Seance du il Dcccvibre f'Jiii 171 



MANTIDAE 



6. Eremiaphila genei, Lcf. 



Amman, Transjordania, 20 Aug. -16 Sept, (adults 

 arni larvae). 



Il is Aciy stranie I hai this sjjecics recorded by 

 Ciitilio Tos i'rom manV; localities in Palestine })ropcr 

 has not b(HMi found Ihero by Bnxton. 



7. Eremiaphila sacra, G.-T. 



Jericho, 8 July, 17 July (larva); Wadi K(Mt, !>7 

 July; Massada^ '>o May (a large larva); Wadi Muclleli, 

 between Bethlehem and Engedi, a/i Sept. 



This s])e('ies is ((uite commun neai- Jeiicho bu', 

 only in those parts near the limestone hills where the 

 surface is varied by the presence of pebbles and stony 

 debris; on the bare clay plains it is not found. This 

 Mantid runs in the barest places aiul 1 have never 

 discovered what its food is, either by watching it or 

 by examining the gut contents of freshly caught s])e- 

 cinuMis. In captivity larvae feed well on house flies. 



None of the specimens in the collection has got 

 any denticulation of the prenotai margins which is 

 a character of the closely related species F. hranncil, 

 Wem. described fiom Jerusalem. 



8. Ameles heldreichi, Br. W. 



Jerusalem, ')3 Apr. - 6 May; Nehi Samwil, (i m. 

 \.\N. of Jerusalem, A June; Nazareth, 11 Ma\ ; Haifa. 

 7 Mav ; Kaukab al Ilawa, ear Kinnereth, S April; 

 Tulkeram, i4 June; Nahr cz Zejka^ i4 Apr.; Jericho, 

 April, 



