TiNDALE— Australian Mantidae 427 



$ Brownish-black. Head as in female, eyes and ocelli more prominent, 

 ocular spines somewhat less rounded. Pronotum triangular, similar to female, 

 but somewhat rounded at posterior margin. Wings much longer than body, dark 

 brown, hyaline. Anterior legs orange and black, marked as in female ; posterior 

 legs light-brownish. Length, 14 mm. Type, I. 14053. 



PARAOXYPILUS FLAVIFEMUR Sjostedt. 



F'araoxypiltis flavifemiir Sjost., Ark. f. Zool., xi, 1918, p. 3, pi. i, fig. la-Id; 

 pi. iv, fig. 3. 

 Hah. Queensland, Northern Territory. 



PARAOXYPILUS ARMATUS Giglio-Tos. 



Plate xii, fig. 7-8. 



ParaoxypiJus armaius Cligh-Tos, Gen. Ins., fasc. 144, 1913, p. 5. 



$ Brownish. Head small, wider than in P. tasmaniensis ; ocular spines 

 very large and strong. Pronotum well spined, less so than in female, median 

 ridge weakly developed as five isolated spines. Wings long, whitish, hyaline, 

 with veins faintly brown. Anterior coxae strongly developed, with a marginal 

 series of about eight strong spines, with smaller spines between ; femora weaker 

 than in female, outer face brownish, iiuier face light bro-wm. The posterior 

 femora are blackish and tibiae and tarsi light brown. Length, 15 mm. Type 

 male, I. 14054. 



Hal) Queensland: Thursday Island (Type female), Kuranda; Northern 

 Territory: Groote Eylandt, Melville Island, Daly River. 



This species came to lights in my camp on Groote Eylandt on a sultry night 

 in January, in company with hundreds of other insects. The type male figured 

 is from Groote Eylandt, the female from Daly River. 



PARAOXYPILUS VERREAUXII Saussure. 



Plate xii, fig. 5-6. 



Paraoxypilus rerreauxii Sauss., Mem. Soc. Geneve, xxi, 1871, p. 157; I.e. xxiii, 

 1872, p. 77 ; Giglio-Tos, Gen. Ins., fasc. 144, 1913, p. 5, pi. i, fig. 2. 

 Hal). Tasmania (Type), Queensland, Magnetic Island, South Australia. 



PARAOXYPILUS INSULARIS sp. nov. 



9 Black with pale browTiish markings. Head broad, triangular, vertex 

 arched; fore-margin of clypeus nearly straight, sides diverging, hind-margin 



