1920.] NATUEAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 219 



MANTIDAE. 



ORTHODERINAE. 



Mantoida burmeisteri (Giebel). 



1862. Ch[aetaessa] burmeisteri Giebel, Zeitschr. flir die gesammt. Naturwiss., 

 XX, p. 316. [Neu Freiburg, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.] 



Chapada, State of Matto Grosso. August. One male. [M. C. 



This specimen has been compared with individuals of the species 



from the Rio Salado and the Misiones, Argentina. The range of 



the insect is considerably extended to the north-westward by the 



present record. 



MANTINAE. 



Acontiothespis bimaculata (Saussiue). 



1870. Alcontistii] bimaculata Saiissure, Mittheil. Schweiz. Entom. Gesell., 

 Ill, p. 229. [Brazil.] 



Goyaz, State of Goyaz. Two males. [Hebard Cln.] 



We have compared these specimens with males from Sapucay, 



Paraguay and the Misiones and Jujuy, Argentina. 



Euryderes anisitsi Brancsik. 



1897. E[urydcrcs] anisitsi Brancsik, .Jabresh. Naturw. Ver. Trencsin. Comit., 

 • XIX-XX. p. 63, pi. I, fig. 9. [Fuerte Olympo, Paraguay.] 



Goyaz, State of Goyaz. Six males. [Hebard Cln.] 

 It was a surprise, as well as a pleasure, to recognize this previously 

 little known genus and species in the present collection. The speci- 

 mens fully agree with the original description and also, after allow- 

 ing for a certain degree of roughness in the drawing, with the figure. 

 Our specimens are all slightly larger than the original measurements, 

 several appreciably so, but it is evident there is considerable 

 individual variation in this respect. Superficially the present insect 

 bears a considerable resemblance to the African Vatid genus Danuria 

 . and allied genera, the form of the head and pronotum much suggest- 

 ing that found in the Old World group, but Euryderes is a true mem- 

 ber of the Mantinae. Its position, however, appears to be removed 

 from Coptopteryx and near Photina than the location given it by 

 Kirby in his Catalogue. While distinctly aberrant in general 

 features it would seem to us to fit more logically in a linear arrange- 

 ment between Metriomantis and Photina. 



The species was previously known only from the type locality. 



Photina brevis Rehn. 



1907. Photina brevis Rehn, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1907, p. 156, figs. 

 1 and 2. [Sapucay, Paraguay.] 



Goyaz, State of Goyaz. Two males. [Hebard Cln.] 



