84 Mr. W. F. Kirby on Mantidae in the 



nervures mostly white below the middle ; outer part of wings 

 and tegmina smoky hyaline. 



Bab. South Nigeria {Dr. S. A. Jones'). 



Resembles P. singularis, Gerst. (which I cannot distinguish 

 from P. nasuta, Thunb. & Sauss.), but easily recognizable 

 by the coloured wings and by the protuberance on the head, 

 which is broader and more obtuse. 



Chceradodin'^:. 

 Genus Chceradodis, Gerv. 



Chceradodis squilla. 



Chceradodis squilla, Sauss. Mittb. schweiz. ent. Ges. iii. p. 72 (1871) ; 

 Meni. Soc. Geneve, xxi. p. 13, pi. iv. figs. 3, 3 a (1871). 



Hob. Ceylon. 



The insects figured by Westwood as G. squilla agree with 

 C. cancellata, Fabr., as identified by Wood-Mason, and not 

 with the former species. 



Mantinjs. 

 Genus Hapalopeza, Stal. 



Hapalopeza maculata, sp. n. 



Long. corp. cum tegm. 20 mm. 



Yellowish green (probably green during life) ; face with 

 two round black spots below the ocelli, and two larger ones on 

 the vertex ; behind these, two, wider apart, being just within 

 the eyes, and between these are two other small reddish spots, 

 and low down on the occiput are two more black spots. 

 Antennas black, with the first and third joints pale. Pro- 

 notum greenish in the middle and reddish on the sides, with 

 four large black spots, two on the widest part and two before 

 these. Legs greenish, the knees, tips of spines, and tips of 

 tibiae and tarsi darker ; front femora with two small reddish 

 or brownish marks on the basal half. 



Tegmina subhyaline, strongly iridescent, with the subcostal 

 nervuie reddish ; the other nervures mostly brown. 



Hal. Ceylon {E. E. Green). 



Allied to H. tigrina, Westw., which is possibly not distinct 

 from H. nitens, Sauss. Some specimens of H. maculata are 

 more reddish and uniform in colour than that described, with 

 the spots on the head much smaller and less distinct; but 

 the four large spots on the pronotum and the two small spots 

 on the front femora seem to be always constant. 



