214 . HEMEROBIDES. 



Raphidia, p., Linn. ; Scopoli ; Vill. 

 Mantis, p., Fabr. ; Schr. ; Stoll. 



1. MANTIS PA SEMIHYALINA. 



Obscure ccerulea ; antennis pedibusque anticis basi testaceis. Long. 

 810. 



Mantispa semihyalina, Serv. et St. Farg. Encycl. Meth. x. 270. 



Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 434, pi. 10, f.' 5. Westw. Trans. 



Ent. Soc. Lond. new series, i. 253, 1 . 



Mantispa chalybea, Erichson, Germars Zeitsch.f. d. Ent.i. 160, 1. 

 Mantispa grandis, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 967, 4. 



Brazil, Surinam. 



a. . From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



b, c. ? 



2. MANTISPA BRUNNEA. 



Fusca ; alis antics concoloribus, postice nisi ad basim hyalinis. 

 Long. 9 lin. 



Mantispa brunnea, Say, Long's Exped. St. Peter's River, vii. 309 ; 

 Amer. Ent. ii. pi. 25. Erichs. Germans Zeitschr. Ent. i. 161, 

 2. Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. new series, i. 253, 2. 



United States. 



a. St. John's Bluff, East Florida. Presented by the Entomological 



Club. 



b, c. Georgia. From Mr. Abbot's collection. 



3. MANTISPA VAEIA. 



Castanea, nigro flavoque variegata ; alis antice fulvis, margine 

 postico fulvescente. Long. 6 7 lin. Var. Corpore pedi- 

 busque unicoloribus,fusco-rufis. 



Mautispa varia, Erichs. Germ. Zeitschr. Ent. i, 161, 3. Westw. 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. new series, i. 253, 2. 



a. Central America. From Mr. Children's collection. 



