124 FAMILY III. MANTIDJE. THE MANTIDS. 



elongate-oval, with sides at middle nearly parallel and apex and 

 base rounded. Tegmina and wings narrow, shorter than abdomen 

 in female, equal to it in male; the anal and axillary veins of teg- 

 mina free and simple throughout. Front legs stout, their tibiae 

 three-fifths the length of femur, armed with numerous small 

 spines. Abdomen of female fusiform, of male slender; supra-anal 

 plate prolonged in the form of a tongue. Two species are known, 

 one occurring in the West Indies, the other in our Southern 

 States. 



47. CALLIMANTIS FLORIDANA Scudder, 1896, 210. Smaller Florida Mantis. 



Male, pale brownish-yellow; tegmina and wings hyaline flecked with 

 fuscous, stigma wanting; tibiae of middle and hind legs greenish. Pronotum 

 of $ with sides unarmed, its widened front portion sulcate just behind 

 and in front of the transverse impression. Hind femora without apical 

 spine. Length of body, ^,35; of pronotum, 9; of tegmina, 22 mm. 



The above description is that of a male taken near Browns- 

 ville, Texas. Scudder's unique type was from Florida without 

 definite locality. The female is as yet unknown and the range 

 of the species undetermined. 



V. GONATISTA Saussure, 1869, 54. (Gr., "a kneeler.") 



Body short and broad in female, more slender in male; head 

 short, compressed; antenna 1 inserted opposite the base of eyes, 

 hair-like, half the length of body ; eyes very large, globose, promi- 

 nent; ocelli large in male, much smaller in female; face in appear- 

 ance somewhat excavated on account of the prominent eyes. Pro- 

 notum about two and a fourth times as long as broad, disk de- 

 pressed, but with an elevation or hum]) on front and middle thirds 

 with a depression between and with two small tubercles on hind 

 margin, widest about the middle, front margin truncate, with 

 angles rounded ; sides of front half parallel, those of posterior half 

 feebly converging to base (Fig. 50, c). Tegmina of female broad, 

 covering three-fourths of abdomen; stigma small, narrow, often 

 indistinct ; those of male narrower, surpassing the abdomen, more 

 membranous; AY ings ample, about as long as tegmina. Fore legs 

 rather stout, their tibup with five or six large spines on lower 

 outer border, with numerous small ones intervening; inner bor- 

 der with twelve or more strong spines. Abdomen of male de- 

 pressed, of medium width, with margin feebly serrate; of female 

 large and broad, the border coarsely serrate or lobed. 



Gonatista is an American genus, three of the four species rec- 



