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beneath, very slightly longer, or, at all events, not shorter than the tibia 
and not conically acuminate. (In crassimanus, the tarsus is shorter than the 
tibia, and acuminate). Vulva consisting of a large, hairy, horny plate, 
with a pair of impressions in front, and a smooth, transversely semicircular, or 
subquadrate lobe projecting from its posterior border. 
Total length, 11 mm. 
Habitat. Sokotra (Homhil, 1500-2500 ft. (Type) ; Dimichiro Valley). An 
adult 2 and an immature ¢. 


VIII. Descriptions of Two New Genera and 
Six New Species of Orthoptera. 
By MaAtcotm Burr. 
Blattodea. 
Phyllodromiide. 
(1) Loboptera peculiaris. 
¢. Testacea, nitida. Antenne setacee. Pronotum antice rotundatum, 
postice truncatum, antice quam postice angustius. Meso- et meta-nota trans- 
versa. Elytra lobiformia, lateralia, mesonoti marginem posticum vix super- 
ansia. Ale nulle. Caput testaceum, vitta transversa atra inter oculos 
ornatum:; frons vittis duabus longitudinalibus atris ornata. | Abdomen dila- 
tatum, castaneum, marginibus pallidioribus ; segmentum lateribus macula 
atra utrinque ornatis. Pedes pallidi; femora spinosissima ; tarsi pulvillo 
minuto inter ungues instructi, segmentum primum tribus sequentibus 
longius. Lamina supraanalis ¢ obtuse triangularis. Cerci breves. Lamina 
subgenitalis ¢ triangularis, vel, magis, rotundata, transversa. 
Long. corporis. 11-12 mm. ate OA Pe to eas 
" pronoti. 1 44:95 
Habitat. Sokotra, 3 3. 
This species differs from its congeners by its light shining testaceous 
colour. ‘Lhe pad between the tarsal claws is also somewhat larger than in 
the other described species. The genus is essentially South European and 
Asiatic in distribution. 
Mantodea. 
Mantide. 
Teddia, gen. nov. 
g. Corpus gracile, elongatum. Oculi rotundati, haud tuberculati. 
Antenne gracillime. Pronotum elongatum, supra coxas dilatationem par- 
vam efficiens, medio carinulatum, lateribus denticulatis, dorso toto granulato. 
Prosternum deplanatum, leve, postice saltem granulatum. — Elytra et ale 
abbreviate, he fusco-testaceex, nonnihil purpureatie, parte anali macula 
magna fusca ornate ; illa brevia, apice rotundata, testacea. Pedes graciles ; 
coxe antice long; femora antica gracilia, recta, subtus margine externo 
spinis 5, quarum ultima minima, margine interno spinis 6 majoribus, 6 
