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1.1. Upper side of head strongly concave. Supra-anal 

 plate hardly twice as broad at the base as long ; 

 cerci very long, depressed at the base in the male 2. nana, Charp. 



1. Pabameles assoi, Bolivar. 



Dirty reddish-yellow, with greyish spots. 



Length of body 26iiim. ? ; breadth of pronotnm, 2-5inm. ; of 

 abdomen, 4-5mm. 2 . 



This species is peculiar to central Spain: Madrid, Toledo, Cuenca; 

 it is adult from May. 



2. Parameles nana, Charpentier. 



Length of body, 24:inm. $ , 25mm. $ ; of pronotum 5-omm. J , 

 6mm.-6-8mm. $ ; of elytra, 16mm. -19mm. S , omm.-6mm. $ . 



This species is more meridional than the preceding ; Andalusia : 

 it occurs also in Sicily and Algeria. 



Genus 4. Yersinia, Saussure. 

 Differs from the preceding in the organs of flight being absent or 

 rudimentary in both sexes ; the eyes are conical. 



1 . Yersinia aptera, Fuente. 



Length of body, 27mm. <? , 85mm. ? ; of pronotum, 5mm. <? , 

 8mm. 2 ■ 



This species is of larger size than its relatives, with the eyes 

 conical and prolonged, and the wings and elytra absent. It is a 

 Spanish species, and has been recorded from Ciudad Real and Brunete. 



2. Yersinia brevipennis, Yersin. 



Difi'ers from the preceding in having rudimentary elytra in both 

 sexes. Length of body, 24mm. -25mm. J 5 ; of pronotum, 5-2mm. J , 

 5-8mm. $ ; of elytra, 4mm. g ? . 



It is found at Hyeres. 



Genus 5. Hierodula, Burm. 

 In this genus the femora intermediate and posterior are armed with 

 an apical spine above the genicular lobe ; the head is robust and the 

 frons forms with the vertex almost a right angle ; the elytra have a 

 distinct oblong yellow stigma. 



1. Hierodula biooulata, Burmeister. 



This fine species is easy to recognise by its large size and robust 

 build, with a distinct opaque yellow stigma on the elytra. In colour 

 it is green, testaceous or variegated. Length of body, 60mm.-70mni. 

 <? , 57mm. -77mm. ? ; of pronotum, 19mni.-22mm. J , 20mm. -26mm. 

 5 ; of elytra, 51mm. -55mm. <? , 40mm. -50mm. $ . 



It is an African and Asiatic species, occurring in Spain, where it 

 has been taken at Malaga, Seville, and Cadiz. 



Genus 6. Mantis, Linn. 

 This is the typical genus of the group ; it contains a number of 

 African and Asiatic species, but a single European form, which is 

 extremely widely distributed. 



1. Mantis religiosa, Linn. 

 Colour green, pale ; elytra more or less opaque, subpellucid in the 

 male, in both sexes with costal margin pale, Avith a darkish line; 



