae vitrea, venis badiis ; elytra stigmate minuto fusco, campo 

 marginali viridi-coriaceo ; alarum campus marginalis ultra medium vitreus vel infuscatus, apex campi 

 antici anguste fusco-limbatus necnon margo posterior campi postici leviter anguste infuscatus. Pedes 

 fusco-annulati. Femora anteriora latere interno ante medium ad marginem superiorem macula fusca ; 

 tibiae spinis 14 : 16. 



2 . Long. 24-5 ; pronot. 7*25, femor. ant. 7'6, elytr. 16, latit. elytr. 5*5 millim. 



,5 . Long. 26-28-5 ; pronot. 6-7, femor. ant. 5-5-6'75, elytr. 20-22, latit. elytr. 6 millira. 



Eab. Guiana, Cayenne (Prudhomme, Mus. Genavense : $ d ). 

 In this species the male is often larger than the female.] 



[2. Acontista westwoodi, sp. n. 



Acontista truncata, Westw. Eevis. Mantid. p. 45 (nee p. 23), t. 9. figg. 1 ( $ ), 3 ( £). 



$ . Major, flavescens (vel in vivis prasina). Scutellum faciale trifoveolatum, lobo medio superne truncato 

 vel obtusissime angulato ; verticis lobus medius rotundato-tumidus, fere tuber culiformis. Alae campo 

 anteriore apice macula flavicante, postice hyalino, margine externo campi postici distincte hyalino-limbato. 

 Coxae anticae latere interno macula media nigra ; femora intus maculis 3 fuscis, 2 ad marginem superiorem, 

 1 ad basin marginis inferi ; tibiae spinis 14 : 16. 



3 . Mare A. truncatoe simillimus ; elytris leviter brunneo-tinctis. 



$ . Long. 29 ; pronot. 8, femor. ant. 8 - 5, elytr. 19-5, latit. elytr. 7'25 millim. 

 cj . Long. ca. 29 millim. 



Eab. Colombia (Mus. Genavense : $ ) ; Beazil ( Westwood : $ 6 ).] 

 [3. Acontista concinna, Perty. 



, Seba, Thesaurus, iv. t. 67. fig. 10. 



Mantis oratoria, de Geer, Ins. iii. p. 405. o, t. 37. fig. 2 ( ? ) (1767). 



Mantis concinna, Perty, Del. Anim. Artie. Bras. p. 117, t. 23. fig. 5 ( ? ) ; Serv. Orthopt. p. 201. 



36 (?) j Charp. Orth. depict, t. 27 ( ? <? ) ; Fieber, Lotos, iii. p. 96. 6. 

 Acontista concinna, Sauss. Mem. Mex., Mantid. p. 38. 5 ; Westw. Revis. Mantid. p. 23. 

 Mantis tricolor, Burm. Handb. ii. p. 543. 54 ( $ ). 

 Mantis 4<-maculata, Serv. Orthopt. p. 201. 35 (J). 

 Mantis aurantiaca, Burm. Handb. ii. p. 531. 3 (<$). 



