TiNDALE— Australian Mantidae 



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CLIOMANTIS DISPAR sp. nov. 



Plate xiii, fig. 15, and text figure 374. 



i Dull brown. Head triangular, wide, eyes rounded, clypeus transverse; 

 facial shield strongly transverse ; ocular spines less prominent than in C. cor nut a, 

 and blunt pointed ; frons bifurcate. Antennae pale brown, basal joints darker. 

 Pronotum about twice width of head in length, widest anteriorly, sides con- 

 stricted to middle, where it is slightly dilated, and again constricted before 

 posterior extremity ; a slight raised median keel is divided by a transverse shallow 

 groove near middle of pronotum. Abdomen short. Forewings longer than 

 abdomen, hyaline, with numerous fuscous markings more dense along fore- 

 margin; a dark median streak between the veins in basal third of wing; hind- 

 wings very long, hyaline, with fuscous markings on fore-margin. Anterior 



Fig. 374. CUomantis dispar sp. nov. Left anterior leg of male. 



femora somcAvhat strongly dilated, armed with three discoidal spines, an internal 

 marginal row of thirteen spines, the first strong, the next six forming a fine comb, 

 then six separated spines, of which the apical one is strongest ; an exterior mar- 

 ginal series of five spines; there is also in femoral groove a series of about 

 thirteen very fine spines; tibiae armed with an internal marginal row of eight 

 spnies, tlie first four separate, the remainder together at base of tibial spine, 

 also an external marginal series of thirteen very minute spines. Legs long and 

 slender, dark brown. Length, 15 mm. 



$ Grayish brown. Head larger than in male, eyes very prominent, 

 clypeus less transverse, facial shield broad, slightly wider than high. The margin 

 of pronotum less sinuate. Wings absent. Abdomen long, slightly dilated, 

 mottled gray brown, tending to brown at posterior margin of each segment. Legs 

 as in male. Length, 14 mm. 



