86 Mr. W. F. Kirby on Mantidse in the 



A female from Nepal, fairly agreeing with his figure, was 

 ticketed Afantis obscura, Fabr., by Bates; but the type of the 

 latter species is a male, and came from " Equatorial Africa " 

 (probably Sierra Leone). 



Sphendale rohusta, sp. n. 

 Thespis robusta, Bates, MS. 



Long. Corp. 63, prothov. 17, exp. al. 39 mm. 



Female. — Brown, front legs slightly marbled with black ; 

 tegmina unicolorous, except the internal area, which is blue- 

 black, except at the base ; wings with the costal area 

 yellowish, with a black spot in the middle ; otherwise light 

 violet-brown, with white cross-nervures. 



Hah. Nepal. 



Closely allied to 8. xanthoptera^ Oliv., but the front coxse 

 and the sides of the prothorax are much more finely denticu- 

 lated, the prothorax is slightly and the abdomen considerably 

 broader, and the tegmina and wings are much more uniform 

 in colour. 



Genus Photina, Burm. 



Photina gracilipes, n. n. 



Carclioj)tera reticulata, Sauss. M^ni. Mex., Mant. p. 196 (1871), nee 

 Burm. 



Hah. Para (?). 



Saussure has enumerated two species under the name of 

 Cardioptera reticulata, and Westwood has renamed Bur- 

 meister's species Mantis Burmeisteri (Rev. Mant. p. 15). But 

 in such a case it is the second species, not the first, which 

 requires another name. 



Genus Leptocola, Gerst. 



Leptocola gracilUma. 



Leptocola gracilUma, Gerst. Mitth. Ver. Neii-Vorpommern, xiv. p 92 



(1883). ^ 



Eucliomena Stanleyana, Westw, Rev. Mant. p. 33 (1889). 



This curious species occurs in various parts of Western 

 Africa, from the Cameroons to the Congo. 



