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



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

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

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

 (probably Sierra Leone). 



Sphendale robusta, sp. n. 

 Thespis robusta, Bates, MS. 



Long. corp. 63, prothor. 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. 



Hob. Nepal. 



Closely allied to S. xanthoptera, Oliv., but the front coxae 

 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. 



Cardioptera reticulata, Sauss. M<§rn. Mex., Mant. p. 196 (1871), nee 

 Burm. 



Hob. 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 gracillima. 



Lcptocola gracillima, Gerst. Mitth. Ver. Neu-Vorpommern, xiv. p. 92 



(1883). 

 Euchomena Stanley ana, Westw. Eev. Mant. p. 33 (1889). 



This curious species occurs in various parts of Western 

 Africa, from the Cameroons to the Congo. 



