STAGMOMANTIS.— MELLIERA. 147 



14. Stagmomantis androgyna, sp. n. (Tab. VII. fig. 1.) 



6 . Crassiuscula, prasina. Caput crassum, oculis minus globosis, ut in feminis S. dimidiatce et toltecce. 

 Prothorax crassus ut in feminis laudatis ; ampliatione tamen latiore, magis ovata, marginibus lateralibus 

 haud 6inuatis, angulis itaque minus expressis. Elytra latiora, quam in maribus specierum landatarum, 

 minus longa, subvitrea, venis prasinis vel brunneis, frequenter ad costam et apice brunnescentibus, macula 

 fusca ad tertiam partem instructa. Campus marginalis viridi-opacus, basi dilatatus, ultra medium fere 

 nullus, ad venam principalem linea albida. Alse subvitreae, margine antico et apice virescentibus ; vena 

 ulnari bis fnrcata. Campus posterior in areolis fusco-maculatus vel fusco-tessellatus, basi vitreus. Pedes 

 crassiusculi ; antici crassissimi, quam in feminis laudatis haud graciliores, quoque crassiores. Abdomen 

 latiusculum. 

 Long. 66; pronot. 23*5, femor. ant. 16, elytr. 48, latit. elytr. 11 millim. 



Hab. Beitish Hondueas, Belize (Blancaneaux). 



This insect does not fit well into the genus Stagmomantis, on account of its robust 

 build — too short and thick for a male of this genus. The head, pronotum, and feet are 

 formed very much as in the females, and the abdomen also is distinctly more dilated 

 than in the males of Stagmomantis. The male described forms a passage to the corre- 

 sponding sex of Stagmatoptera, which it exactly resembles. It belongs, however, to the 

 genus Stagmomantis, its facial shield being transverse, twice as broad as high (although 

 much higher than in the true Stagmomantis), the macula of the elytra unicolorous 

 (bicolorous in Stagmatoptera), and the anterior femora without marking. The elytra 

 are shorter and wider than in the true Stagmomantis. 



S. androgyna may, perhaps, belong to the group of S. limbata. The black stigma 

 of its elytra resembles that of S. dimidiata, but it is larger than in that species, from 

 which it also differs in the elliptic form of the anterior part of the pronotum. This 

 last-mentioned character should approximate it to S. coerulans, $ , but the size is too 

 large for that species. As regards size, S. androgyna would agree better with S. Mon- 

 tana, $ ; but it does not correspond with that species either, on account of the black 

 stigma of the elytra. 



MELLIEEA *, Sauss. 

 Melliera, Saussure, Societas Entomologica, 1892, p. 123. 



Caput mediocre ; vertex inter oculos transversus, per sulcum utrinque valde incisus. Oculi antrorsum tumidi, 

 facie itaque concava ; scutellum faciale transversum, margine superiore arcuato, vel $ utrinque sub- 

 sinuatum. Prothorax mediocris, modice gracilis, carinatus, antice valde sulcatus. Ejus collum quam 

 prothorax medius potius latius, antice haud attenuatum, late rotundatum, convexum, anterius tumidum ; 

 supra, aream ovatam convexam per sulcum distinctum delineatam, obferens. Ampliatio coxalis parum 

 lata, angulis rotundatis, $ valde bituberculata. Margines laterales prothoracis $ remote denticulati, 

 dentibus S vix distinctis. Prosternum ante coxas utrinque dente armato (ut in genere Sphodropoda, St.). 

 Pedes antici mediocres. Coxae anticae margine antico remote dentato, externo $ crenato, c? inermi ; 

 postico inermi. Femora spina apicali utrinque instructa. Trochanteres et femora basi intus nigra. 

 Tibiae et ad basin spinosae. Pedes intermedii et postici brevissimi ; coxis sat elongatis ; femoribus crassi- 

 usculis, subtus planis, extus carinatis apice spinula geniculari armatis. Tarsi breves, metatarso brevi. 



* jxeWUpr), a novice, preparing to become a priestess. 



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