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on the exteriKil inarc^in eleven or twelve in number, incroasins^ in size 

 toward the apex, tlie basal portion of the margin unarmed, internal 

 margin with thirteen or fourteen spines, the series continuing to the 

 proximal portion of the joint; tarsi very slender, metatarsi exceeding 

 the other joints in length and but slightly shorter than the tibia (with- 

 out apical claw). Median and posterior limbs slender; metatarsi of 

 the median limbs shorter than the remaining joints, of the posterior 

 limbs subequal. General color pale pea green, becoming brownish on 

 the pronotum. Eyes, antenna?, and coxal spines rich wood l^rown. 

 Tegmina hyaline, the costal margin with a faint greenish-white suffu- 

 sion, the region of the anterior radial vein bearing a line of pale pea 

 green. Wings hyaline, costal margin with a very pale suffusion of 

 pea green. Cerci and median and postei'ior tarsal joints (exclusive of 

 the metatarsi) wood brown. 



MEASUREMENTS. 



mm. 



Length of body 60. 



Length of pronotum 19. 5 



Greatest width of pronotum 3.5 



Length of tegmina 39. 5 



Greatest width of tegmina 9. 5 



Length of anterior femora 12. 5 



STAGMOMANTIS TOLTECA (Saussure)? 



1861. Mantis {Stagmatoptera) tolteca Saussure, Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 2d 

 ser., XIII, p. 127; Tropical Mexico. 



Four males; Panama. Piedras Negras and Turrialba, Costa Rica. 

 (Schild and Burgdorf.) [U.S.N.M.] 



These specimens are rather doubtfully assigned to this species, as 

 the males of this section of the genus resemble one another very 

 much. 



STAGMOMANTIS DIMIDIATA (Burmeister). 



1838. Mantis dimidiaia Burmeisteij, Hand)), d. Entom., II, p. 539; South 

 America. 



One female; San Jose, Costa Kica. (Schild and Burgdorf.) 

 [U.S.N.M.] 



STAGMOMANTIS LIMBATA (Hahn). 

 "1835. Mantis lindiata Hahn, Icones ad Mon. Cimic, I, t. A, fig. 2; Mexico." 



Five specimens; two males, three females; Mexico. Durango, 

 Mexico; July, 1896. (Dr. E. Palmer.) [U.S.N.M.] Mazatlan, 

 Mexico. (W. W. Lockington.) [A. N. S. Phila.] 



STAGMOMANTIS DOMINGENSIS (Beauvois). 



1805. Mantis domingensis Beauvois, Ins. Rec. d'Afr. et d'Amer., p. 61, pi. vii, 

 fig. 2; Santo Domingo. 



