1903.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 



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STUDIES IN OLD WORLD MANTID^ (ORTHOPTERA). 



BY JA:MES A. G. REHN. 



The material forming the base of the present paper is ahiiost entirely 

 contained in the collections of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia and the United States National Museum. The author 

 is indebted to Dr. W. H. Ashmead of the latter institution, for the 

 privilege of examining the material under his charge. 



Subfamily Orthoderinse. 



Genus EREMIAPHILA Lefebvre. 

 1835. Eremiaphila Lefebvre, Ann. Soc. Entom. France, IV, p. 468. 

 Type.— By selection E. luxor Lefebvre.^ 



EremiapMla bove Lefebvre. 



1835. Eremiaphila bove Lefebvre, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, IV, p. 492. [Des- 

 ert of Suez.] 

 Two immature specimens; Egypt.^ (Dr. H. C. Wood.) [A. N. S. 



Phila.] 



These appear to be the only specimens in existence except the types. 



Eremiaphila sabulosa Saussure. 



1871. E{remiaphila] sabulosa Saussure, Melanges Orthopterologiques, Suppl., 

 Ili fasc, p. 387. [Isthmus of Suez.] 

 One immature specimen; Egypt. (Dr. H. C. Wood.) [A. N. S. 



Phila.] 



This species has apparently not been recorded since the ongmal 



description. 



Genus THEOPOMPA Stal. 

 1877 Theopompa Stal, Bihang till K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handlingar, 

 Band 4, No. 10, pp. 22, 47. 

 Included ophthalmica (Olivier) and servillci (Haan), of which the 

 latter can be considered the type. 



1 Of the originally included species (audouin, cerisij, gene, zetterstedt, luxor, bove, 

 saviqny, khamsin, kralil, kheych, typhon, petit, hebraica ancl anuhis), luxor possesses 

 the best figure, and for that reason I have selected it as the type. 



2 Dr Wood has very kindly given me the followmg mtormation regarding the 

 specimens in the Academy's collection presented by him, and simp y labelled 

 "EevDt"- Mv Egyptian collections were made in three places— at Heiowan ancl 

 at the Menai" House in the desert, seven or eight miles from Cairo; at Assouan 

 (at the Fir'^t Cataract on the Nile) : and probably some at Luxor on the Nile. 



