Kirby — Names proposed for Genera of Orthoptera. 565 



(Craurusa.) 



1839. Burm., " Handb. Ent.," ii., p. 542. (Type, Mantis cancellata, 

 Fabr.) 



Orthodera. 

 1889. Burm., " Handb. Ent.," ii., p. 529. (Type, prasina, Burm.) 



Tarachodes. 

 1839. Burm., " Handb. Ent.," ii., p. 528. (Type, T. perloides, Burm.) 



ACONTISTA. 



1869. Sauss., " Mitth. Schweiz. Ent. Ges.," iii., p. 55. 



|| (Acontistes.) 



1839. Burm., " Handb. Ent.," ii., p. 542. (Types, Mantis indicata, 

 Oliv. ; precaria, Stoll. ; cingidata, Dru. ; concinna, Perty ; 

 and nana, Stoll.) 



Thespis. 



1831. Serv., "Ann. Sci. Nat.," xxii., p. 54. To include Mantis 

 purpurascens, Oliv. (apparently the type, as it is redescribed), 

 fasciata, quinquemaculata, and parva, Oliv. 



1839. Burm., "Handb. Ent.,-" ii., p. 533. (Burmeister excludes 

 M. fasciata.) 



{Angela.) 



1839. Serv., "Ins. Orth.," p. 171. (Serville divides Thespis into two 

 sections, giving the name Angela to the section including all 

 his former types !) 



Cardioptera. 



1839. Burm., " Handb. Ent.," ii., p. 540. (Types, Mantis oratoria, 

 Linn. ; M. abdominalis, Oliv. ; and M. reticulata, brachyptera , 

 gymnopyga, and ovalifolia, Burm.) 



1869. Sauss., "Mitth. Schweiz. Ent. Ges.," hi., p. 6Q. Type, Mantis 

 sublobata, Serv. = bradyptera, Burm.) 



Stagmatoptera. 



1839. Burm., "Handb. Ent.," ii., p. 537. (Includes three sections, 

 the first of which — (a) = Epaphrodita, Burm. The other two 

 include the following species — (b) Mantis Carolina, Stoll. ; 

 latipennis and dimidiata, Burm. ; and (c) pracaria, Linn. ; 

 rogatoria, 111., and pavonina and unipunctata, Burm.) 



