181 THE ENTOMOLOCtISt's RECORD. 



1. Geomantis lakvoides, Pantel. 

 Small, slender, apterous; greyish-brown. Length of body, 21mm. 

 ^ ,^24mm. $ ; of pronotum 4-3mm. S , oniuV. $ . 



This curious little Mantid resembles a larva in its appearance, size, 

 softness of integument, absence of wings and small genitalia ; it w^as 

 in fact originally mistaken for the larva of Fischeria baetica by Pantel, 

 who discovered it on dry stony places near lY-les and the Sitio, in 

 central Spain. The larva is found in .June, the imago in July and 

 August. 



Genus 2. Ameles, Burm. 

 This genus, in common with the two following, is characterised by 

 the small size, and the short tirst segment of the posterior tarsi, and 

 absence of tubercles behind the head, taken together with the supra- 

 coxal dilation of the pronotum situated nearer the anterior than the 

 posterior border ; its normal rounded eyes distinguish it from the two 

 following genera. 



Table or Spkcies. 

 1 . Pronotum more than twice as long as broad ; abdo- 

 men of ? almost cylindrical .. .. ..1. decolok, Charp. 



1.1. Pronotum shorter and broader; abdomen of ? very 



broad in the middle. . .. .. .. ..2. abjecta, Cyr. 



1. Ameles decolor, Charp. 



Length of body, 23mm. ^ , 20mm. -23mm. 2 ; of pronotum, 

 5-7mm. ^ , 5-5mm. $ ; of elytra, 20mm. S , 5-5mm. $ . 



Occurs in southern Europe. In France only in the extreme south, 

 at Hyeres, Cette (rare), Montpellier, liasses-Alpes, Montelimar, 

 Cannes. In Spain, Barcelona, Malaga, Valencia, Guadalajara. In 

 Italy, Pegli (rather rare). Tolentino. 



2. Ameles ab.jecta, Cyrillo { = brf'ri.H, Ramh. — spalian^aitia, auctt.) 

 l\asy to distinguish from the preceding by its much shorter and 

 strongly dilated pronotum, and dilated abdomen in the $ . Length of 

 body 22mm. -23mm. g , 18mm. ? ; of pronotum, l'5mm.-5mm. S . 

 5mm.-5'5mm. 2 '• of elytra, 19mm. -2omm. S ? omm. $ . 



Occurs throughout southein Europe and northern Africa. In 

 France on the southern littoral, but nowhere common ; Marseilles, 

 Hyeres, Cannes, Nice, l>agnols, and in Corsica. In Italy at Vinti- 

 miglia, Pegli (common on shrubs), Sicily, Calabria, Sardinia ; it 

 occurs throughout tbe Spanish peninsula. The adult insect is found 

 from July to November in uncultivated places, chiefly on F.rlihi})! 

 vulffare, Hetaiiia, Uosinarinm oiJici)ialis and Qiii'rrns ihj-. 



Genus 3. Parameles''', Sauss. 

 Separated from Ameles; by the conical eyes, and from Yrrmiia by 

 the well-developed organs of flight of the males. 



Table ok Species. 

 1 . Upper side of hea<l moderately concave. Supi"a-anal 

 plate nearly three times as broad at the base as 

 long; cerci very short and cylindrical .. .. 1. assoi. Bol. 



* J'arawele^, Sauss. and Yersiniti. Sauss. are treated by Bolivar as subgenera, 

 but 1 t)-eattheni as genera, as I bold the Species to be the next division after the Gennn, 

 and tht^rn can be nothing between the two. At the best they are only separated from 

 each other by the comparative length of the organs of flight, a most unsatisfactory 

 character. 



