VATES.— HAGIOTATA. 19? 



3 . Elytris et alis hyalinis, apice virescentibus, rotundatis ; illis campo marginali coriaceo-viridi. (Secundum 



figuram Stolli.) 

 $ . Long. 54; pronot. 23, front, proc. 1-5, elytr. 36-5, latit. elytr. circa 9, camp. marg. 2-5 millim. 



Hab. Guiana (Mus. Genavense : $ ).] 

 6. Vates pectinicornis, St&l. 



Theoclytes pectinicornis, Stal, Syst. Mant. p. 73. 2 (<$). 

 Pseudovates pectinicornis, Westw. Reyis. Mant. p. 25. 



c? . V. suhfoliatce <5 " maxime affinis ; differt femoribus posterioribus prope apicem in carina dorsaK interiore 

 lobo minus elevato, in femoribus posticis posterius angulato, preeditis, limboque costali alarum in parte vix 

 dimidia posteriore obscure fusca." 



Long. 47 ; pronot. 19, front, proc. 1/5, femor. ant. 10 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Stal, Mus. Holm.). 



[7. Vates amazonica, Westw. 



Theoclytes amazonicus, Westw. Revis. Mantid., Append, p. 46 ( $ ) . 



" Close to V. subfoliata, St., but the 2nd and 3rd tibiae bearing only a small obsolete foliaceous lobe." 



Hab. Amazons (Mus. Hopeianum)7\ 



[HAGIOTATA*, gen. nov. 



Frons bituberculata. Prothorax sat brevis, valde granulatus. Elytra apice attenuata, rotundata, campo 

 marginali angustissimo, apice haud exciso. Pedes sat breves. Abdominis 4 um segmentum lobatum. 



1. Hagiotata hofmanni, sp. n. (Tab. VIII. fig. 5.) 



Fulvo-rufescens. Frons bidentata. Scutellum faciale transversum, superne obtusangulatum. Vertex quam 

 oculi sensim altior. Prothorax quam in genere Theoclyti valde brevior, supra ubique fortiter sparse 

 granulatus, marginibus remote sat fortiter dentatis, dentibus minoribus intercalatis ; carina dorsali tota 

 longitudine, collo biseriatim remote, denticulatis ; hoc ad basin tuberculis fortioribus 2. Elytra fulvo- 

 grisea, angusta, apicem versus valde attenuata, apice rotundata ; campo marginali angustissimo, prope 

 basin leviter ampliato, apice nullo modo exciso ; margine suturali subhyalino ; area membranacea anali 

 fusca : superficie tota fusco-punctata, ante medium fasciis 2 incompletis, ultra medium maculis fuscis 

 conspersa ; margine costali serie punctorum fuscorum ornato. Alse pellucenti-fuscae ; campo antico 

 angusto, apice arcuato-truncato, campum posticum parum superans. Campus anterior ubique sparse 

 fusco-maculosus, apice densius; campus posterior in parte anteriore, saltern extus, sparsius fusco- 

 conspersus. Pedes sat breves, fusoo-fasciati. Coxse anteriores intus apice nigrse, extus remote granulosse; 

 marginibus granulatis, margine antico-supero dentibus trigonalibus 4-5 nigris, minoribusque paucis inter- 

 calatis fulvis. Tibiae graciles. Abdomen nigro-fasciatum, 4° segmento utrinque scrobiculato-lobato. 



Long. 52 ; pronot. 21, elytr. 37, latit. elytr. 9, camp. marg. 2 millim. 



Hab. Brazil.] 



* dyios, holy, saint ; ayiuraros, most holy. 



