Miint'idsd from the Transvaal. 347 



8. Dystacta paradoxa. 



Dystacta paradoxa, Sauss. Mt5ni. Soc. Geneve, xxi. p. 323 (1871), xxiii. 

 p. 80, pi. viii. fig. 16 (1873) ; Stal, Bihang Vet.-Akad, Handl. iv. 

 (10) p. 51 (1877). 



2, Barberton (P. Rendall). 



Cape and Daraaralaiid [Brunner] ; Lake Nyasa and 

 Delagoa Bay. B. M. 



9. Pseudomantis zehrata. 



Mantis zehrata, Charp. Orth. t. xxxix. (1845 ?). 

 Pseudomantis zehrata, Sauss. M6m. Soc. Geneve, xxi. p. 37 (1871). 

 Hierodula siiavis, Brancs. Jahresh. Ver. Trencsen, 17/18, p. 247, pi. vii. 

 fig. 7 (1895). 



2, Pretoria {W. L. D.) ; 1, Delagoa Bay (TF. L. D.). 



Cape {Charpentter, and Pan's Museum). Murchison Range, 

 Transvaal {C. R. Jones) ; Zulaland {Rev. W. H. Heale). 

 (B.M.) 



This is one of the prettiest species of Mantidee, and does 

 not appear to be very abundant. 



10- Tenodera superstitiosa. 



Mantis superstitiosa, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. p. 348. n. 17 (1781). 

 Tenodera superstitiosa, Sauss. ]M6m. Soc. Geneve, xxi. pp. 99, 296 

 (1871). 



1, Fort Johnston (P. Rendall). 



Originally described from South Africa. Common throughout 

 Ethiopian Africa, and a large part of Southern Asia and the 

 Archipelago, as far as Australia. 



11. Tenodera capitata. 



Tenodera capitata, Sauss. Mitth. schwelz. ent. Ges. iii. p. 69 (1869) ; 

 M^m. Soc. Geneve, xxi. pp. 95, 293 (1871). 



2, Barberton (P. Rendall) -, 1, Zomba (P. Rendall). 



East Central Africa (Scott Elliot) and another from the 

 Congo {A. Curror). B. iM. 



This species may easily be recognized by the dentated 

 front coxai. 



12. Sphodromantis gastrica. 



Mantis gastrica, Stll, (Efv. Vet.-Akad. Fdrh. xv. p. 303 (1858). 

 Hierodula gastrica, Stal, Bihang Vet.-Akad. Handl. iv. (10) p. 57 



(1877) ; Sauss. & Zehntn., Grandid. Madag. xxxiii. p. 187 (1895). 

 Hierodula hicarinata, Sauss. Mitth. schweiz. ent. Ges. iii. p. 68 (1869) j 



M6m. Soc. Geneve, xxi. p. 74, pi. v. fig. 22 (1871). 



