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Dott. Prof. ERMANNO GIGLIO-TOS 



MANTIDI ESOTICI 



III. 

 Gen. Tarachodes Burm. 



Tarachodes Burmeister Handb. Ent. II. 1838, p. 528. 

 Chiropacha Charpbntier Germar's Zeitschr. Ent. Ili, 1841, p. 288. 

 — Orth. pi. 15. — Saussure Mèi. orth. Ili, fase. 1871, p. 15. 

 Chiropus Saussure Ess. Syst Mant. 1869, p. 54. 

 Ariusia Kirby Syn. Cat. Orth. I, 1904, p. 215 (nee Stal). 

 Ariusa (sic) Werner Orth. blattaef. 1907, p. 21 (nee Stal). 

 Achlaena Kirby Syn. Cat. Orth. I, 1904, p. 216 (nee Karsch). 

 AcMaena Werner Orth. blatt. 1907, p. 21 (nee Karsch). 



Caput thorace latius, clypeo frontali transverso, oculo- 

 rum marginibus lateralibus distincte rotundatis. Yertex 

 rotundatus, vel truncatus, integer vel incisus, vel interdum 

 bituberculatus. Pronotum in tf laeve, in $ disco conico- 

 bituberculato, rarissime inerme (T. inermis) in utroque sexu 

 duplo et dimidio longius quam latius angulis anticis acu- 

 tis vel subacutis. Elytra et alae in tf explicatae saltem 

 abdomini aeque longae, in $ abbreviatae. Abdomen in $ 

 superne carinulatum. Femora antica vix duplo longiora 

 quam basi latiora, sulco unguiculari prope basim sito, spi- 

 nis discoidalibus 4, quarum prima ad imam basim sita. 

 Metatarsi antici praesertim in 2 compressi, intus longitu- 

 dinaliter sulcati. 



Species typica : T. lucubrans Burch. 



