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Hal. Mexico, Sinaloa (Forrer: $ ) ; Guatemala, San Isidro {Champion : 6 ) ; Nicar- 

 agua, Chontales (Janson : s ). 



[2. Melliera major, Sauss. 



Acontista major, Sauss. Melang. Orthopt. ii. 4 e fasc. p. 22. 2 ( <$ ) ; Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. 

 p. 241 ; Westw. Revis. Mantid. p. 22. 



Hab. South America, Brazil.] 



PHASMOMANTIS, Sauss. 



Phasmomantis, Saussure, Melang. Orthopt. i. 3 e fasc. (ex parte) p. 190 (1870) et Suppl. p. 402 

 (1871) ; Mem. Mex v Mantid. p. 54 ; Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. p. 251 ; Stal, Syst. Mant. 

 p. 39 ; Westw. Revis. Mantid. p. 10. 



In this genus the anterior femora are elongate, the spines occupying scarcely two- 

 thirds of their length. The anterior tibiae are spinose on the outer border nearly to 

 their base. 



Synopsis specierum. 



a. $ . Prasina. Pronotum tenuiter denticulatum, ampliatione coxali tenuissima. Elytra elliptica, 

 stigmate lineari concolore ; subtus nigro-lineata ; area anali nigro-cserulea. Alse campo 

 postico macula maxima nigro-caerulea. — 1. sumichrasti, Sss. 

 aa, $ . Prasina vel grisea, fusco-fasciata. Pronotum fortius denticulatum, ampliatione coxali lata. 

 Elytra apice attenuata, stigmate nigro ; area anali et alis nigro-violascentibus. — 2. cham- 

 pioni, sp. n. 



1. Phasmomantis sumichrasti, Sauss. 



Mantis sumichrasti, Sauss. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. xiii. p. 126 ( ? ) (1861) . 



Phasmomantis sumichrasti, Sauss. Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. p. 252, t. 5. figg. 7 ($), 8 (c?) ; 



Mem. Mex., Mantid. p. 55 ($ c?) ; Westw. Revis. Mantid. p. 10. 

 Mantis mexicana, Sauss. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. xiii. p. 127 ( S ) • 



Tibise anticse spinis intus 13-14, extus 9-11, margine externo et ad basin spinoso. 



c? . In individuia bene servatis elytra sunt membranacea, venulatione densissima, brunneo-ferrugineo-infuscata, 



macula are® analis fusco-violaeea ; campo marginali opaco-prasino, vitta albida ad venam principalem ; 



alaeque angustse, pellucenti-infuscatae, venulis hyalinis, basi rufa, macula grandi disci fusco-violacea. 

 $ . Long 90 ; pronot. 36-5, femor. ant. 23, elytr. 22, latit. elytr. 9-25 millim. 

 cf. Long. 81 ; pronot. 26, femor. ant. 15-5, elytr. 41, latit. elytr. 6*5 millim. 



Hab. North America, Texas (Mus. Genavense). — Mexico, Jalisco (F. D. G.), Cordova 

 and Tehuan tepee (Mus. Genavense ; Sumic/irast), Valladolid and Temax in Yucatan 

 (Gaumer); British Honduras (Blancaneaux). 



2. Phasmomantis championi, sp. n. (Tab. VII. fig. 6.) 



<j> . Grandis, fulvo-brunnea (vel prasina ?). Scutellum faciale quam altum haud ter latius, margine snpero 

 arcuato. Vertex inter sulcos transversus. Prothorax longissimus, crassus, valde carinatus, marginibus 

 totis valde denticulatis ; dentibus majoribus trigonalibus, alterisque intercalatis dense obsitis ; dentibus 

 colli majoribus. Ampliatio coxalis lata, utrinque rotundata. Colli margines recti. Elytra prasina vel 



