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line, stigma blackish near tip, venation mostly dark, but the anterior 

 veins, base of median and spaces elsewhere on the veins are pale ; only 

 six cells in the middle row. Expanse 23 mm. 



Type. — cf . From Pusa, Bengal, India, June. 



Mautispa g'reeiii n. sp. — Pale ; a brown stripe on the face, spot 

 on the labrum, a spot on each side behind on vertex ; antennae brown, 

 basal joints pale, a pale band of three joints near tip ; pronotum 

 brown, thorax dark, a faint pale median line ; legs pale, a brown line 

 under femora II, femora I infuscated. Abdomen brown ; wings hya- 

 line, venation black, subcostal space and stigma brown, but a yel- 

 lowish spot on apex of stigma, and a yellowish space just before it. In 

 general structure like M . indica, the pronotum the same, and faintly 

 transversely wrinkled. The wings rather long ; the radial sector with 

 six or seven branches, the marginal forks mostly with long pedicels. 

 Expanse 22 mm. 



Type. — 9. From Kandy, Ceylon, 12th June (Green). 



Mantispa iiirtica var. spilouota n. var.— Pale ; brown stripe on 

 face, spot on labrum, two or four spots on vertex ; antennae dark 

 brown, basal segments pale; pronotum brown, a pale transverse band 

 across the swollen anterior part ; meso- and metanotum brown, scutelli 

 yellow, mesonotum with a yellow band and a broad yellow spot in front ; 

 pleura yellow, with two dark brown stripes. Coxae mostly black, 

 rest of legs pale, except anterior femora which are more or less infus- 

 cated. Abdomen black, with clear yellow band on base of each seg- 

 ment, above and below. Wings hyaline, venation black, cubitus yel- 

 low at base, subcostal area and stigma brown. Structure similar to 

 M. ifidica. 



Type. — cf. From Kandy, Ceylon, 12th and 13th June 

 (Green). 



CALOMANTISPA n. gen. 



Two claws to tarsus I ; wings rather short, axillary vein 

 forked, fore-wing with one complete series of gradate vein- 

 lets and one or two of a second (inner) series ; stigma very 

 short, not extending toward the base, two or three cross- 

 veins between subcosta and radius near base of wing. Head 

 broad, face about twice as wide as eyes ; antennae wide apart 

 at base ; pronotum short. Median vein of fore-wing united 

 for a short distance to the radial sector. 



This genus differs at once from all related Mantispidae by 

 the very short stigma, as well as by the condition of the 

 median vein of the fore-wings. 



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