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1. Hagiomantis ornata, Stoll. 



Mantis ornata, Stoll, Kakkerl. t. 19. fig. 69 ( ? ) ; Serv. Orthopt. p. 192. 23 ( $ ). 

 Gonatista ornata, Sauss. Me*m. Mex., Mantid. p. 25. 2. 



Bab. Bolivia, Chiquitos (Mus. Genavense). 



This species does not accord with the genus Gonatista, as it has the spines of the 

 anterior tibiae regular and normal (the 1st spine of the outer border not being elongate), 

 and the pronotum contracted and rounded at its anterior end.] 



[GONATISTA, Sauss. 



Gonatista, Saussure, Bull. Soc. Ent. Suisse, iii. p. 54 (1869) ; Me'm. Mex., Mantid. p. 22 ; Miss. 

 Scient. Mex., Orthopt. p. 230. 



This genus bears a striking resemblance to Theopompa, Stal, and Humbertiella, Sauss. 

 (Asiatic types). The pronotum widened or truncate anteriorly, the elytra ( $ ) semi- 

 membranaceous, very irregularly reticulated, and somewhat wrinkled, the head 

 embossed, the intermediate and hind femora somewhat swollen towards the base, and 

 the males with hyaline elytra and wings dotted with grey on the nervures, are all 

 characters common to the three genera. But in Theopompa and Humbertiella the 

 supra-anal plate is transverse, the anterior tibiae are destitute of the abnormal spine, 

 and the pronotum is rather dilated. 



l. Gonatista grisea, Fabr. 



Mantis grisea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. p. 22. 40 (<?) (1793). 



Gonatista grisea, Sauss. Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. p. 231, t. 6. figg. 1 ( $), 2 (tf) ; Me'm. Mex., 



Mantid. p. 23. 1. 

 ? Mantis reticulata, Thunb. Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. v. p. 228 (tf) (1815). 

 Mantis phryganoides, Serv. Orthopt. p. 193. 30 (<$). 

 Mantis bifasciata, de Haan, Bijdr. Kenn. Orthopt. p. 78. 38 ( $ ). 

 Gonatista cubensis, Sauss. Bull. Soc. Ent. Suisse, iii. p. 61 ( ? <$ ) (1869) . 



Hab. Antilles, Cuba.] 



LITTJKGOUSA, Sauss. 



Liturgousa, Saussure, Bull. Soe. Ent. Suisse, iii. p. 62 (1869) ; Mem. Mex., Mantid. p. 100; Miss. 

 Scient. Mex., Orthopt. p. 259. 



A South- American genus extending northwards to Central America. 



1. Liturgousa cayennensis, Sauss. 



Liturgousa cayennensis, Sauss. Bull. Soc. Ent. Suisse, iii. p. 62 ( ? ) (1869) ; M<$m. Mex., Mantid. 



p. 101. 1. 



Testaceo-virescens, omnino fusco-maculata ; pedibus fusco-fasciatis. Pronoti collum obtusiusculum. Elytra 

 fusco-rufa, obtuse rotundata, ubique maculis fuscis irrorata vel marmorata, campo marginali inter 

 maculas vireseente. Alee obtusae, fuscae ; campo anteriore obscuriore, basi et costa partim rufescentibus, 



