MORGAN IIEBARD 337 



with 11 longitudinal line of dark brown on each side, running 

 from l)ack of the head to the apex of the abdomen, while two 

 are warm sepia heavily suffused with bone brown. 



LiTURGUSINAE 



Liturgusa cayennensis Saussure 



1869. L[iturgusa] cayennensis Saussure, Mittheil. Schweizer Ent. Gcs., in, 

 p. 62. [ 9 , Cayenne (= French Guiana).] 



Porto Bello, Panama, III, 13, 1911, (Busck), 1 ootheea, 

 4 recently emerged juv. 



Alhajuela, Pan., IV, 10, 1911, (Busck), 1 ootheea, 12 recently 

 emerged juv. 



Cabima, Pan., V, 17 to 29, 1911, (Busck), 1 d' , 1 9,2 juv., 

 1 ootheea. 



Gatun, Canal Zone, Pan., 1913, (Zetek), 1 9, [Hel)ard Chi.]. 



Corozal, C. Z., Pan., XI, 17, 1913, (Hebard; on trunks of 

 trees in clearing, much like Gonatista in actions, very rapid 

 and alert), 19,2 juv. 



The streaked tegmina and much shorter caudal tarsi serve to 

 separate this insect from the more slender but generally similar 

 L. onnulipes Serville. 



The species of this genus live on the trunks of trees, when not 

 in motion resting closely pressed to the bare surface. At such 

 a time they blend astonishingly with their surroundings. Adults 

 of the present species from Costa Rica, Panama and Trinidad 

 agree closely in coloration of the tegmina, but a i)air from French 

 Guiana are of a more reddish brown, with the series of short 

 gray or graj'-green streaks on the principal veins missing. Such 

 color variation would appear to be due to adaptation to immedi- 

 ate environment. 



The ootheea of this insect is a small, smooth, gourd-shaped 

 receptacle, its neck curved upward and affording the only 

 exit for the young. These at the time of emergence are slightly 

 less than 4 mm. in length. 



PlIOTININAK 



Maeromantis ovalifolia (Stoll) 



181.3. [Mantis] ovalifolia Stoll, Natuur. Afbeeld. Beschrj-v. Spookcn, etc., 

 Spooken, ]). .58, pi. xix, fig. 72, register p. 78. [ 9 , no locality given.] 



TK.WS. .\M. KNT. SOC, XLVHI. 



