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Measurements. 



Length of body 7 . mm. 



Length of pronotum 1.8 '' 



Greatest width of pronotum 2.2 " 



Length of tegmen 7.7 " 



Greatest width of tegmen 2.7 " 



The type of this interesting species is unique. 



Family MANTID^. 



Subfamily ORTHODERIN^. 

 *Maiitoida'burmeisteri (Giebel). 



1862. Ch[cetoessa] burmeisteri Giebel, Zeitschr. fiir die Gesammt. Naturwiss., 

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



Misiones. January 26, 191L One male. 



This is the first record of the species since the origilial description. 



Subfamily MAXTIX.^. 

 Acontista bimaculata Saussure. 



1870. A[contista] bimaculata Saussure, Mittheil. Schweiz. Entom. Gesell., 

 Ill, p. 229. [Brazil.] 



Jujuy, Province of Jujuy. April, 1911. One male. 



Misiones. January 31, 1911; February 15, 1911; October, 1910; 

 October 30, 1909. (No. 10.) Six males. 



A single Misiones male (October 30, 1909) has the head, pronotum, 

 and cephalic coxae washed with orange. An individual of the same 

 sex from Sapucay, Paraguay, now before us, has the same color 

 present but more extensive, coloring the femora as well. 



The only previous Argentine record is from San Lorenzo, Jujuy 

 (Giglio-Tos) . The other known records of the species are from 

 Paraguay (Giglio-Tos) ; Sapucay, Paraguay (Caudell, Rehn) ; 

 Asuncion, Paraguay (Giglio-Tos) ; Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Saus- 

 sure); Goyaz, Brazil (Saussure), and Chiquitos,- Bolivia (Saussure). 

 Brunneria brasiliensis Saussure. 



1870. B[runneria] brasiliensis Saussure, ibid., p. 240. [Brazil.] 



Misiones. March 15, 1910. (No. 2.) One male. 



This is the second record of the species from Argentina. Other 

 records of the form show its range to extend from Brazil and Paraguay 

 (specificalty from Sapucay) west to San Lorenzo, Jujuy, Argentina. 



Brunneria subaptera Saussure. 



1869. B[rimneria] subaptera Saussure, ibid., p. 71. [Argentine Pampas.] 



Buenos Aires. May 1, 1909. One female. 



This species has been recorded from northern Patagonia north to 

 Carcarana and Buenos Aires. 



