u. 



INSECT A. 417 



Mwntispa ILLIG., LATR. Anterior feet raptorial. (Habit of 

 Mantis.) Ocelli mostly none. 



Sp. Mantispa pagana, RapMdia Mantispa L., GuifoiN, Iconogr., Ins. PI. 63, 

 fig. i, VILLERS, Entom. Linn. Tab. vn. fig. 13, &c. Comp. ERICHSON, 

 Beitrdge zu einer Monogr. von Mantispa, GERMAR'S Zeitsckr. f. Entom. I. 

 1838, s. 147173. 



Semblis FABR. (in part ; species of Hemerobius and of EapJiidia 

 ) Maxillary palps filiform, more slender towards apex, with last 

 oint often shorter than the rest. Prothorax quadrate, longer than 

 ftesothorax and metathorax. Anterior wings larger than posterior. 

 Antennae filiform or setaceous, long. Tarsi with two claws, without 

 ntermediate pulvillus. 



Suh-germs : Semblis (species of Semblis FABR), Sialis LATE. 

 Ocelli none. Penultimate joint of tarsus cordate. Wings deflected. 

 Antennae simple, almost of length of body. 



Sp. Semblis lutaria FABR., Hemerobius lutarius L., ROJSEL, Ins. u. Insect, 

 aquat. Cl. ii. Tab. xin. ; GUERIN, Iconogr., Ins. PL 62, fig. 6. The larva 

 lives in water, and has on each side of the abdomen eight jointed threads, 

 which serve for respiration ; it leaves the water to change into a motionless 

 pupa in the ground. Comp. on this genus SUCKOW in HEUSINGER'S 

 Zeitschr. f. organ. Physik, n. 1828. s. 265 272, Tab. 11., and PICTET, 

 Mem. sur le genre Sialis de LATREILLE, Ann. des Sc. not. sec. SeVie, v. 

 1836. Zoologie, pp. 69 80. PI. 3. 



Sub-genus : Cordalis LATR. Ocelli three. Penultimate joint of 

 tarsi undivided, small. Antennae simple, shorter than body. Head 

 broader than thorax, transverse. Mandibles exsert, in males very 

 long, at rest decussate. 



Sp. Semblis cornuta, RapJiidia cornuta L., Hemerobius cornutus FABR., DE 

 GEER, Ins. in. PI. 27, figs, i, 2; habitat North America. (Mandibles 

 of females denticulate within, thicker ; of males, subulate, with only one 

 tooth, small, internal before the apex.) 



Sub-genus : Chauliodes LATR. Ocelli three. Penultimate joint 

 of tarsi undivided, small. Antennae serrate or pectinate on the inside, 

 shorter than body. Head of breadth of thorax, angustate posteriorly. 

 Mandibles moderate, little or not oxsert. 



Sp. Semblis pcctinicornis FABR., Ilemcrdbius pectinicornis L., DE GEER, Ins. 

 in. Tab. 27, fig. 3, Cuv. R. Ani. ed. ill., Ins. PI. 105, fig. 2; habitat in 

 North America. 



Note. There is a species in the Leyden Museum from Java, with pro- 

 thorax orange, wings brown, with round transparent whitish spots, antennae 

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