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II. Genus PHYLLOVATES, Kirby 



Theoclytes. Saussure, Mm. Si'lnvciz. Knt. Oes. .\ jip. .53, 60 (1S69) (not of ServUle, 1M39). 



Phyllovates. Kiibv, Syn. ( at. Orth. Vol. i, ]>. 3o2 (1904). 



Characters. — l'"oim of male clnn.i^atc, slcMider, (it female elon.^ate l)ut with the posteiior part 

 of the bod}' robust. Head trigonal: occiput subtruncate, slightly elevated above tlie eyes; juxta-ocular 

 sidci distinct, front bicornate or bituberculate : ocelli placed in a triangle; facial shield transverse, 

 tlorsal margin more or less obtuse-angulate, the ajx-x slightly produced; eyes large, rounded; antenn;L' 

 of niale serrate or subpectinate on the internal margin, of female simple. Pronotum elongate, slender, 

 straight, tiu' anterior fourth but little dilated, the shaft sube(]ual in width; supracoxal dilation gradual, 

 regularly convergent auteriorlv and posteriori}-, the anterior margin of the pronotum broadly rounded: 

 median carina strongly marked on the shaft, represented by a sulcus on the collar; margins dentate or 

 denticulate, occasionally strongly dentate (sphiicollis) and often with intercalated denticulations, the 

 points most numerous on or anterior to thi^ ;nnp!iation. Tegmnia ot male elongate, membranaceous, 

 \itreous, greath exceeding the apex of the abdomen, moi'e or less tusco-maculate with the C()stal field 

 Ojjaciue green, the latter moderately wide proximally, greatly but gradually narrowing distalh ; tegmina 

 of female opa(]ue, broad, but little exceeding tlu- apt'X of the abdomen, costal field distincth' excised 

 at the apex oi' obliijueh' attenuate, discoidal held with at least two oblique tuscous maculations of 

 variable size, anal tield membranaceous, blackish. Wings of male vitreous, anterior margin greenish, 

 apex fusco-punctate ; wings of femaU' membranaceous, blackish-brown, anterior margin yellowish, 

 apical margin paler than disk, apex infuscate, the greater number of the cross veins outlined in 

 hyaline, apex acuminate. Trimbs not lobate, the median and posterior pair multicarinate, the femora 

 and tibia' of these limbs a little arcuate: anterior coxje remotely spinose on the anterior maigin, often 

 w ith one or more intercalated spinulations, spinuloso-granulate or sparsely granulate on the posterior 

 margin; anterior femoia with four discoidal spines, external margin with four spines; tarsi of the 

 median and posterior limbs rather short, .-\bdomen without foliaceous lobes. 



Type of the genus : P. cliloropliaca (Blanchard). 



Geographical distribution of species. — Ten forms of the genus are known fiom Tiopical 

 and Subtiopiccd America, ranging trom the southern United States to southern Brazil. 



I. P. (•///('^,>/'/AT<ra (Blanchard), Mag. Zool. i836, Ins.pl. i 35 ( KS36)(Ma«!'w). (nilf States to Costa Rica. 

 ililoiop/hied, Saussure, Miss. Scieiitif. Me.xicj. Orth. ji. 292, pi. 5, ff. 4, 



4<7 (1872) (Theoclytes). 

 me.xicaiia, Saussure, Rev. Mag'. Xiiol . 121, Vol. i3, p. 127 (i«6i) iMaiitis). 

 azteca, Saussure, ibidem (2j, Vol. 11, j). 61 (iSSgi [Theoclytes) . 

 .2. P. tor«;//j (Saussure (S: Zehntner), Biol. Centr.-Amer. Orth. \ ol. i, Ouatemala. 



p. 191 (1894) {Thfoclvlc^ chloiophaea. var.) 

 3. P. maya (Saussure \ Zrhntner). ibidem, p. ii)2, pi. 10, f. 33 (1S94) Mexico, Yucatan. 

 ( 'I heocl vles ). 



P. brericoniis {■r^iixl). P)iliang Sveiiska \'et.-.\kad. lIandl.\"ol. 4(10), Colombia, Brazil, 

 p. 74 (I •'^77) {Pseitdovaies). 

 5. P. s/o//<' (Saussure Ov Zelnitnei ), Biol. Centr.-.\ nu r. Orth. \'ol. 1, p. 192 Ouiana. Iirazd. 

 (1894) (T/ieoclHes). - (Plate, Fig. 7). 



ciitgidata. .Stull. Xatuur. Afbeelil. Hesclir. Si'ooken en Wandel. Ulad. 

 J)]). 29, 77, 1)1 . o. f. .^2 I i8i3) inot of Drury. i77-'5). 

 (). P. pat dllda iWaan), in i'emminck, Natuurl. ( jeschied. Nederl. Overz. Guiana. Surinam. 

 Bezitt. Zool. Orth. p. ji) I 1^42) {Mantis). 



partitlela, .Saussure. Mem, Hist. Mc\. Mant. Aniér. }>. 176, pl. 2, f. 33 

 { IN7I ) I Theoclytes) . 



