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98. Manj'is 11ELIX410.SA L., 5 . The wings of this species were 

 swarming with minute red mites. (Kilosa, 29.iii.22.) 



yy. PsKUDooREOBOTitA AVAULBERGi Stll. Are manticls attracted 

 to light like moths, or is it because of the moths they can capture 

 that they come ? I took two examples of this species at a light on 

 the verandah last night. The eye-spots are seen to best advantage 

 when the mantis raises its wings and rustles them in its usual 

 " warning " attitude. (Frere Town, 2. vii. 19.) 



100. luoLUM DiABOLicuM Sauss. Took an immature specimen 

 of a chestnut-brown. The leaf-like outgrowth from the head 

 reminded one of the Leaf-nosed Bats ; other extravagant leaf- 

 like outgrowths occurred from the limb-joints and on the thorax. 

 (iJutumi, 15. ix. 1(5.) 



1 consider the species luicommon in East Africa, but as it is so 

 procryptically coloured my conclusions may be based on my own 

 poor observation. Ilnive only captured two specimens in six 

 years, the second wns taken to-day. (Kilosa, 18. xii. 20.) 



