144 OETHOPTERA. 



<? . Gracillimus, griseus ; elytris apicem abdominis attingentibus, subvitreis, totis pellucenti-fusco-irroratis ; 



campo marginali vitreo, macula disci fusca ; alis hyalino-fuscis, lineis hyalinis tessellatis, campo ante- 



riore hyalino, apice fuscescente. 

 Var. Elytris et alis fere totis hyalinis. 



2 . Long. 62 ; pronot. 24, femor. ant. 16, elytr. 27, latit. elytr. 9*5 millim. 

 c? . Long. 60 ; pronot. 19-5, femor. ant. 10-5, elytr. 40, latit. elytr. 8-5 millim. 



Hah. North Amebic a, Texas {Boll, in Mus. Genavense). — Mexico, Presidio deMazatlan 

 (Forrer), Jalisco (Schumann), Orizaba (Saussure), Cordova (Edge), Guerrero, Teapa in 

 Tabasco (H. H. Smith); Guatemala {Saussure), San Geronimo (Champion); Nicaragua, 

 Chontales (Janson) ; Costa Rica (Biolley, in Mus. Genavense) ; Panama, Caldera in 

 Chiriqui, San Feliz (Champion). 



Saussure first united this insect with S. Carolina, but we believe it must be regarded 

 as a distinct species, characterized by the broad cherry-red band which covers the 

 anterior half of the wings, becoming wider at the base, while the second half of these 

 organs is occupied by small opaque yellow fasciae. The elytra are also differently 

 coloured, the part situated between the discoidal macula and the apical black band 

 being green or grey, somewhat marbled with black anteriorly. The males of the two 

 species cannot be distinguished from each other ; but in the genus Stagmomantis the 

 males are very much alike in several species which are very distinct in the other sex. 



6. Stagmomantis dimidiata, Burm. 



Mantis Carolina, Stoll, Kakkerl. t. 24. fig. 92 ( ? ). 



Mantis dimidiata, Burm. Handb. ii. p. 539. 39 ( ? ). 



Stagmomantis dimidiata, Sauss. Mem. Mex., Mantid. p. 48. 4 ( ? ) ; Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. 



p. 248. 5, t. 5. fig. 6 (?). 

 Mantis fer ox, Sauss. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. xi. p. 60 ( $ ) (1859). 

 Mantis cuticularis, Serv. Orthopt. p. 189. 18 ( $ <£ ). 



Hah. North America, Texas (Mus. Genavense). — Mexico, Cordova (Edge), Orizaba 

 (Saussure), Valladolid in Yucatan (Gaumer); Guatemala, Balheu and Cubulco in Vera 

 Paz (Champion) ; Costa Rica, San Jose (Biolley, in Mus. Genavense) ; Panama, Bugaba 

 800 to 1500 feet, Volcan de Chiriqui 2500 to 4000 feet (Champion). — Ecuador, Quito 

 (Mus. Genavense) ; Antilles, Cuba (Saussure). 



7. Stagmomantis fraterna, sp. n. (Tab. IX. figg. 7, 8.) 



2 . Oculi parum prominuli. Vertex leviter arcuatus, utrinque supra oculos haud prominulus. Pronotum 

 breviusculum, ejus pars anterior fere dimidiam longitudinem efficiens, ovata, antice latins rotundata, 

 utrinque recta, haud sinuata, angulis nullis. Pronoti margines tenniter confertim denticulati. Coxa? 

 anticse eantho externo tenuissime denticulate. Elytra latiuscula, elliptica, apice latiuscule rotundata, stig- 

 mate lineari concolore ; eampo marginali quam in S. tolteca paulo latiore, irregulariter transverse venoso 

 vel toto irregulariter reticulato ; margine costali haud sinuato, recto, apice magis arcuato. Ala? flayse • 

 campo anteriore toto et posteriore tantum basi opacis ; campo anteriore ultra medium maculis hyalinis 

 notato, margine apicali prasino ; campo posteriore vitreo, fasciis flavis transversis latiusculis tessellato. 

 Abdomen fusiforme. 



