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OK rih )I' I"ERA 



Maiuiuii- and llie true position in a linear arrangement should be mtermediale between the Mantinic 

 and Creobolrinae. Xo close relationship appears to exist to any ot the other siibtaniilies of the Mantidae. 



Stal, in 1877, first established and defined this subtamil}- in the sense that we understand it 

 to-da}-. while Brunner von W'attenwyl, in iSgS, gave us a key for the differentiation of the genera, 

 although we have found it necessar}- to recast the whole arrangement, the table here given being 

 entirel}- new. 



Characters. — Body robust, elongate or decidedh- bacilliform. Eves globose, acuminate or 

 mammilliform. Occiput roundetl or lobate. Antennie simple, serrate or pectinate. I'ronotum with 

 supracoxal dilation slightly or decidedly marked. Organs of flight fully developed or abbreviate. 

 Anterior tibiae with external margin spinulose. Anterior femora with internal margin with equal or 

 biseriate spines. Posterior tibiae always (i) and the posterior femora usualh- carinate dorsally. C erci 

 terete, foliaceous lamellate cjr moniliform. Limbs frequently and abdomen more rarely lobate. 



The Vatinae lends itself mto a group division of six parts as follows : 



Cardioi'Ter.i-; 



Stagmatopter.c 



Vatides . 



PSEUDEMPLS.li 



Cardioptei a. 



Oxyopsis. 



Psendoxyops. 



Paroxyopsis. 



Paj'astagmatoptera. 



Lobccneine . 



Leptococe . 



Stagmaioptera . 



Heterovates. 



Zoolea. 



Vat es. 



Hdgiolata. 



l^hyllovates. 



Psendempiisa. 



Hetekoch.eï.î; 



Vovx. 



^ Hcierocliœta. 

 . Pseitdochttta. 

 \ Sever inia. 

 Heteyocliœhtla. 

 Payadannria. 

 ] Eutliyphhps. 

 \ yEihalochroa. 



\ 



Jai.l.e. 



Miuyodanuria. 

 Danny ia. 

 Daiinriodes. 

 Popa. 



Danuyiella. 

 Pluiyns. 

 J alia. 



Where minor genera groups appear to be ])resent we have indicated them by secondary brackets. 

 The Cardiopterie and Vatides are entirely Neogaean, the Popae and Jallae almost entirely African, one 

 species alone being Oriental, the Stagmatoptera- chiefiy Neotropical with but four African species 

 occurring outside that region, while the ff eterocha'ta' falls into two sections, the first of which is 

 African and the second Oriental. 



KEY TO THE GENERA 



I. Occiput nevey lobate. Eyes nevey mammilliform {acute oy sub- 

 acnte in Oxyopsis and Pseudox3'Oi)s). Anterior coxae 

 not produced into a distinct lamellate expansio>i at the 

 distal extremity of the anleyior margin. 

 2. Vertex smooth, without distinct paired processes. Wings 

 of female frequently ßavo-tessellate. Tibiae never lobate. 

 3. Anterior femora with three discoidal spines. Median 



(I) Except in male of Caniiopterti. 



