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- 

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

 p. 309. 



description. 



Male. *,intenn8e 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 : scutel 

 yellow: metathorax yellow on the posterior 

 edge : pleura bilineate, with yellow : wings with 

 a broad, light brown costal margin and tip : feet^ 

 intermediate and posterior pairs, with yellow 



plate XXV 



