390 ÖFVERSIGT AF K VETENSK.-AKAD. FÖRHANDLINGAR, 1871. 



feriorem nigro-limbatw, superne apicem versus subserratse. Tarsi 

 antici basin inferiorem femorum anticorum paullo superantes. 

 Tibiae posticae femoribus longitudine requales. Tarsi postici ti- 

 biis posticis plus dimidio breviores, articulo primo reliquis si- 

 mul sumtis paullo longiore. 



Tenodera Burm. 



1. T. superstitiosa Fabr. — Mantis superstitiosa Serv Hist des 

 Orth. p. 176, 2. (1839). — Caffraria. Wahlberg; Sierra Leona. 

 Afzelius; Java. Kinberg. 



Polyspilota Burm. 



1. P. pustulata Stoll. — Mantis pustulata Serv., Hist. des Orth. 

 p. 186, 13. (1839). — Caffraria. Wahlberg; Sierra Leona. 

 Afzelius. 



iiierodula Burm. 



Subg. Sphodromantis Stal. 



Caput inter antennas et oculos bubereuLo parvo distiueto prsedi- 

 tum. Lobuli laterales geniculorum posteriorum angulati, plus minus 

 acuminati. • 



1. H. (Sphodromantis) bioculatu Burm. — Mantis bioculata Burm 

 Handb. II, 2, p. 537, 34. (1838). -■ Nubia. Hedenborg. 



2. H. (Sphodromantis) lineola Burm. — Mantis lineola Burm 

 Handb. II, 1, p. 537, 33. (1838). -- Sierra Leona. Afzelius! 



o. H. (Sphodromantis) gttstrica Stål. — Virescens, hemelytris ex- 

 ceptis interdum in olivaceum vergens; stigmate tegininum ovali 

 vel anguste ovali, subobliquo, eburneo, antice posticeque ssepe 

 fusco-marginato; alis vitreis, apice viridi-reticulatis; coxis anticis 

 intus ad margiuem superiorem callis quinque (raro quattuor) 

 elevatis, in dentem extensis, instructis. tf. £. Eikhams Africse 

 meridionalis. AAahlberg; Caffraria. 



Mantis gastrica Stål, Öfv. Vet.-Ak. Pörh. 1858, p. 307, 3. 

 O*. Capite minore; ocellis elevatioribus; prothorace minus 

 lato, pone sulcum transversum eariua destituto, marginibus iner- 

 mibus; tegminibus parte dimidia exteriore vitrea, area costali 

 prope basin latissima, dein sensim angustata; coxis anticis in 

 margine superiore mnotissime iniuuteque denticulatis, in mar- 

 giue supei iore denticulo uno alterove inter dentes callosos obtu- 

 sus armatis. — Long. corp. 54, Long, prothor. 15^, Lat. pro- 

 thor. 6, Exp. tegm. 102 mill. 



$. Capite majore, ocellis minus elevatis; prothorace latiore, 

 pone sulcum transversum alte carinato, ante sulcum disco gra- 

 nulato, marginibus lateralibus sat dense distincteque, postenora 



