MORGAN HEBARD 185 



Oligonicella tessellata (Saussure and Zehntner) 



1S04. Olir/oHij.r tisscUatus Saussure and Zehntner, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Orth., 

 I, p. 174, pi. IX, figs. 26 to 31. [cf ; Omilteme, Guerrero, Mexico.] 



Venvidio, VI, 16 to VII, 22, 1918, 4 cf . 



The variation shown by the present series might indicate 

 the synonymy of this name under 0. punctulatus (Saussure and 

 Zehntner), described from Dos Arroyos, Guerrero, Mexico. If 

 the figures are correct, however, punctukUa is a decidedly more 

 slender insect. 



jVIeasurements of males: length of body, 26 to 28.9; length 

 of pronotum, 5.2 to 6; greatest pronotal width, 2.2 to 2.6; length 

 of tegmen, 18 to 19.6; greatest width of tegmen, 5.2 to 5.8; 

 length of cephalic femur, 5.3 to 6 mm. 



An immature female from Sierra Laguna, Baja California, is 

 also in the author's collection. 



MELLIERINAE 



Melliera atopogamia Saussure 



lS',t2. Melliera alopcgamin Saussure, Sociotas EntomoL, vii, p. 123. 

 [cf, 9 ; Sinaloa, Mexico.] 



Venvidio, VII, 6 to VIII, 1, 1918, 3 d^. Los Mochis, XII, 29, 

 1917, 2 d". 



This remarka]:)le species has su])sequcntly been fully described 

 and both sexes figured by Saussure and Zehntner,^^ who recorded 

 additional material from San Isidro, Guatemala and Chontales, 

 Nicaragua. 



MANTINAE 



Stagmomantls tolteca (Saussure) 



1861. Mdiifis (Stfu/nintopte.ra) toltira Saussure, Rev. et Majf. de Zool., (2), 

 XIII, p. 127. [[9], "Mexico calida."] 



Venvido, VII, 28 to VIII, 10, 1918, 5 cf . Los Mochis, XII, 

 28, 1917, 1 large juv. cf. 



The proportionately more slender pronotal shaft is the most 

 conspicuous feature to separate males of the present series from 

 males of the very closely related »S. Carolina (Johannson), from 

 the eastern United States. 



'= Biol. Cent.-Amer., Orth., i, i). 14<J, pi. vii, fiffures 7 and 8, (1894). 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC, XLVIII. 



