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Soc. London, VI, 1802, p. 2ù. « P.vltsot iìe BRArvois Ins. ree. Afr. Amer. 

 Orth. 1805, p. 61, pi. XIT, fig. I. - Thunrerg Hemipt. maxill. Gen. ili. 

 1815, p. 290. - Servilfr Rev. Ins. Orth. 1831, p. 53. - Ins. Orth. 1839, 

 p. 181. - BuRMRlSTER Handb. Ent. II, 1838, p. 539. - Beri. ent. Zeitschr. 

 Vili, 18Ó4, p. 2ì,6. - CmaRPKNTIER Germar's Zeits. Ent. Ili, 1841, p. 292, 

 24 ■' ibidem V, 1844, p. 302. 



Mantis rogatoria StOLF. Spectr. Mant. 1813, p. 73, pi. XXV, fig. 95. 

 Mantis octosetosa GOEZE Ent. Beitr. voi. II, 1778, p. 35. 

 Mantis cubitata GoRZE ibidem. 1778, p. 34. 

 Mantis ocellata OLIVIER Enc. méth. VII, 1792, p. 639. 

 Mantis obsecraria LlCITTENSTEiN Trans. Lin. Soc. London, VI, 

 1802, p. 28. 



Mantis annulata Stoll Spectres, Mant. etc. 1813, p. 55, pi. XVIII, 

 %. 66. 



Stagmatoptera obsecraria SAUSSURE Ess. Syst. Mant. 1869, p. 67, - 

 Add. Syst. Mant. 1870, p. 232. 



Stagmatoptera annidata Stal Syst. Mant. 1877, p. 72. - SAUSSURE 

 Mant. amér. 1871, p. 91, pi. I, fig. 9. - Miss, scient. Mexique, Orth. 

 1872, p. 256. - PREunuoMME r>E Borre Mant. ISIus. Hist. nat. Belgiqae, 

 1883, p. 66. - VVestwood Rev. Mant. 1889, p. 15. - SAUSSURE et 

 ZeHNTNER Bidl. centr. amer. Orth. I, 1804, p. 187. 



Stagmatoptera praecaria KiRBY Syn. Cat. Orth. I, 1904, p. 300. - 

 B UNEii Journ. New-York ent. Soc. XIV, 190Ó, p. 144. - Chopard 

 Ann. Soc. ent. France, LXXX, 191 1, p. 338. - Rehv Gen. Ins. Orth. 

 fase. 119, 1911, p. 13. 



d. 9. - Viridis. Pronotum crassiusculum, ampliatione ovata. Elytra 9 

 lata, ovata, apice rotundato, area discoidali opaca ad marginem posticum 

 hyalino fenestrata, stigmate triangulari eburneo, postice macula fusca parva 

 ornato. Elvtra o" area discoidali hvalina ad venas costales opaca et flavo 

 tessellata. Alae 9 dense flavo tesseliatae. Alae o" hyalinae, area discoidali 

 et dimidio antico areae analis flavo tessellatis. Coxae anticae spinis 9-10 

 nec non spinulis interpositis armatae. Femorum anticorum macula fusca, 

 interdum evanida, ad spinam majt)rem tertiam tantum extensa, spinae tres 

 primae discoidales spinaeque majores internae intus nigrae vel nigro vittatae. 

 Spina praeunguicularis tibiarum anticarum apice tantum nigro, unguis vero 

 intus totus ater. 



Lonc 



Due femmine ed un maschio dal Brasile (Mus. Torino) e un'altra 

 femmina dal Sud- America (IMus. Berlino). 



