196 OBTHOPTEBA. 



longiore. Segmenta ventralia lateribus lobatis. Pronoti collum parallelum. Pedes posteriores lobati ; 

 femorum lobi geniculares aeuminati. 

 Long. 68 ; front, proc. 3*3, pronotum 29'5, femor. ant. 15*5 millim. 



Hal. Mexico [coll. Brunner). 



4. Vates pectiliata, Sauss. (Tab. VI. figg. 4, 5 ; Tab. X. figg. 30-32.) 

 Vates pectinata, Sauss. Mem. Mex., Mantid. p. 163. 1, t. 1. fig. 34 (<?) (1871). 



Prasina. Frontis processus mediocris, bicornutus. Prothorax modice longus, gracilis, marginibus minute 

 remote dentatis ; ampliatione latiuscula utrinque rotundato-lobata vel anterius subsinuata ; collo mediocri, 

 antrorsum attenuato. Pedes graciles, fusco-fasciati. Pemora 2 s , 3 a apice utrinque foliata, folia antica 

 minuta ; intermedia insuper prope basin postice folia subquadrata instructa. Tibiae in medio utrinque 

 foliatae et ad apicem subtus lobo elongato rotundato parum lato instructs. 



2 • Elytra angusta, apice subattenuata, parabolice rotundata, tota prasina, maculis nullis ; campo marginali 

 angustissimo, haud exciso, opaco-viridi ; area anali thalassina. Alse byalinae, costa et venis virescentibus, 

 apice coriaceo-brunneae (vel prasinae ?). Campus anterior angustus, posteriorem satis superans, acuminato- 

 rotundatus ; vena ulnari biramosa. 



d . Elytra et alae longiuscula, vitrea, venis prasinis, apice anguste rotundata, quam in $ obtusiora. Elytra 

 campo marginali angusto, opaco-viridi. Alae apice virescentes vel brunnescentes. Antennae intus 

 pectinatae, extus serratae. 



$ . Long. 53-5 ; pronot. 21*5, front, proc. 2, elytr. 40, latit. elytr. 9-5, camp. marg. 3 millim. 



c? . Long. 53 ; pronot. 20*5, front, proc. l - 75, elytr. 42, latit. elytr. 9, camp. marg. 2*25 millim. 



Hal. Mexico (Coll. GuSrin, in Mus. Genavense : 6 ), Atoyac in Vera Cruz ( s ), Teapa 

 in Tabasco ( $ ) (II H. Smith). 



The anterior part of the prothorax is much like that of V. tolteca, Sauss., the collar 

 being short, and the coxal lobes rounded and prominent, but still more so than in 

 V. tolteca. 



This species is very closely allied to V. sulfoliata, Stoll, which has similarly shaped 

 wings. But in V. sulfoliata the anterior part of the pronotum is less dilated, the 

 femora have no lobe on the superior margin, and the lobes of the tibiae are elongated 

 and rounded (in V. pectinata the lobes are all truncate or emarginate on their apical 

 margin, and, therefore, angular or acute). In V. sulfoliata ( 6 ) the frontal process is 

 acute, while in V. pectinata it is divided into two horns which have separate points. 

 (Comp. infra, sub V. sulfoliata.) 



[5. Vates subfoliata, Stoll. 



Mantis subfoliata, Stoll, Spectr. et Mant. t. 18. fig. 67 ( ? ) (1787). 

 Vates subfoliata, Sauss. M6m. Mex., Mantid. p. 166. 3 ( ? ). 

 Mantis sphingicornis, Stoll, Spectr. et Mant. t. 20. fig. 74 (<$). 

 Vates sphingicornis, Sauss. Mem. Mex., Mantid. p. 164. 2 ((J). 

 Vates cnemidotus, Burm. Handb. ii. p. 543. 1 ( ? ). 



$ . V. pectinata paulo minor ; frontis cornibus styliformibus, a basi ad apicem attenuatis ; simul sumtis 

 processum lanceolatum efficientibus. Pronoti ampliatio parum dilatata, fere ut in genere Theoclyti. 

 Pronoti margines ut in V. pectinata denticulati. Elytra et alae illis V. pectinate similia. Femora 

 intermedia et postica lobum unicum posticum gerentia ; tibiae lobos 2 elongato-rotundatos minus latos, 

 haud acute truncatos gerentes, apice haud sublobatae. 



