^I ail tidffi //•(?//? the Transvaal. 349 



17. Miomantis fenestrata. 



Mantis fenefif rata, Fabr. Spec. lus. i. p. 349. n. 13 (1781V 

 Miomantis fenestrata, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Geneve, xxi. p. 119 (1871). 



5 (? ?, Pretoria {W. L, D.). 



East London, Xatal, Knysna, Transvaal, Uganda. (B. M.) 



A common species. 



18. Miomantis monacha. 



Mantis monacha, Fabr. Mant. Ins. i. p, 223. n. 24 (1781). 

 Mantis vitrata, Oliv. Eacycl. M^th. vii. p. 639. n. 1 (1792). 

 Mantis furficata, Stoll, Mantes, pi. i. fig. 2 (1813 ?). 



1, Fort Johnston, Njasaland (P. Rendall). 



This is a larger and stouter species than M. fenestrata. 

 The specimen before me agrees well with StoU's figure, which 

 is said to be taken from a Cape specimen. There is a con- 

 spicuous yellow line above the green subcostal stripe on the 

 fore wings, and on the inside of the front femora* are two 

 black dots, near together, opposite the commencement of 

 the spines. In M. fenestrata there is almost always a third 

 spot at the base of the femur. 



19. Miomantis semialata. 



Miomantis semialata, Sauss. Mem. Soc. Geneve, xxiii. p. 71, pi. viii. 

 fig. 14 (1873). 



1, Barberton (P. Rendall). 



Apparently the commonest species of the genus at Natal, 

 from whence it was originally described. There is also a 

 specimen from Zomba in the Natural History Museum. 



20. Miomantis Savignyi. 



Miomantis Savignyi, Sauss. M6m. Soc. Geneve, xxiii. p. 09, pi. viii. 

 fig. 15 (1873) ; Westw. Rev. Mant. pp. 18, 37, pi. x. fig. 1 (1889). 



1, Zomba (P. Rendall). 



Nubia, Sennaar [Saussure) ; Cairo ( Westioood). 



Zululand {Rev. W. H. Heale). B. M. 



A widely distributed species, but apparently not common. 



21. Cilnia humeralis. 



Cardioptera humeralis, Sauss. M6m. Soc. Geneve, xxi. pp. 195, 281 



(1871). 

 Cilnia humeralis, StSl, Bihang Vet.-Akad. Handl. iv. (10) p. 53 (1877). 

 Mantis latipes, Stal, Bihang Vet.-Akad. Handl. iii. (14) p. 43 (1875). 

 Cihiia latipi's, Stal, CEfv. Vet.-Akad. Forh. xxxiii. (3) p. 71 (187G) ; 



Bihang Vet.-Akad. Handl. iv. (10) p. 53 (1877). 



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