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distacl, the male shows a trace of such marking, while the remaining 

 female has the stigma immaculate. 



Hierodula rajah Werner. 



1911. H[ierodula] rajah Werner. Abhand. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 

 XXXIII, p. .39.3. [cf , 9 ; Nias [Island], Moluccas.] 



Nias Island, Moluccas, 19. 



The following features are noted in the female before us of this- 

 large and striking species, originally very briefly described. Facial 

 scutellum with lateral margins straight, weakly but distinctly con- 

 vergent dorsad; basal width (3.9 mm.) very slightly greater than 

 median height (3.8 mm.); surface showing two vertical, parallel 

 carinse, broken meso-ventrad as in H. venosa (Olivier) but decidedly 

 weaker than in that species. Cephalic coxae with (eight and nine) 

 small, stout, irregularly placed, conical teeth, which do not become 

 longer distad. Cephalic femora with discoidal spines, first small 

 spine beyond unguicular sulcus and all large spines of ventro-internal 

 margin black, a fleck of black disto-internally on the trochanters, 

 a large blotch of the same color from the apex of the trochanters to 

 and including the unguicular sulcus, a small blotch at base of the 

 first two black spines beyond, continued to the second large black 

 spine of the series, and a spot of black at the base of each other large 

 black spine of the series. All spines of cephalic femora and tibiae 

 black tipped. Joints of cephalic tarsi entirely black on their inner 

 faces. Pronotum with marginal denticulation pronounced on lat- 

 eral portions of collar only. Tegmina with discoidal field trans- 

 lucent, moderately hyaline; marginal field opaque, with margin^ 

 almost entire, showing feeble traces of serrulation meso-distad; 

 stigma large, cream colored. 



The species would appear to agree more nearly with H. timorensis 

 (Haan) than wnth any of the other related species. 



Length of body 88, length of pronotum 33, greatest width of 

 pronotum 10.1, least width of pronotum 5.8, length of tegmen 58.8, 

 width of tegminal marginal field 6.2, length of stigma 4.3, length 

 of cephalic femur 25, length of caudal femur 25.6 mm. 



Hierodula patellifera (Serville). 



1839. Mantis patellifera Serville, Hist. Nat. Ins., Orth., p. 185. [cf, 9; 



Java.] 

 1839. Mantis bipapilla Serville, Hist. Nat. Ins., Orth., p. 188. [a", 9; 



Java.] 

 1870. H[ierodula] manillensis Saussure, Mittheil. Schweizer Ent. Gesellsch., 



Ill, p. 233. [cf , 9 ; Manila, [Philippine Islands].] 

 1904. H[ierodula] saussurei Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., I, p. 245. [o', 9; 



China; Java.] 



