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suturalis apice valde arcuatus. Alarum campus anterior latiusculus, apice oblique 

 truncatus; vena ulnari biramosa. Lobi geniculares femorum 2, 3 magis producti, 

 acuminati. 

 b. Frontis cornua longiuscula, juxtaposita. Prothorax quam coxse anticse plus quam 



duplo longior, marginibus tenuiter denticulatis. — 1. chlorophcea, Blanch. ; 2. rnaya, 



sp. n. 



bb. Frontis cornua brevissima, separata. — [3. cingulata, Drury.] 

 aa. Frons acute tuberculato-bidentata, dentibus invicem remotis. — $ elytra angustiora, rotun- 

 dato-acuminata, campo marginaii tertiam partem latitudinis elytri haud superante, mar- 

 gine costali haud exciso, apice obliquo, vix sinuato; margine suturali apice parum 

 arcuato. Alse campo anteriore angustiore, posteriorem valde superante ; vena ulnari 

 saepius unifurcata. Lobi geniculares femorum 2, 3 rotundati. 

 b. Alse apice acuminata. 



c. Pronotum subtilissime denticulatum. Elytra apice acuminata, margine costali apice 



sinuato, campo marginaii ultra medium leviter dilatato. — [4. stolli, sp. n.] 

 cc. Pronotum crassiuscule denticulatum. Elytrorum campus marginalis angustior, 

 ultra medium haud dilatatus, apice gradatim attenuatus, haud sinuatus. 

 d. Pronotum parum longum, minute denticulatum. — [5. parallela, de H.] 

 dd. Pronotum longissimum, fortissime spinulosum. — [6. spinicollis, sp. n.] 

 bb. Alse apice rotundatse. Elytra angusta. Pronotum sat longum, spinuloso-denticu- 

 latum. — [7. iheringi, sp. n.] 



l. Theoclytes chlorophsea, Blanch. 



Mantis chlorophcea, Blanch. Mag. Zool. 1835, t. 135 ( ? ) ; Serv. Orthopt. p. 153. 3 ( ? ). 



Empusa chlorophea, Blanch, et Cast. Hist, des Ins. iii. p. 11. 5, t. 3. fig. 1 ($). 



Theoclytes chlorophcea, Sauss. Miss. Scient. Mex., Orthopt. p. 292. 1, t. 5. figg. 4(d); Me*m. Mex., 



Mantid. p. 173. 1. 

 Theoclytes azteca, Sauss. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1859, p. 61 (£). 

 Theoclytes mexicana, Sauss. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1861, p. 127 ( $ ) . 



5 . Frons cornibus longis contiguis armata ; cornua spatium inter oculos sub antennas longitudine aBquantia, 

 quam latitudo verticis inter oculos breviora. Prothorax coxis anticis plus quam duplo longior, sed ejus 

 pars postica illis haud duplo longior. 



c? . Cornua frontis breviora, acutiora. Elytrorum campus marginalis tertia parte basali latiusculus, margine 

 valde arcuato, dehinc angustus. 



<? . Long. 73; pronot. 33, front, proc. 3-6, elytr. 41, latit. elytr. 15, camp. marg. 5-5 millim. 



<S . Long. 57 ; pronot. 25, front, proc. 2, elytr. 50, latit. elytr. 10-5, camp. marg. 3 millim. 



Var. cornuta, 



<j> . Major, frontis cornua longissima vertice inter oculos aequilonga, quam spatium inter oculos sub antennas 

 longiora. Elytrorum apex ultra sinum longior, angustius, acuminatus. Prothoracis pars postica quam 

 coxae anticse duplo longior. Alse quam in typo apice paulo aeutiores. Femorum posticorum lobi genicu- 

 lares triangulares, subacuti. 



Long. 81 ; pronot. 40, front, proc. 4*2, elytr. 45, latit. elytr. 15, camp. marg. 6-8 millim. 



Eab. North America. — Mexico, Orizaba (Samsure), Jalapa (Edge) ; Guatemala 

 (Mus. Genavense), Capetillo, Coban in Vera Paz (Champion), La Tinta (Conradt) ; 

 Costa Rica (Biolley, Mus. Genavense). 



