i8 



OIMMOJ' I'liRA 



9. r. seiiaticornis (Stâl). ibitlrm, p. 73 (1S77) {Tlieoclytes). 



10. V. fyaraeiisis, Saussure, Mém. Hist. Xat. Mex. Mant. Amér. p. 168 (1S71). 



paianiih, Saussure & Zehntner, Biol. Centr.-Ainer. Orth. Vol. i, p. icp. 

 I'l. 6. f. I, pi. 10. ff. 28, 29 ;i894). 



11. V. to-u'iisendi, Kehn. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Vol. 27. p. 073 ( 



12. F. longicollis (Stal). l^ilianj; Svenska N'ct.-.Akad. Handl. Vol. 4 (loj, 



ji. 74 (1877) { Pseiidovd/cs). 



13. V. cingulata (i) (Driny), Illustr. Exot. Eut. Vol. 2, pl. 4(), f. 2 (1773) 



{Matiiis). 



hide/is, DeHaan. in Temminck,Verhandl. Natuurl. Geschied. Nederl.Overz. 



Bezitt. Zoo\. Orth. p. 79 (1842) (Mantis) (not of Fabricius, lyySi. 

 hyaliiia, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 277 ( i775) (Mantis) (not of De Geer, 177.'^). 



14. V. annectens. Kehn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. \'ol. 27. ]). 85 (1900). 



15. V. i'ö/^Äf« (Saussure), Rev. Mag. Zool. (2), Vol. 11, p. Gi (1S59) {Tlieo- 



clytes); Miss. Scientif. Mex. Orth. p. 291, pi. 5, ft'. 3. 3rt-r ( 1872). 



16. V. i/V/^ws (Fabricius), Syst. Ent. p. 277 (1775) {Mantis). 



Indens. Saussure, Mém. Hist. Nat. Mex. Mant. .-Vinér. \k 16(1, pi. 2, 

 ff .35, 35(7 (1S71!. 



consobrina, .Saussure. Mitt. Schweiz. Ent. Oos. Vol. pi. 222 1187(1) 'Pseu- 

 dovates). 



Anti(K]uia, C olomhia . 

 lîrazil, Mt'xico. .\iixona. 



Mexiccj, Arizona. 

 Mexico. 



Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba. 



Mexiccj. 

 Mexico. 



Brazil. 



14. Genus HETEROCH/ETA, Westwood 



Heterochseta. Westwood, Arc. Ent. Vol. 1. p. 1O2 (1845); Mélang. Orth. Pt. i, p. 288, 3i2 (1871). 

 Stenovates. Saussure (2), Mélan;.;. Orth. \'ol. 2, p. 84 (1872): .Saussure, Mi.ss. Scientif. Mex. Orth, 

 p. 286 (1872). 



Characters. — Potl\ slender, subbacilliform . Head broad, tiiangular; front excavate, smooth: 

 eyes ovalo-conic, obliqueh' directed, with or without a non-granulose apical process; facial shield tians- 

 verse ; ocelli very large : antennae short and setaceous. Pronotum elongate, subcarinate; the dilation 

 short and weak, collar with the margins subparallel. Organs of flight elongate, in repose not attaining 

 the apex of the abdomen; tegmina subparallel, subopaque, costal field straight; wings maculate, 

 discoidal vein simple. Anteiior limbs very long and slender: coxae anteriorh lobate and spinose; femora 

 slightly crassate at base, armed with long spaced spines. Median and posterior limbs moderatel}' long; 

 femora not lobate dorsally, ventral!}- supplied at the apex with tuo lobes: tibiae without lobes; tarsi 

 short. .Abdomen bacillitoim : supra-anal plate elongate, acute, carinate: cerci broad, lamellate. 



Type of the genus : //. teniiihes (Westwood). 



Geographical distribution of species. — Three species are known from Equatorial Africa. 



1. H. teiiiiipes (Westwood), Ann. Nat. Hist, (i), \'ol. 8. p. 272 (1841) Senegal, German East 



{Toxodera): Arc. Ent. Vol. i, p. 162, pi. 4t {iH^5) (Toxodera [Hetero- .Africa. 

 chaeta']); Revis. Ins. Fam. Mant. p. 41 (1889). 



2. H. orieiitalis. Kirby, Ann. Mag. Nat Flist. (7), Vol. i3. p. 87 (1904). East .Africa. 



3. IT. pantherina (3). Saussure. .Mélang. Orth. Vi. 2, 84. pl. 9, ff. 3i-3i(i Eg}-ptian Sudan. Congo. 



( 1 872) {Stenovates). 



pant/ien'na, Brunner von Wattenwyl. .'\nn. Mus. Stor. Xat. Oenova. 

 Vol. 3, p. 74 (i8g3) I Stenovates \ ; Werner. Jahresh. Ver. Vaterl. 

 Xaturk. Württemberg, Vol . 62. p. 376 (1906) ; Griffini. Ann. Mus. 

 Stor. Xat. Genova. Vol. 43, j). 417 (1907.. 



(I; This species has been considered to be u member of tlie -îenius /■'/ly/Zo-nites, but :in e\aniination of Jamaican material show .? it to be a .species 

 of Vates. not far removed from y. annectciis . 



(»I For discussion of the status of .S'<«w/7«/?i see \\ erncr, Jalires/i. Vcf ■ I'atcr/. .WUiirk. Wiirttember;;. Voroa p. 37611906; and Griflini. ./««. 

 A/us. Stor. A'at. Genova, Vol. 4,1, p. 417 (IQ07 . 



(3) This species was originally recorded from Central .\nierii a. but all subsequent information places its habitat in Central Africa. 



