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2. M. interrupta ! 



Mantispa interrupta Say, Amer. Entomol. II, tab. xxv ; Erichs. Germ. 

 Zeits. I, 171, 21 ; Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 2, I, 255, 21 ; Walk. 

 Catal. 219, 21. 



Yellowish ; antennae black, yellow at base ; head yellow in front, 

 with a black line upon the middle ; posteriorly black, exteriorly 

 yellow ; a streak upon the middle, and a spot each side, yellow ; 

 prothorax long, slender, tuberculous, yellowish-fuscous ; the apical 

 and basal margin, and a longitudinal dorsal line, black ; mesotho- 

 rax fuscous, varied with yellow; abdomen fuscous (mutilated); 

 feet yellowish, the anterior femora exteriorly and interiorly striated 

 with fuscous, tibiae and tarsi black ; posterior femora interiorly at 

 base with a fuscous line, intermediate tibiae with a fuscous ring ; 

 wings hyaline, veins black, subcosta fuscous; pterostigma long, 

 brownish-black. 



Length to tip of wings 23 millim. Alar expanse 36 millim. 



ffab. Philadelphia (Say, Uhler); Virginia (Uhler). 



This species is very rare ; I have seen only one specimen ; the 

 words of Mr. Say, " On the submargin is an irregular, quadrate, 

 dark, fuscous spot, confluent with the carpus," do not agree with 

 my specimen. 



(The species varies in sometimes wanting the quadrate brown 

 spot of the wings ; the tarsal lobes are apparent in this species, in 

 common with the preceding : I have seen a specimen in which the 

 apical spot of the wings is absent. The abdomen is generally yel- 

 lowish, with dorsal, triangular, black spots. Uhler.) 



3. M. viridis. 



Mantispa viridis Walk. Catal. 227, 47. 



Green or yellow, with a reddish stripe each side, along the whole 

 length of the body ; face varied with rufous ; antennas reddish ; 

 prothorax long, slender, broader anteriorly ; wings hyaline, veins 

 pale, dotted with black. (From the description of Walker.) 



Length to tip of wings 13 ? millim. Alar expanse 18 millim. 



ffab. East Florida. 



Walker, Catal. 215, 7, reports M. prolixa, from Georgia; I saw 

 the specimen, but M. prolixa Erichson, is a different species. The 

 locality of Mr. Walker's species is doubtful. 

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