16 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Feb., 



Hierodula obiensis new species - * _ 



Hierodula sorongana (Giglio-Tos) - * _ 



Hierodula denticulata (Krauss) - * a 



Hierodula splendida new species - * a 



Rhombodera extensicollis (Serville) * _ _ 



Rhombodera stalii Giglio-Tos * - - 



Rhombodera basalts (Haan) * _ _ 



Rhottibodera valida Burmeister * - - 



Rhombodera saussurii Kirby - * - 



Archimaniis latistyla (Serville) _ _ * 



Archimantis armata Wood-Mason _ _ * 



Oligomantis orientalis Giglio-Tos * - _ 



Aeromantis moulioni Giglio-Tos * a - 



Acromantis oligoneura (Haan) * * • _ 



Aeromantis luzonica new species * _ _ 



Acromantis hesione Sti,l * a - 



Acromantis australis Saussure a * - 



Acromantis dyaka new species * a - 



Odontomantis javana javana Saussure * _ _ 



Odontomantis javana euphrosyne Stal * - - 



Hymenopus coronatus (Olivier) - * _ 



Creobroter granulicollis Saussure * _ _ 



Creobroter labuanae new species * _ _ 



Creobroter meleagris Stal * - - 



Creobroter episcopalis St&l * - - 



Theopropus elegans (Westwood) _ * _ 



A Note, on the Recent Revisionary Work on the Mantid^. 



The Mantidae as a whole have never been satisfactorily revised. 

 Of recent years, Dr. Ermanno Giglio-Tos has done much revisionary 

 work and, as a forerunner to his monograph of the family, has pub- 

 lished a pamphlet, giving the arrangement of the family according 

 to his findings.' The work of that author to date is seriously marred 

 by an utter lack of figures throughout, with the exception of one 

 paper, while his generic and specific descriptions are in almost all 

 cases deplorably insufficient. Had the studies been based on a 

 large collection, it could be hoped that, at some future time, that 

 author or another could more adequately diagnose the new genera 

 and species involved. Unfortunately the material used as a basis 

 for this work was gathered from many European institutions and 

 once returned will make an adequate and comprehensive final study 

 a most difficult matter. 



Though the number of new genera described by Giglio-Tos at 

 first glance appeared inordinately large, we believe that the great 

 majority will prove valid. It is clear that the generic units, as 

 previously recognized in the Mantidae, were composed of many 

 distinct forms, and the separation of these into logical units con- 

 stitutes the most useful portion of his contributions. 



1 Bull. Soc. Ent. Italiana, XLIX, pp. .50 to 87 (1919). 



