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Several specimens, Ithaca, N. Y. ; one Sherbrooke, Canada (Begin) ; 

 three with basal fuscous clouds to wings from Concord, N. Y., and 

 Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada [E. P. Van Duzee]. 



MANTISPID^. 



MantiMpa floridana n. sp. — Length to tip of wings 34 mm. Rufous, 

 face yellow, a dark median stripe, narrow below the antennfe, rather broader on 

 labrum, much broader above the autennse and enclosing two yellow spots, dark 

 spot each side above near the eyes; prothorax uniform rufous, anterior tubercles 

 yellow, two triangular yellow spots at posterior end, continued into two stripes 

 on niesothorax, below the origin of fore wings a yellow semi-circular mark, con- 

 nected to a median, triangular, yellow spot below, above the latter a short spot 

 each side, a similar semi-circle below the hind wings; membrane of joints of legs 

 yellow. Abdomen with a broad black stripe each side, margined with yellow 

 a narrower stripe above, ventral segments margined with yellow, two spots to- 

 ward base. Wings hyaline, in both pairs a rufous streak between the subcosta 

 and radius, and continued to the apex of the wing, fifteen to sixteen discoidal 

 areolets. anal vein furcate; large spine on femur i plainly less than width of the 

 joint at that point. Abdomen large, broad in the middle, constricted at base. 



One specimen from Lake Worth, Florida, in the collection of 

 Mrs. A. T. Slosson. 



mantiKpa sayi n. sp. — Length to tip of wings 17-22 mm. Pale yellowish, 

 face pale, above the antennfe reddish stripes, below is a transverse reddish band, 

 tips of palpi and antennae fuscous, the latter as long as breadth of the head ; pro- 

 thorax pale, reddish at each anterior corner, and a short basal red stripe which 

 extends back over the meso- and metathorax, long, slender, with many trans- 

 verse folds, and at each side anteriorly a tubercle. Abdomen yellowish, darker 

 on the venter, a narrow dark red stripe above and one each side. Legs yellowish, 

 anterior pair darker than others. Wings hyaline, veins fuscous, in both wings a 

 red streak between the subcosta and radius to the pterostigma, ten to eleven dis- 

 coidal areolets, anal vein not furcate, the long spine on femur i is almost as long 

 as the width of the joint at that point. 



Three speciinens, two from Lake Worth, Florida (Mrs. Slosson); 

 the other from Texas. One of the Florida specimens is much 

 darker than the others. 



Of the six described species of Mantlspa, four are known to me, 

 the two others may be separated on colorational characters. 



1. Wings wholly fuscous iiioesta. 



Wings not wholly fuscous 2. 



2. Veins with black dots viri<li<«. 



Veins not dotted 3. 



3. Anal vein simple in fore wing 4. 



Anal vein furcate in fore wing ,5. 



4. A spot at apex of wing and two below radius iiiternipta< 



No such spots present $$Hyi. 



5. Anterior half of wing wholly fuscous bruiiiiea. 



Space between radius and subcosta only dark flori<laiia. 



TKANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XXIV. FEBRUARY, 1897. 



