16 COLEOPTERA. 



SAGKA SPLENDIDA. 



Plate 8. fig. 2. i fig. 2\ ? ? 

 Tribe. Eipuda, Laireille. 

 Family. Sacrid.t.. 



Genus. Sagra, Fabricius. Tcnebrio p. Linn, 8(c. 



Ch. Sp. S. cvaneo-purpurea, feraoribus posticis dentatis, tibiis apice sinuatis. Long. Corp. 

 lin. 9. 

 S. glowing purple, changeable to yellow or green, posterior femora dentate, tibiee with 

 a deep notch at the tips. Length 9 lines. 

 Syn. Sagra splendida, Weber Obs. Ent.p. CI. Fabricius Syst. Eleuth. 2. p. 27. 



Sagra t'emorata, Donovan, \st edit, in tab. 

 Tenebrio femoratus, Donovan. \st edit, in text. 



Donovan correctly observed, that the insect here figured differed from the figures 

 referred to by Fabricius under Sagra femorata, the only described species at the period of 

 the publication of the first edition of this work. Weber, however, subsequently published 

 a monograph upon the genus, and this Chinese species appears to be identical with 

 his Sagra splendida. The smaller figure appears also to be identical with the Sagra 

 purpurea of Weber, which Fabricius was inclined to regard as the male of the foriper, 

 although he gave it as distinct with the character : — " Sagra purpurea, nitida, femoribus 

 posticis unidentatis tibiis integris." It appears to me, however, that it is merely the 

 female of S. splendida. 



Order. ORTHOPTERA. Olivier. 



MANTIS (SCHIZOCEPHALA) BICORNIS. 



Plate 9. fig. 1. 



Tribe. Cursoria, Latreille. 

 Family. Mantid.c. 

 Genus. Mantis, Linn. 

 Sub-Ges. Schizocephai.a, Serville. 



Cii. Sp. M. thorace filifbrmi laevi, testaceo, oculis oblongis porrectisacuminatospinosis, elytris 

 alis brevioribus. Long. Corp. 4.^ unc. 



M. with the thorax filiform smooth and pale huffish coloured, eyes oblong, porrected, 

 and produced into a sharp point, elytra shorter than the wings. Length 4 J inches. 

 Syn. Mantis bicornis, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 11.^. 691. 



Mantis oculata, Fabricius Ent. Syst. t. 2. p. 19. 



Schizocephala stricta, Serville Revis. Orthopt. />. 29 ? 



La Mante Chinoise etroite cornue. Stoll. Repres. des Mantes. 



