NO. 1364. AMJ::iavAMy mantids—rehn. 571 



tlbiio with a narrow foliaceous ridge on the proximal half of their 

 superior margin. 



General color red-brown, becoming ochraceous on the anterior liiul».s; 

 eves umber; pronotum with the median portion of the shaft bearing 

 on each side a lunule of veivetinous blackish brown. 



MEASUREMENTS. 



mm. 



Total length 38.5 



Jiength of pronotum 12 



Greatest width of pronotum 4. 5 



Length of anterior femora 11.5 



Dilation of abdomen (including lateral appendages) 17 



Genus PARACANTHOPS Saussure {Pseudnmnthops auct.). 



1870. Paracmithops Saussuke, Bull. Soc. Ent. Suisse, III, p. 243. 



Included species cselebs and spinulosa Saussure, of which the former 

 may be considered the type. 



PARACANTHOPS CSELEBS (Saussure). 



1869. Hlifmenopiis'] cseleba Saussure, Bull. Soc. Ent. Suisse, III, p. 73; Patria? 

 Mexico. 



One male; Bolivia. [A. N. S. Phila.] 



This record very considerably extends the range of this species. 



SiabfaiXLily A^AXIN^E. 



Genus STAGMATOPTERA Burmeister. 



1838. Stagntatoptera Bvumeister, Handb. d. Entom., II, p. 537. 



Type. — By elimination and selection ^S". rogatoria Burmeister. " 



STAGMATOPTERA ROGATORIA Burmeister. 



1838. 3/[rt?i<?s] (Stagmatoptera) rogatoria Burmeister, Handb. d. Entom., II, 

 p. 540; South America. 



1870. St[agmato2)tera] predicatoria Saussure, Bull. Soc. Ent. Suisse, III, p. 232; 

 Brazil. 



One female; Pebas, Peru. [A. N. S. Phila.] 



«The originally included species were: 



lineola — Epa])hrodita. 



hioculata — Spliodromantis. 



himacidata — Spliodromantis. 



mumrura — Epciphrodita. 



latipennis — Siaginomantis. 



Carolina — Stagmomantis. 



dimidiata — Stagmomantis. 



prsecaria. 



rogatoria. 



pavonina. 



unipHiirl(da — ParaMagmaloptera. 

 Of the uneliminated forms rogatoria may be selected as the type. 



