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Fam. HEMEROBID^. 



Genus Mantispa, Illiger. 

 Mantispa compellens, 



Fulva, antennis nigris', prothorace tenui cylindrico, abdomine 

 vitta dorsali nigra, pedibus testaceis, femoribus tibiisque 

 anticis fulvis, alls vitreis, stigmate rufescente, venis nigris. 

 Var. B. Abdomine non vittato. 

 Tawny: antennae black ; protborax slender, cylindrical, widening 

 towards the head, longer than the coxae of the fore-legs ; abdomen 

 with a black dorsal stripe ; legs testaceous ; fore-femora and fore- 

 tibiae tawny ; wings vitreous ; stigma reddish ; veins black ; discal 

 areolets elongated, hexagonal or pentagonal, their two longest sides 

 undulating. Var. B. Abdomen without a stripe ; fore-femora and 

 fore-tibiae testaceous ; wings with the veins testaceous towards the 

 base. 



Length of the body 7 — 8 lines ; of the wings 12 — 14 lines. 

 Brazil, Amazon Region. 



Mantispa umhripennis. 



Nigra, capite lineis duabus flavis, prothorace lineis tribus luteis, 



abdominis segmentis flavo-marginatis, pedibus fulvis, anticis 



nigris flavido-vittatis, alis subluridis, costa apice plagaque 



postica elongata fuscis, stigmate venisque nigris. 



Black : head with a yellow line on each side of the face ; antennae 



short, stout, compact ; protborax cylindrical, wider towards the 



head, with three luteous lines, as long as the fore-coxae ; hind 



borders of the abdominal segments yellow ; legs tawny ; fore-legs 



black, striped with dingy yellow ; wings slightly lurid, brown 



along the costa and at the tips, and with an elongated brown patch 



on the hind border ; stigma and veins black. 



Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 8 lines. 

 Natal. 



Mantispa lurida. 



Picea, capite apud oculos flavo, facie flava vittis tribus nigris, 

 antennis ferrugineis robustis, prothorace lineis tribus fasciaque 

 antica flavis, mesothoracis fascia antica lateribus pectoreque 

 flavis, abdomine ferrugineo vitta dorsali picea, lateribus 

 fasciisque ventralibus flavis, pedibus luteo-flavis, anticis piceo- 

 vittatis, alis luridis stigmate rufescente. 

 Piceous : head yellow about the eyes ; face yellow, with three 

 black stripes ; antennae ferruginous, short, stout, compact ; pro- 



