206 MESSRS. BRUNNER AND REDTENBACHER ON [Mar. 15, 



Tribus Perisph^eriid^. 

 Genus Parasph^ria, Bruuner. 

 1. P. NIGRA, Brunuer (u. sp.) (Plate XV. fig. 7.) 

 Picea, raro punctata. Uterque sexus elytris lobiformibus, later- 

 alibus, corpori concohribus, marglne externa linibato. Pedes 

 rufo-fusci. Tarsi breves. Metatarsus cetens articulls unitis 

 triple brevior. Pulvilli articulonim omnium per tutam Jongi- 

 tudinem extensi. S $ . 

 Larvcii marginem versus pallidiores, pedibus fusco-testaceis. 



6 2 



Long, corp 22 millim. 33 millim. 



„ pronot. 7'5 ,, 8'5 „ 



Lat. „ 10 „ 12 



Long, elytr 3-5 ,, 4*5 ,, 



Patria: St. Vincent, windward side, leeward side. — Specimiua 

 nonnulla. — Hsec species difiert ab omnibus congenericis utroque sexu 

 subaptero necnon tarsis brevioribus. 



Lot 1 4 Estate ; also on the W. slope of the Soufriere volcano at 

 an elevation of 1500 ft. under rotting fruit in September. — H. H. S. 



2. Familia Mantodea. 

 (Auctore J. Redten backer.) 



Tribus Mantid^e. 

 Genus Musonia, Stal. 

 1. M. surinama, Saussure (?). 



Thespis surinama, Sauss. 1871, Mem. Mex. 2, 1, p. 129. 



Musonia surinama, Stal, 1877, Syst. Mantod. p. 66. 



Patria : St. Vincent, windward side. — Specimen uuicum, imper- 

 fectum, propterea difficiliter determinandum. — Hsec species occurrit 

 in Surinam et Venezuela {Stal). 



Lot 14 Estate in September. — H. H. S. 



Tribus Vatid^, Stal. 



Genus Parastagmatoptera, Sauss. 



1. P. LOBiPEs, Redt. (n. sp.). (Plate XV. fig. 8.) 



Viridi-jiavescens. Oculi rotundati. Prothorax gracilis, supra 

 coxas anticasvalde ampliatus, marglne lateralinigro-denticulato. 

 Elytra hyalina, elongata. reticulo beryllino, camp)0 antico basi 

 dilatato, viridi, ojpaco, coriaceo. Alee vitreoi, margine antico 

 virescente. Antennce cS valde serratce. Coxce antica; validiores, 

 apice su])erne valde dilatato intusque macula lata nigra omata;. 

 Femora antica valida, intus s])inis alternatim nigris et 'j)allidis 

 {apice tantiim fuscis) instructa. Femora quatuor postica apice 



