1903.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 709 



Hierodula vitrea (StoU). 



1787. [Mantis] Vitrea Stoll, Natuurlijke Afbeeldingen en Beschrijvingen, 

 Spooken, pp. 15, 77, PL V, fig. 19. ["Surinam."] 



Two females; Batu Sangkar, Tanah Datar, Padangsche Bovenland, 

 Sumatra. August-September, 1901. (A. C. Harrison, Jr., and Dr. 

 H. M. Hiller.) [A. N. S. Phila.] 



This species has been recorded from Siam to Celebes. 



Hierodula patellifera (Serville). 



1839. Mantis patellifera Serville, Orthop teres, p. 18-5. [Java.] 



Nine specimens; three males, six females; Kioto, Japan. (Y. 

 Hirase, No. 35.) [A. N. S. Phila.] 



These specimens agree with Serville's original description in having 

 the two brown bars on the basal portion of the lower surface of the 

 pronotum. On account of this character and the more numerous 

 dentiform processes on the anterior coxa^, I have separated this species 

 from H. bipapilla (Serville), with which it is usually synonymized. 

 The pronotum and wings in the male also appear to be somewhat 

 shorter than Saussure's measurements of bipapilla,^ though the other 

 proportions do not differ materially. 



One specimen of the above-mentioned series is in the full brown 

 phase, another partially so, and the remainder all in the green condi- 

 tion. The stigma in some specimens is surrounded by an irregular 

 cloud of umber, while in others the cream-colored spot has no sur- 

 rounding tint. 

 Hierodula gracilicollis Sta,l. 



1877. H[ierodula] gracilicollis Stal, Bihang till K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. 

 Handlingar, Bd. IV, No. 10, p. 58. [Sarawak.] 



One male; Trong, Lower Siam. (Dr. W. L. Abbott.) [U. S. N. M.] 

 This specimen does not entirely fit Stal's brief and unsatisfactory 

 description which is based on the female. The tegmina and wings 

 are, of course, very different in proportions and shape, but the other 

 characters agree very well. The measurements of this specimen may 

 prove of interest: 



Total length (head and body), 66 mm. 



Length of pronotum, 21.5 " 



Greatest width of pronotum, 6.2 '' 



Posterior width of pronotum, 4 " 



Length of tegmina, 47.5 " 



Greatest width of tegmina, 12.2 " 



Greatest width of costal field, 3.7 " 



Length of anterior femora, 15.5 " 



^ Melanges Orthopterologiques, fasc, III, p. 227. 



