BY EDWAliD NEWMAN. 179 



turn, membranaceum, apice r.jtuiuliitiun : mandibulac validae, 

 corneaj, fere trigonae, extus convexse, intus concavse ; apice acuto, 

 dente parvo contiguo ; basi intus dente acuto : maxillarum lacinia 

 tenuis, marginibus reflexis, apice gracilis sed rotundatus, extus 

 subconcavus intus prope basin, dente magno setoso instructus ; 

 galea mihi invisa ; maxipalpi 5-articulati, articulus l"\ brevissi- 

 mus fere reconditus, cseteri elongati subajquales cylindrici, 5"". 

 incurvus : labium fere quadratum, lateribus concavis ; palpiger 

 fere quadratum, medio emarginatum ; labipalpi 3-articulati, ar- 

 ticulis cylindricis subaequalibus, 3"'. incurvus ; ligula quadri- 

 partita, lobi laterales subcylindrici, subpalpiformes, apicibus acutis ; 

 lobi interni breviores obtusiores, hirsutiores : prothorax angustus, 

 capite duplo longior: corpus lineare, apice acuto ante apicem 

 setis duabus brevibus 7-articulatis instructum : alae hyalinoe, 

 reticulatce, angustee, sublineares, apice rotundatse, area supracos- 

 tali vix ulla : pedes diversi ; propedes quasi Mantidis, coxae elon- 

 gatoe ; femora, presertim basi, crassa, coxis vix longiora, subtus 

 spinarum validarum triplici serie armata ; tibiae femoribus brevi- 

 ores, tenuiores, apice spina magna incurv^ definientes, subtiis 

 spinarum validarum unica serie armata ; tarsi ante tibiarum 

 apicem inserti, 5-articulati; articulus 1"^ elongatus, caeteris 

 omnin6 longior, 2"^ brevis 3"^ 4"^que adhuc breviores, 4"'. 2""'. 

 longitudine sequans ; propedum structura manifeste raptoria, 

 femorum spinis spinas tibiarum donee sejungeram firme clausi 

 erant ; mesopedes metapedesque simplices. 



Mant. nitida. Brimnea, glabra ; antennce nigrm^ ante apicem 

 alblda: ; caput et prothorax linea commimi longitudinali fia- 

 vidas'ignata; alls glaherrimis. (Long. corp. 'Q5\ alar, dilat. 

 1'25 unc.) 



Brow^n, shining ; the antennae are black, with a whitish space before 

 their extremity ; the tips of the mandibles and palpi are black ; 

 there is a continuous longitudinal yellowish line commencing 

 near the antennae, and passing over the head and. along the pro- 

 thorax ; the other parts of the body are of a uniform glossy 

 brown ; the wings are very transparent, yet slightly tinged with 

 brown, and are excessively glossy ; the leg;? are paler than the 

 body, and unicolorous, with the exception of the first joint of the 

 fore tarsi, the basal half of which is nearly white, the apical half 

 black. In habit and structure approaching Maidispa. 



Inhabits Para, in South America. In the cabinet of Mr. 

 Hanson, to whom I ain indebted lor the loan of the specimen. 



