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versis subtilibus. Femora anteriora trigonalia ; tibiae spinis extus 4, intus 5, quarum 2 a minuta, 5 a ad 

 superuni dejecta, ungue apposita. Lamina supra-analis elongato-trigonalis. 

 Long. 12 ; pronot. 2'6, elytr. 12-5, femor. ant. 3-1 millim. 



Hab. Brazil. 



This is perhaps the male of B. marmorata ; but the colouring of the body is 

 different, and the lamina supra-analis is longer.] 



Tribus HARPAGIN^E. 

 Harpagiens, Saussure, Mem. Mex., Mantid. pp. 7, 138 ; Melang. Orthopt. i. 3 e fasc. pp. 287, 440 ; 



ibid. ii. 4 e fasc. p. 72. 

 Harpagidcs, Stal, Syst. Mant. pp. 7, 77 ; Brunner de W. Revis. Syst. Orthopt. pp. 59, 70. 



Synopsis generum. 



1. Oculi conoidei. Color mortuifolius. 



2. Elytra margine costali valde undato. Pronotum sat gracile. Femora anteriora extus 

 spinis 6. Oculi s apice mamillati. 

 3. Vertex muticus. — Acanthops, S. 

 3, 3. Vertex cornutus. — Pseudacanthops, Sss. 

 2, 2. Elytra formse consuetse. Pronotum laminato-dilatatum. Femora anteriora extus spinis 

 4. Oculi haud mamillati. — [Epaphrodita, Serv.] 

 1, 1. Oculi rotundati. Vertex tuberculatus. Elytra margine costali recto, normali. Pronotum 

 robustum. Femora anteriora supra ampliata. 

 2. Pronoti ampliatio dilatata. Color mortuifolius. — Antemna, St. 

 2, 2. Pronoti ampliatio haud lamellaris. Color prasinus. — Phyllomantis, Sss. 



ACANTHOPS, Serv. 



Acanthops, Serville, Rev. Orthopt. p. 25 ; Orthopt. p. 164 ; Burmeister, Handb. ii. p. 551 ; Saussure, 

 Mem. Mex., Mantid. p. 139 ; Stal, Syst. Mant. p. 84; Westwood, Revis. Mantid. p. 24. 



l. Acanthops godmani, sp. n. (Tab. VI. fig. 3.) 



3 . Griseus. Caput superne latum, vertice vix acuto, transverso ; pronotum sensim ut in A. sinuata, Stoll, 

 leviusculum. Elytra margine anteriore ultra medium valde sinuato, dehinc fortius arcuato quam in 

 specie laudata, apice rotundato, haud anguste producto ; campus marginalis coriaceus ad basin venarum 

 costalium fusco-maculatus ; campus posterior submembranaceus, venis fuscis, dimidia parte postica mem- 

 branacea, fumoso-marmorata, dimidia parte antica pallidiore, fusco-maculosa, parte apicali subcoriacea, 

 apice fusciore. Alee leviter hvalino- infuscatse, apice subcoriaceo-fulvescente, fusco-irroratse, margine 

 posteriore obsolete nebuloso-marmoratae. Margo costalis ante apicem valde arcuatus ; campus anterior 

 saltern magna parte sat regulariter venulosus, area discoidali anteriore transverse venulosa ; alse reliqua> 

 venis leviter obliquis partim sigmoidalibus reticulata? ; campus posterior regulariter transverse venulosus. 

 Abdomen segmentis nigro-marginatis, segmento 4° valde angulatim dilatato, 5° utrinque ad angulum ante£ 

 riorem dentato. Cerci lobati, truncati. Lamina supra-analis rotundata. Pedes fusco-fasciati ; coxae antica? 

 supra luteo-maculosge et granulosa, subtus ubique luteo-granulosae. Peinora intus rufescentia. luteo- 

 punctulata, margine superiore fusco, maculis marginis luteis. 



Long. 33; pronot. 11, femor. ant. 9-25, elytr. 32-5, latit. elytr. 95 millim. 



Hah. British Honduras, Belize (Blancaneaux). 



