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its sides convex and weakly lamellar ; prothorax as in the male but more strong- 

 ly denticulate, Tegmina almost entirely of a fine green with the same yellow 

 marks as those of the male ; wings more greenish than those of the male ; la- 

 mellar dilatations of the femora as in the male. Abdomen similar to that of 

 E. egena but with weaker median and lateral lobes. 



Length of body, d , 48 mm, 9 , 56 mm. ; length of pronot, ^, 19-5 mm. $ 23 

 mm; length ofant. fem., $, 11-5 mm., $, 14,5; elytra, (^26'5 mm., $ 34 mm. 



This species is much smaller and more slender than E. egena ; it differs from it 

 by the shape of the process of the vertex and by its tegmina much more brightly 

 coloured. It seems very close to E. xmicornis Johans. but the prothorax is 

 comparatively much shorter than in this last species and the shape of the verte.t 

 of the female seems intermediate between that of E. unicornis and E. egena, 



I take much pleasure in dedicating this beautiful Mantid to Mr. B. Uvarov 

 who has so carefully studied the Orthopterous fauna of West Asia. 



Gen. — Blephaeopsis, Rehn. 



Blepharopsis mendica, F. 



Mesopotamia: Amara, R. Tigris, may 1917, 1 J ; 7-4-18, Id; 16-8-18 (at 

 light) 1$; 27-9-18, 1 young. 



ENSIFERA. 



Fam.— PHASGONURIDJE. 



Gen. — HoMOROCORYPHus, Karny. 



Homorocoryphus nitidulus, Scop. 



Mesopotamia: Amara, 20-10-17, 2$; 30-10-17, 1$. 



Gen. — CoNOCEPHALUS, Thunb. 



ConocepJialus fuscus, F. 



Persia: Enzeli, 20-6-10, 1^. 



ConocepJialus fuscus turanicus, Semenof. 



Xiphidium fuscum turanicum, Semenof, 1915, Rev. russe Enf., XV [1915] 

 p. 451. 



Mesopotamia; below Amara, on Tigris, 15-5-18, 1$ ; 22-10-18, Id, 1$, 



Conocephalus huxtoni, n. sp. 



(Fig. 18 to 20). 



Type : — One male from Mesopotamia. Amara (P. A. Buxton, 30-6-18). 



Size medium, form rather slender ; general colour pale green, dorsum of head 

 and pronotum with a broad median band of reddish brown ; on pronotum, this 

 band is outlined on each side with opaque yellow. Head with dorsum of 

 vertex very slightly ascending above the plane of the occiput ; fastigium of 

 vertex narrow, little more than half as wide as the basal antennal joint, very 

 slightly enlarged at apex. Pronotum with lateral lobes high, their posterior 

 margin very weakly convex, callosity slightly convex, broad. Abdomen slender, 

 10th tergite notched at apex, subgenital plate truncate, bearing rather long, 

 cylindrical styles. Cerci very large, almost triangular, the internal margin being 

 strongly produced in a triangular process, ending in a small tooth directed 

 downwards ; apex rounded, medial portion somewhat swollen, part of the 

 internal margin between the process and the apex depressed, almost lamellar. 



