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cidedly wider than the width of the head and all are conspicuous 

 in form and coloration. We would place these species in the follow- 

 ing order: pectoralis (Wood-Mason), denticulata (Krauss), phryne 

 Stal, splendida here described, tamolana (Brancsik), atricoxis Wood- 

 Mason. Three species described by Giglio-Tos, andaina, dilena 

 and katauana, undoubtedly belong to this group, but the descrip- 

 tions are given over almost entirely to discussion of coloration and 

 without figures we are unable to determine accurately their affinities. 



Hierodula denticulata (Krauss). 



1902. R[hotnbodera] pectoralis variety denticulata Krauss, Orth. Austr. 

 Malay. Archip., p. 756, pi. LXVII, fig. 4. [ 9 , British New Guinea.] 



Setekwa River, Dutch New Guinea, (from A. S. Meek), 19. 



The present specimen differs from the type in having internal 

 surface of the cephalic coxae entirely black, instead of black irt 

 the distal third. The distribution of the dark coloration on this 

 surface has been used as an important specific diagnostic character 

 by Giglio-Tos, but we are by no means convinced that it is not 

 subject to decided individual variation, at least within certain 

 species, its extent governed by intensification and recession of the 

 color pattern. So closely does the present specimen agree in other 

 respects with Krauss' description and excellent figure that we would 

 consider description of the present example as a new species both 

 rash and unwarranted at the present time. 



The present specimen has the shaft of the pronotum slightly 

 darkened on each side proximad and mesad and heavily suffused 

 briefly latero-caudad and along the caudal margin with blackish 

 brown. The cephalic femora have a broad transverse bar mesad 

 on their external faces of dark brown. The apex of the cephalic 

 trochanters and adjacent portion of the inner face of the cephalic 

 femora are blackish brown, while the discoidal spines and the first 

 two and all the longer spines of the series on the ventrointernal 

 margin of the cephalic femora have their internal faces blackish 

 brown, this color spreading briefly at their bases on the inner 

 surface of the limb. The prosternum has two large round blackish 

 spots near its caudal margin, the mesosternum two similar but 

 slightly larger spots, while between the median coxae are two other 

 dark suffusions. 



It would appear that Giglio-Tos' andaina, dilena and katauana 

 may prove to be other color variants or geographic races of H. 

 pectoralis (Wood-Mason) or the present species. With descriptions 



