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



TribuS PERISPHiERIID^. 



Genus Parasph^ria, Brunner. 

 1. P. NIGRA, Brunner (n. sp.) (Plate XV. fig. 7.) 



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

 alibus, corjpori concolorihus, margine externo limbato. Pedes 

 rufo-fusci. Tarsi breves. Metatarsus ceteris articuUs unitis 

 triplo brevior. Pulvilli articulorum omnium j)er totani longi- 

 tudinem ewtensi. S S • 



Larvm marginem versus pallidiores, pedihus fusco-testaceis. 



^ 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. — Specimina 

 nonnulla. — Usee species difFert ab omnibus congenericis utroque sexu 

 subaptero necnon tarsis brevioribus. 



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

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



2. Familia Mantodea. 

 (Auctore J. Redten backer.) 



Tribus Mantidje. 

 Genus Musonia, Stal. 

 1. M. SURINAMA, Saussure (?). 



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



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



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

 fectum, propterea difficiliter determinandura. — 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-Jlavescens. Oculi rotundati. Protliorax gracilis, supra 

 coxas anticas valde amjjiliatus, margine laterali nigro-denticulato. 

 Elytra hyalina, elongata. reticulo beryllino, campo antico basi 

 dilatato, viridi, opaco, coriaceo. Alee vitrece, margine antico 

 virescente. Antennce <5 valde serratce. Goxca anticai validiores, 

 apice superne valde dilatato intusque macula lata nigra ornatce. 

 Femora antica valida, intus spi^iis alternatim nigris et pallidis 

 {apice tantum fuscis) instructa. Femora quatuor postica apice 



