240 J. Wood-MiiKun — Synupsis of the Sjircips 0/ Cliwradodis. [No. 3, 



2. CHa<]RADODIS RHOMBICOLLIS. 



Mantis rhomhicollis, Latr. in Voy. de Hnmb., Zool,, Ins. p. 103, pi. 39, figs. 2, 3, ,J . 



Chceradodis peruviana, Serville, Hist. nat. des Orthopt. 1839, p. 207, ^ . 



fttrumaria, Stal, Syst. Mant., 1877, p. 15, ^ $ . 



rhombicollis, Wood-Mason, 1. c. p. 82 <J $ . — De Borre, Liste dea 



Mant. Mus. Roy. de Belg. 1883, p. 5; et Comptes-rendns Soc. Ent. Eelg. Nov. 1883, 

 $ et nymph fig. 



The blotch commences, in both sexes, near the base of the femur, 

 extends through the ungual groove nearly to the middle of the joint, and 

 is there succeeded by a marginal row of black points in contact with the 

 bases of alternate spines. 



I'ig- 7, 2 . . Fig. 6, <? . 



Hab. S ? , Guayaquil, in the collection of the British Museum ; 

 New Granada (d ? , Stal) ; 9 et nymph, Ecuador, in Mus. Roy. Belg. 



3. Chceradodis servillei. 



Wood-Mason, 1. c. p. 83, 9 et nymph. 

 ? . Closely allied to the preceding, from which it differs in having 

 the marginal field of the tegmina proportionately narrower, and in the 

 smaller size, as well as in the different shape, of the femoral blotch which 



Fig. 8, ? . 



is small and oval, commences just beyond the ungual groove, and is fol- 

 lowed by a marginal row of small black points. 



Hab. 2 $ , Cache, Costa Rica, in the collection of Messrs. Godman 

 and Salvin and of the Indian Museum ; nymph (Fig. 3), Chiriqui, in the 

 collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



