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The bright-coloured pronotum and legs contrast most con- 
spicuously with the ueep lustrous black tint of the elytra, 
and render this species the handsomest of the Australian 
species and of the genus, and I have much pleasure in dedi- 
cating it to the assiduous collector as a slight mark of esteem. 
MANTODEA. 
(?) PSEUDOMANTIS PULCHELLUS, sp. "ov. 
Female. Pale browaish grey to pale brown (abdomen). 
Head transverse, extremely compressed, pale grey; eyes very 
large, a darker band with parallel borders over the middle, 
and continued over the vidge of the head; front with three 
minute tubercles in place of ocelli. Antenne missing. Pro- 
thorax smooth above, very elongate and slender, slightly di- 
lated anteriorly ; margm densely and finely spinulose; a nar- 
row pale transverse line before the middle of the dilatation, 
anterior to which an elongate, gradually attenuated depres- 
sion extends about halfway towards front margin, posteri- 
orly a distinct median ridge extends continuously to the 
hind margin of the metanotum. Meso.- and metanotum 
pale, subequal. Elytra ionger than the wings, thinly mem- 
| branous, pale brownish ; fore margin, anal area, and a large 
| round discal spot whitish; apex obtuse. Wings subrotun- 
| date, frontal area rosy with brownish apex, remainder 
opaque, deep bluish black, with a few linear transverse 
streaks anteriorly ; apex brown, with a narrow white border. 
Forelegs elongate; coxe unarmed, external keels whitish ; fe- 
mora with four spines externally and numerous spinelets 
internally ; a very long spine followed by two much smaller 
` ones obliquely opposite to the last external; tibiæ multispinu- 
lose, and a long spur. Middle and hind legs very long and 
slender, unarmed. Abdomen subcylindrical, slightly atten- 
uated towards extremity, not dilated ; supra-anal lamina tri- 
angular, equilateral, subacute; lateral lobes subtriangular, 
whitish ; cerci slender, not, or scarcely, extending beyond 
the lobes; anal appendages forming two small, acute spines. 
Length of body, 52 mm. 
Length of head, 1 mm. 
Length of pronotum, 13 mm. 
Length of elytra, 11:5 mm. 
Length of wings, 9 mm. 
Length of hind femora, 17 mm. | 
| Width of head, 4 mm. | 
Width of elytra, 3 mm. | 
Width of dilatation, 2:75 mm. 
It is with some diffidence that I place this species in the 
genus it is assigned to, it apparently not agreeing exactly 
