TiNDALE— Australian Mantidae 431 



Anterior coxae dark yellowish, with black spots ; femora strong, inner face 

 shining- jet black, spines as in male. Legs as in male. Length, 18-5 mm. 



Hob. Sonth Australia: Murray River (H. S. Cope), Pimgonda (A. Dubbe), 

 Tintinara, Murat Bay, Illamurta (Horn Expedition), Lake Frome (J. N. 

 McGilp). Types. T. 14046. 



This species is distinguished from G. nchulosa Rjost. by the peculiar head 

 and the projection on facial shield. The male from Lake Frome is small, 

 measuring only 12 mm. in length. We have scA'en males and four females. 



GLABROMANTIS UNICORNIS PALLIDIFEMUR subsp. nov. 



S Light brown with gray markings. Head vei-y wid(\ with eyes prominent. 

 Facial shield twice as wide as high, arched above, with apical spine absent or 

 weakly developed, fore-margin straight, at -each end of fore-margin a yellowdsh 

 spot ; frons with three prominences over ocelli, the median one well forward, 

 projecting, well rounded ; ocular spine pointed, not a rounded lobe. Antennae 

 long, nearly reaching end of abdomen. Pronotum 1^ times long as wide, oval, 

 sides arched, less conspicuously constricted towards posterior extremity than in 

 G. unkornis, black with bro-wnish markings ; sometimes a faint light-coloured 

 spot on each side of middle of pronotum below transverse groove. "Wings long ; 

 elytra hyaline, suffused dirty whitish and black marks; hind-wings hyaline, fore- 

 mai-gin darker. Anterior legs yellowish -brown', externally marked with darker 

 spots; intermediate and posterior legs annulated light-brown. Length, 19 mm. 



9 Larger than male. Pale yellowish, with brownish-black spots and mark- 

 ings. Head large, apex of facial shield forming a small projection, ocelli very 

 small. Pronotum longer than in 6'. unicornis, arched at middle, constricted 

 strongly at three-fourths ; markings as in male. Elytra opaque, dirty gray, with 

 black markings; hind-wings hyaline.' Anterior coxae pale yellow; femora pale 

 yellow, mottled brownish; legs yellowish, annulated brown-l)lack. Length, 

 22 mm. 



Hah. South Australia: Kingoonya (R. Harvey), Mount Painter (H. G. 

 Stokes), North East Corner (F. Parsons). Types, T. 14048. 



This has been placed as a race of G. unicor'n'^ ; it has a different shaped head, 

 longer pronotum, and in female pale front femora and tibiae. We have three 

 males and Iavo females. 



GLABROMANTIS MELANIA sp. nov. 



Plate xii, fig. ?,. 



S Dark reddish-brown with dull black markings. Head smaller than 

 in G. unicornis; facial shield arched on posterior margin and with a A^-shaped 



