4 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. Vol. XIV 
A NEW STAGMOMANTIS FROM FLORIDA. 
By Wo. T. Davis, Staten Island, N. Y. 
From Delaware southward through the Gulf States to Texas 
and northward to Kansas and southern Indiana there is a species 
of Mantis known as Stagmomantis carolina (Linnzus).* This 
insect is subject to great variation in color, the females more so 
than the males. Green or brown specimens are most common, 
but there are also individuals with pink wings and still others 
that have them yellow in color. Sometimes the contrasting colors 
are exceedingly beautiful, and among so much variation it is no 
wonder that several names have been bestowed upon the insect. 
The tegnima of Stagmomantis carolina covers about two-thirds 
of the abdomen in the females, and the discal dark spot is con- 
spicuous. In the author’s collection there are twenty-eight 
female carolina collected from Maryland to Texas, that are alike 
in the features mentioned, except that those from the northern 
part of the range of the species are usually smaller than those 
from further south. 
While collecting in Florida in 1911, 1912 and 1913, mantids 
were found that had shorter tegmina and a more slender pro- 
notum than usual, and they were examined with much interest, 
but the few examples secured at that time were labeled carolina. 
However, more specimens have since been received from Florida, 
and I have, through the kindness of Messrs. Rehn and Hebard, 
of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, been able to 
examine their extensive series. From this study it is evident that 
two species of Stagmomantis inhabit Florida, and the one with 
short tegmina appears to be undescribed. 
Stagmomantis floridensis, new species. 
Type female, Punta Gorda, DeSoto County, Florida, Novem- 
ber 13, 1911 (Davis). Davis collection. 
Allotype male, Parish, Manatee County, Florida, September 
24, 1918 (Joseph Lienhart). Davis collection. 
The type, and all of the other females of this species so far 
* A very complete bibliography of this species by Mr. and Mrs. Rau is 
contained in the Trans. Acad. Sci., St. Louis, vol. xxii. 
