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Tenodera attenuata (Stoll). 



1792. Mantis fasciata Olivier, Encycl. Method., VII, p. 640, No. 6. [[<f], 



"Surinam."] 

 1813. [Mantis] attenuata Stoll, Natuur. Abfeeld. Beschr. Spooken, etc., 



pp. 13, 79, pi. V, fig. 16. [[cf ], "Surinam."] 



We find Kirby, Giglio-Tos and others to be in error in using fas- 

 ciata (Olivier) as the name for this species. This is due to the fact 

 that the MariHs fasciata OUvier in question is preoccupied by Mantis 

 fasciata Thunberg, 1815, and by Mantis fasciata OUvier, 1792, 

 Encycl. Method., VII, p. 640, No. 4. 



Samarang, Java, July and August, 1909, (E. Jacobson), 2 cf,** 

 [Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.] 



Tenodera blanchardi Giglio-Tos. 



1911. T[e7iodera] blanchardi Giglio-Tos, Bull. Soc. Ent. Italiana, XLIII, 

 p. 46. [d', 9 ; Stephansort, German Xew Guinea; Bukana, Gulf of 

 Huon, New Guinea; Ralum, Bismarck Archipelago; Cape York, Torres 

 Strait, [Queensland, Australia]; Port Darwin, [North Australia]; Ternate 

 [Gilolo Island, and Island of] Amboina]. 



Obi Island, Moluccas, 9 d^, 9 9 . 



Moluccas, (Griolet), 1 9 , from Saussure, labelled super stitiosa, 

 [Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.] 



Amboina, 2 cf, 2 9, [Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia.] 



Mesopteryx alata Saussure. 



1870. M[esopter]fx] alata Saussure, Mittheil. Schweizer Ent. Gesellsch., 

 Ill, p. 23.5. [ 9 ; Manila, [Philippine Islands].] 



Los Banos, Laguna, Luzon, (from C. F. Baker), 1 cf • 

 As the male sex of this interesting species was previously unknown, 

 we note the following features. Lateral margins of pronotum, 

 dorsad and ventrad, show a series of very minute black dots. Teg- 

 mina reach slightly beyond apex of fifth dorsal abdominal segment. 

 Distal portion of abdomen damaged. Length of body 87, length 

 of pronotum 29.4, length of pronotal shaft 24, greatest pronotal 

 width 4, least width of pronotal shaft 3.8, length of tegmen 43.6, 

 width of tegminal marginal field 2.7, length of cephalic femur 15.9, 

 length of median femur 16.2, length of caudal femur 21.2 mm. 



13th Group, Hierodul^. 



Giglio-Tos has divided this complex group into three categories: 

 "the first African, including Sphodromantis and its allies; the second 

 Asiatic and Oriental, including Hierodula and its allies; the third 



*^ Recorded by Rehn as T. superstitiosa (Fabricius), Notes from Leyden Mus., 

 XXXV, p. 124, (1912). 



