444 Records of the S.A. Museum 



RHODOMANTIS PULCHELLA Tepper. 



Plate XV, fig. 26. 



Pseudomantis piilchellus Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S.A., 1904, p. -163; Truxomantis 

 kimherleijensis Sjost., Ark. f. Zool., xi, 1918, p. 33, pi. iii, fig. 4; pi. v, %. 6. 

 Hah. South Australia, Western Australia, North-west Australia. Type, 

 I. 13779. 



The type, a female, of this species came from the far N.W. of South Australia 

 (Wells Expedition, March, 1903). It is in rather damaged condition. We have 

 a series of seven males and four females. They agree well with Sjostedt's 

 description and figures. The figure is of a male from Mount Painter. 



RHODOMANTIS QUEENSLANDICA Sjiistedt. 



Truxomantis Queensland ic a Sjost. , Ark. f. Zool, xi, 1918, p. 31, pi. iii, fig. 3; 

 pi. V, fig. 5. 

 Hal). Queensland. 



RHODOMANTIS GRACILIS sp. nov. 



Plate XV, fig. 25. 



c^ Pale brown. Head similar to R. pulehella, ocelli less prominent, 

 antennae much finer. Pronotum very slender, much longer, supracoxal dilata- 

 tion well forward, margins of pronotum finely serrated, the stem with a median 

 and two lateral longitudinal ridges, armed with coarse spinules. Wings shorter, 

 narrow, reaching two-thirds length of abdomen ; elytra hyaline, brownish, with 

 fine scattered blackish spots; hind-wings hyaline, a basal area broAvnish black, 

 becoming paler outwardly, and with scattered transverse hyaline patches. Cerci 

 longer, and more slender. Legs very long, fine, the anterior femora very slender 

 at base. Length, 43 mm., pronotum, 13 mm., elytra, 19 mm. 



Ilab. Northern Territory: Groote Eylandt (N. B. Tindale), Connexion 

 Island (April, 1922). Type, I. 14063. 



Close to R. pidcheUa, from which it differs in its smaller size, longer pro- 

 notumx, shorter wings, darker base to wings, in the cerci, and the slender femora, 

 not dilated towards base; while the antennae are very much finer. We have 

 two males ; one was taken with the sweep net in tall grass on a small coral island 

 west of Groote Eylandt, and the other at Emerald River, Groote Eylandt. The 

 type is figured. 



TENODERA Burmeister, 1838 (aridifolia). 



Hah. Ethiopian, Orieutal, Malayan regions, and Australasia. 



