702 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Oct., 



Theopompa servillei (Haan). 



1842. Mantis servillei Haan, Vcrhand. Natuurl. Gesch. Neder. overz. bezitt., 

 p. 81, tab. 16, figs. 5-6. [Lewibonger, Java, 300 feet elevation.] 



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



N.M.] 



Genus CHIROPUS Saussure. 

 1809. Chiropus Saussure, Bull. Soc. Entom. Suisse, III, pp. 51, 61. 

 Type. — Chiropus dives Saussure. 



Chiropus insidiator (Wood-Mason). 



1882. Tarachodes insidiator Wood-Mason, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, LI, Pt. 

 2, p. 22. [Nyassa, East Africa.] 



Two somewhat immature females; Zulu Mission, South Africa. 

 [A. N. S. Phila.] 



This species has been recorded from Barberton in the Transvaal, 

 Nyassaland, Voi in British East Africa and Somaliland. 



Genus PYRGrOMANTIS Gerstaecker. 



1869. Pyrgomantis Gerstaecker, Archiv fiir Naturgeschichte, XXXV, Band 

 I, p. 210. 



Type.— P. singidaris Gerstaecker. 



Pyrgomantis singularis Gerstaecker. 



1869. Pyrgomantis singularis Gerstaecker, Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 

 XXXV, Band I, p. 211. [Between Mombasa and Wanga, East Africa.] 



Three immature males; Zulu Mission, South Africa. [A. N. S. 

 Phila.] 



This species has been recorded from Pretoria, Transvaal, Natal and 

 Zululand. 



Subfamily Mantinse. 



Genus IRIDOPTERYX Saussure. 

 1869. Iridopteryx Saussure, Bull. Soc. Ent. Suisse, III, pp. 55, 63. 

 Included species, /. iridipcnnis and glauca, the former l^eing the type, 

 as the latter was later removed to Micromantis by Saussure. 



Iridopteryx infumata Saussure. 



1872. G[onypeta^ {Iridopteryx) infumata Saussure, Melanges Orthopterolo- 

 giques, IV. p. 30. ["L'Egypte (suivant I'etiquette; mais pourrait etre 

 des Indes?)"] 



Two specimens, male and female; Trong, Lower Siam; January- 

 February, 1899. (Dr. W. L. Abbott.) [U. S. N. M.] 



Genus AMELES Burmeister. 

 1S3S. Ameles Burmeister, Handb. d. Entom., II, p. 531. 

 Included nana, minima, aiirantiaca and flaviciricta. The first of 



