TiNDALE — Australian Mantidae 429 



GYROMANTIS KRAUSSII Saussure. 



Hnania kraussii Sauss., Mem. Soc. Geneve, xxi, 1871, p. 153; Paraoxypilus 



krnussii StaL, Bih. Svenska Akad., iv, 1877, p. 8. 



Hal). Western Australia, South Australia, and Central Australia, also 

 from the junction of the Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers, North-west Australia. 



GYROMANTIS OCCIDENTALIS Sjostedt. 



Gyrom/mtis occidentaJis Sjost., Ark. f. Zool., xi, 1918, p. 8, pi. i, fig. 2a-2d, 3a-3c. 

 Hah. North-west Australia (Type), Northern Territory, as far south as 

 Tennant Creek. 



PHTHERSIGENA Stal., 1871 (conspersa). 

 Hob. Australia. 



PHTHERSIGENA CONSPERSA Stal. 



Phthersigena conspersa Stal, Oefv. Vet. -Akad. Forh., xxviii, 1871, p. 401; 

 Haania conspersa Sauss., Mem. Soc. Geneve, xxiii, 1872, p. 76 ; Paraoxypilus 

 conspersus Stal, Bih. Svenska Vet. -Akad, iv, 1877, p. 9. 

 Hah. Queensland. 



PHTHERSIGENA MINOR Sjostedt. 



Phthersifjena minor Sjost., Ark. f. Zool., xi, 1918, p. 10, pi. ii, fig. la-le. 

 Hah. North-west Australia. 



PHTHERSIGENA CENTRALIS Giglio-Tos. 



Phtkersiffena centralis Gigl.-Tos, Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital., 1914, p. 32. 



Hah. Central Australia. 



This species is about the size of P. minor, but the pronotum is relatively 

 larger. 



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GLABROMANTIS Sjostedt, 1918 (nebulosa). 



Sjiist., Ark. f. Zool., xi, 1918, p. 12. 



Hah. Australia. 



The females of this genus have the wings short, reaching only to about 

 three-quarters length of abdomen. The head is broad and the eyes less pro- 

 minent than in male. The antennae are very fine and filamentous, reaching to 



