INSECTA. 417 
Mantispa Iu11e., Larr Anterior feet raptorial. (Habit of 
Mantis.) Ocelli mostly none. 
Sp. Mantispa pagana, Raphidia Mantispa L., Guéri, Iconogr., Ins. PI. 63, 
fig. 1, VILLERS, Entom. Linn. Tab. vit. fig. 13, &c. Comp. Ericuson, 
Beitriige zu einer Monogr. von Mantispa, Gurmar’s Zeitschr. f. Entom. 1. 
1838, 8. 147—173. 
Semblis FAsr. (in part; species of Hemerobius and of Raphidia 
L.) Maxillary palps filiform, more slender towards apex, with last 
joint often shorter than the rest. Prothorax quadrate, longer than 
mesothorax and metathorax. Anterior wings larger than posterior. 
Antenne filiform or setaceous, long. Tarsi with two claws, without 
intermediate pulvillus. 
Sub-genus: Semblis (species of Semblis Fapr.), Sialis Lar. 
Ocelli none. Penultimate joint of tarsus cordate. Wings deflected. 
Antenne simple, almost of length of body. 
Sp. Semblis lutaria Fasr., Hemerobius lutarius LB. , Rasex, Jns. 1. Insect. 
aquat, Cl, 1. Tab. x1u.; GuéRtn, Iconogr., Ins. Pl. 62, fig. 6. The larva 
lives in water, and has on each side of the abdomen eight jointed threads, 
which serve for respiration ; it leaves the water to change into a motionless 
pupa in the ground. Comp. on this genus Suckow in HeEvstncEr’s 
Zeitschr. f. organ. Physik, 1. 1828. s. 263—272, Tab. IL, and Picret, 
Mém. sur le genre Sialis de Larreitin, Ann. des Se. nat. sec. Série, v. 
1836. Zoologie, pp. 6g—8o. Pl. 3. 
Sub-genus: Cordalis Larr. Ocelli three. Penultimate joint of 
tarsi undivided, small. Antenne simple, shorter than body. Head 
broader than thorax, transverse. Mandibles exsert, in males very 
long, at rest decussate. 
Sp. Semblis cornuta, Raphidia cornuta L., Hemerobius cornutus Fasr., Dr 
Geer, Ins. 11. Pl. 27, figs. 1, 2; habitat North America. (Mandibles 
of females denticulate within, thicker ; of males, subulate, with only one 
tooth, small, internal before the apex.) 
Sub-genus : Chauliodes Late. Ocelli three. Penultimate joint 
of tarsi undivided, small. Antenne serrate or pectinate on the inside, 
shorter than body. Head of breadth of thorax, angustate posteriorly, 
Mandibles moderate, little or not exsert. 
Sp. Semblis pectinicornis Fasr., Hemerobius pectinicornis L., De Grrr, Jns. 
mi. Tab, 27, fig. 3, Cuv. R. Ani. éd. ill., Ins. Pl. 103, fig. 2; habitat in 
North America. 
: / Note.—There is a species in the Leyden Museum from Java, with pro- 
thorax orange, wings brown, with round transparent whitish spots, antennse 
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