PHYLLOMANTIS. — VATIN^E. 183 



PHYLLOMANTIS, Sauss. 



Phyllomantis, Saussure, Societas Entomologica, 1892, p. 124. 



Corpus erassiusculum, color prasinus. Caput validum, trigonale, crassum, vertice leviter arcuatus, obliquus, 

 anterius tuberculo obtuso armatus, utrinque sulco profundo arcuato, in occipite attenuate exarato. Facies 

 planissima. Scutellum faciale sat altum, marginatum, superne truncatum ; frons inter ilium et tuberculum 

 verticis late trigonalis, depressa. Ocelli minimi in lineam arcuatam exserti, invicem valde remoti. Antennae 

 tenuissimae. Pronotum rbomboidale, ejus ampliatio late piriformis, quam pars basalis longior ; haec 

 angustissima, carinata. Margines basi et apice exceptis remote minute denticulati. Elytra abdominis 

 longitudine, latissima, apiee sub-acuminata, campo marginali latissimo, stigmate discoidali angusto, calloso ; 

 area membranacea anali hyalina, regulariter reticulata. Alae parum amplae, vitreae, acuminatae, apice 

 viridi-coriaceae, margine anteriore apice valde arcuato. Pedes crassi, valde compressi, coxae anteriores 

 latse, apice attenuatse, margine postico leviter arcuato, marginibus denticulatis. Femora anteriora lata, 

 margine superiore laminatim cristato, spinis validis armata, extus 4, margine inter illas verruculoso, apice 

 valde lobato; margine interiore spinis circiter 16, alternatim minoribus ac majoribus, apice dente minuto 

 armato. Spinas discoidales 4 (tertia maxima). Tibiae margine supero acuto, arcuato, intus sulcato. 

 Femora intermedia et postica valida, lobata, superne carinata, spinula geniculari instructo. Metatarsus 

 posticus reliquis articulis fere sequilongus. Abdomen latum, margine laterali posterius sublobato ; lamina 

 supra-analis transversa. Cerci longiusculi, deplanati. 



Habitus generis Hierodulce et Cardiopterce, pronoto breviore. 



1. Phyllomantis laurifblia, Sauss. (Tab. VI. figg. 6, 7.) 



Phyllomantis laurifolia, Sauss. Societas Entomologica, 1892, p. 124. 



2 . Prasina. Scutellum faciale planissimum, superne in medio subsinuato ; frons rugulosa ; tuberculum verticis 

 brevissimum, obtusissime trigonale, haud hebetatum. Pronotum ante ampliationem utrinque subsinuatum, 

 ejus pars angusta basalis quam pars ampliata duplo brevior ; elytra campo marginali quam campus dis- 

 coidalis latiore, margine antico maxime arcuato, venis irregulariter ramosis instructo ac irregulariter 

 reticulato ; vena discoidalisfere recta, tantum basi et apice paulum incurva. Stigma albidum, apice fusco 

 terminate Alae margine anteriore tbalassino ; campus anterior margine apicali postico recto. Coxae 

 antica? margine antico verrucoso-dentato, facie infera denticulato-granulata ; femora crista recta, parte 

 apicali fere recte excisa, obsolete denticulata. Spinae apice nigrae, illae marginis interni 2-3 ante ultimam 

 minutae. Tibiae intus 14-, extus 12-spinos8e. Femora 2 a , 3 a subtus lobis 2, 1° parum alto, 2° majusculo, 

 apice truncato, in posterioribus acuto ; margo superior ante apicem lobulo parum prominulo instructo. 

 Tibia; posticae superne rotundatse. 

 Long. 59 ; pronot. 18, latit. ampliat. 8-5, long, femor. ant. 16, elytr. 33'5, latit. elytr. 19, camp. marg. 10-25 

 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 



Tribus VATIN^. 

 Vatida, Stal, Syst. Mant. pp. 6, 67 ; Brunner de W. Revis. Syst. Orthopt. pp. 58, 73. 



Some of the genera of this tribe, i. e. Stagmatoptera, Vates, and Theoclytes, comprise 

 numerous closely allied species. As none of the authors have had representatives of 

 all of them together at the same time, the species have been much confused. Conse- 

 quently we have considered it advisable to give a general synopsis of the known 

 species, including those here described*. 



* For the synonymy, comp. Saussure, Mem. Mex, Mantid. pp. 84-96. 



