MANTISPA BRUNNEA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Light brown ; antennae fuscous, light brown at 

 the extremity ; wings with a very broad, brown 

 margin. 



SYNONYM. 



Mantispa Brunnea. Nobis. Long's Expedi- 

 tion to the sources of St. Peters' river^ vol. ii. 

 p. 309. 



description. 



Male. Antennae short : posterior and inferior 

 orbits^ yellow: thorax, first segment obtusely 

 wrinkled or undulated transversely; anterior 

 margin black, sub-margin yellow ; base black, 

 with a yellow, transverse, angulated line : sciitel 

 yellow; metathorax yellow on the posterior 

 edge: pteura bilineate, with yellow: wings with 

 a broad, light brow n costal margin and tip : feet, 

 intermediate and posterior pairs, with yellow 



plate XXV. 



