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.4.4. — Pronotum Avith the paired tubercles by the posterior margin 

 subobsolete ; head with the frontal process considerably shorter 

 than the height of clypeus ; costal margin of the tegmina not over 

 one milUmeter in width amarce. Rehn. 



Genus THEOPROPUS Saussure. 

 1898. Theopropus Saussure, Revue Suisse de Zoologie, V, p. 204. 

 included T. elegans (Westwood) and T. prcvcontatrix Saussure, of 

 which the former may be considered the type. 



Theopropus elegans (Westwood). 



1832. Blepharis eIegans-° Westwood, in Griffitli's Animal Kingdom, XV, 

 p. 190, PI. 78, tig. 3. [Tenasserim.] 



One somewhat innnature female; Trong, Lower Siam. (Dr. W. L. 

 Abbott.) [U. S. N. M.] 



This species has also been recorded from Java by Saussure. The 

 specimen measures as follows: 



Total length (approximately), 27 mm. 



Length of pronotum, 8 " 



Greatest width of pronotum, 6 " 



Greatest width of abdomen, 6.5 " 



liCngth of anterior femora, 10 " 



Genus PARYMENOPUS Wood-Mason. 



1890. Parymenopus Wood-Mason, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th ser., V, 

 p. 437. 



Type. — Parymenopus davisoni Wood-Mason. 



Parymenopus davisoni Wood-Mason. 



1890. Parymenopus Davisoni Wood-Mason, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 6th 

 ser., V, p. 437, Pi. XVII. [Singapore.] 



One female; Trong, Lower Siam. (Dr. W. L. Abbott.) [U. S. 

 X. M.] 



This specimen agrees very well with the description of the type 

 t>xcept for the fact that the number of spines on the external margin 

 of the anterior tibiae is less (21 and 21 instead of 23), and the individual 

 examined is of larger size. 



Subfamily Vatinse. 



Genus POPA SUlI. 



1857. Popa Stal, ()fvcrsigt K. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, XIII, 

 p. 169. 



Type.— Popa spurca ^ik\. = Mantis undata Fabricius. 



'^^ By a typographical error misspelled elegaus in the text, but the plate bears 

 the correct form. 



