216 HEMEBOBIDES. 



Mantispa Erichsonii, Guerin, Icon. Regn. Anim. Ins. 391. Westw. 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. new series, i. 254, 8. 



a. Port Natal. From. M. Gueinzius' collection. 



b. Port Natal. 



9. MANTISPA COSTALIS. 



Fusca ; prothorace abdomineque luteis ; alls hyalinis, costa lutea. 

 Long. 8 lin. 



Mantispa costalis, Erichs. Germ. Zeitschr. Ent. i. 164, 9. Westw. 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. new series, i. 254, 9. 



Brazil. 



10. MANTISPA PUSILLA. 



Fusca* flavo varlegata ; prothorace tenuiterflavo lineato ; alisjlavi- 

 canti-hyalinis, costa fusca. Long. 4 6 lin. 



Mantis brevicornis, Deg. Ins. vii. 620, 18, pi. 46, f. 9, 10. 



Mantis pusilla, Pall. Spicileg. Zonl. fasc. 9, 17, pi. 1, f. 9. Fabr. 



Sp. Ins. i. 351, 31 ; Mant. Ins. i. 230, 39 ; Ent. Syst. ii. 25, 



51. Stoll, Mant. pi. i. f. 3. GmeL ed. Syst. Nat. i. 4, 2052, 



34. Oliv. Enc. Meth. vii. 631, 30. 

 Mantis brevicornis, Deg. ins. vii. 620, pi. 46, f. 9, 10. 

 Mantispa pusilla, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 967, 3. Ramb. Hist. Nat. 



Ins. Near. 432, 3. Erichs. Germ. Zeitschr. Ent. i. 165, 10. 



Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. new series, i. 254, 10. 



a, b. Cape. From the Hard wick e bequest. 



c. d. Cape. Presented by R. W. Townsend, Esq. 

 e. Cape. From Mr. Shuckard's collection. 



/. Port Natal. From Dr. Krauss' collection. 

 g. S. Africa. From Mr. Children's collection. 



Var. Testaceous : head varied with yellow, with a brown spot 

 on the vertex, and a short brown stripe on the face : antennae dark 

 brown, pubescent, imperfect in the specimen described, yellow at 

 the base: prothorax very slender, dilated near the head, with a 

 brownish stripe on the back and one on each side : abdomen with a fer- 

 ruginous stripe on each side: fore-coxa3 yellow; fore-femora with a 

 ferruginous stripe on each side : wings limpid ; stigma ferruginous ; 

 veins black ; transverse veins of the discal areolets very undulating. 



a. East Indies. From Archdeacon Clerk's collection. 



