3 Id iu.i i\ : mi &E1 u 01 I OMPARA 1 i\ E /•»• >LO<n . 



bristly, anterior lobe dark on each side, posterioi pari dark |ust before meso- 

 thorax; meso- and metanotum reddish brown, scutelli yellow, pleura red- 

 brown; abdomen red-brown above, paler beneath; legs pale, anterior i 

 reddish brown toward tip; femora pale reddish brown on outer side, blackish 

 on inner side and above, tibia reddish. Wings hyaline, the usual Btripe reddish, 

 Btigma moderately long, bul hardly as Blender as in .1/. vittata; the venation 

 dark, except a little near base; first basal eell hardly longer than the third, 

 with «>ne branch, second oell with two branches, third with one; basal joint of 

 tarsus nearly equal to others together, elaw- simple 

 Length to tip of wings 1 1 mm. 



Mantispa nkwmani, sp. now 



TYPE.— M. C. Z. 10,774. Borneo: Samlakan (C. F. Baker). 



Related to M. cora Newman. Head yellow, with a median black Btripe over 



face, above antennae a broad transverse brown spot containing two small pale 

 spots; antennae black, basal joints pale beneath; pronotum marked as in 

 M. cora, but the median stripe is much darker, the lateral stripes narrow, 

 connected at each end to median. Thorax above dark, with two pale BDOtfl 

 in front, one each side inward from base of fore wings, and the scutelli pale; 

 pleura wholly pale; legs pale, middle and hind pair unmarked except the 

 middle tibiae have a dark stripe on underside, front legs with femora black on 

 more than apical half of inner side, outer side with two dark clouds one near 

 middle and one at tip; tibia black, except the extreme base. Wings hyaline, 

 the usual stripe black; veins black, all basal veins pale, except subcosta and 

 radius, and radius is pale just behind the stigma; abdomen pale beneath, 

 segments dark at tips, above dark, mottled with pale; first radial cell with one 

 branch, others with two each. 



Length to tip of wings, 10-12 mm. 



Mantispa completa, sp. nov. 



Type.— M. C. Z. 10,77(>. Philippines — Luzon: Mt. Makiling 

 (C. F. Baker). 



Head pale, marked with a large brown spot as in M. luzonensis; antennae 

 black, except pale basal joints; pronotum almost wholly dark brown, no spots 

 on anterior lobe and scarcely a trace on the sides; meso- and metanotum dark, 

 the scutelli yellow; pleura dark, with few pale spots; abdomen mostly dark, 

 bases of segments above and below pale, and pale spots on each side of each 

 segment; legs pale, tips of hind tibiae dark, front femora almost wholly dark 

 on both sides, only the extreme base pale, tibia dark, but with a pale streak 



