TiNDALE — Australian Mantidae 445 



TENODERA INTERMEDIA Saussure. 



Plate xxi, fig. 54. 



Tenodera intermedia Sauss., Add. Syst. Mant., 1870, p. 233 ; Mem. Soc. Geneve, 

 xxi, 1871, p. 98; Gigi-Tos, Bull. Soc. Eiit. Ttal., 1911, p. 41; Tenodera 

 superstitiosa hoMana, Sjost., Ark. f. Zool., xi, 1918, p. 22, pi. iv, fig. 5a-b. 

 Hah. Queensland, Northern Territory (Roper River), New Zealand, and 



New Guinea. 



The rather poor example figured is a female from Emerald, Queensland. 



TENODERA AUSTRALASIAE Leach. 



Plate xxi, fig. 55. 



Mantis australasiae Leach, Zool. Misc., i, 1814, pi. xxxiv; Saussure, Mem. Soc. 



Geneve, xxi, 1871, p. 96; Mantis darchii Macleay, King's Survey Aust., ii, 



1827, p. 454; Mantis tesselata Burm., Handb. Ent., ii, 1838, p. 535. 



Hal). Australia and Tasmania, Ncav Zealand, New Guinea, and the Molucca 

 Islands. 



This is a common species all over Australia ; the specimen figured is from 

 Adelaide. The sexes are similar, the male being smaller, and the colour is either 

 grayish-brown or bright green. One specimen taken by the author near Adelaide 

 has the hind-wings almost entirely dark, except for a small area in the centre. 



SPHRODROPODA Stal, 1877 (tristis). 

 Hah. Australia. 



SPHODROPODA TRISTIS Saussure. 



Plate xix, fig. 48. 



Mantis tristis Sauss., Mem. Soc. Geneve, xxi, 1871, p. 93; SpJwdropoda tristis 



Westwood, Rev. Mant., 1889, p. 13, pi. x, fig. 2, 9. 



ilah. Fiji, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria. 



There are one male and four females in the collection from South Australia, 

 the female figured is from Mount Bi-yan (Victoria), and is dark-brown in colour. 

 Giglio-Tos describes the sexes as green, but otherwise agreeing, from Cape York. 

 It is probable that many of the species of SpJwdropoda and allied genera are 

 dimorphic. 



SPHRODROPODA MOESTA Giglio-Tos. 



Sphodropoda moesta Giglio-Tos, Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital., 1911, p. 16. 

 Hah. Cape York. 



