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with tables and remarks on synonymy, and characterizes the following new 
genera and species ; — 
Dystacta, p. 323, Type’-Z). paradoxa. Gape, 
Ilestiasula, p. 330. Type II, hrunneriana, Sylhet. 
Eremiaphila ardbica, p. 254, Arabia, hrevipennis^ p. 259, nilotica, p. 202^ 
Egypt, sahdosa, p. 263, Suez. 
' Chiropaclia sancta, p. 269, Natal. 
Pyrgomantis nasuta, p, 272, South Africa. 
Ilumhertiella cojisohrina^ p. 273, India. 
Arcliimantis hrunneriana, p. 277, North Australia. 
Gonypeta {Iridopteryx) nitens, p. 279, Cambodia. 
Ilierodula {Rhomhoderd) dejlexa, p. 283, Ilanca j II. {R.) major ^ p. 284, 
Ternate; II. (iZ.) ovata, p. 285, Amboyna. 
Rolysjnlota hrtmneriana, p. 286, New Caledonia. 
Mantis mandatdnea, p. 289, Ningpo, apioalisy p. 291, Sydney, 
T model' a hrevipmnis^ p.296, Africa f 
Ameles meridionalisj p. 297, natalensiSf p. 299, South Africa, pygnixa^ 
North Australia. 
Iris {Fischeria) hrunneri, p. 304, Himalaya. 
Miomantis caff r a, p. 309, Natal. 
Nanomantis alarisj p. 312, snelleni, p. 313, Moluccas, 
Ilarpax {Pseudoharpax) amama, p, 318, Natal. 
Acromantis aitsti'alis^^. 325, "Waigiou. 
Stal, 1. c., recharacterizes the following genera : — Empusa, p. 382, to 
which he refers his Vates walilhergi (redescribed) j Sibylla^ p. 384 j Papa, 
p. 386 5 E anuria, p. 387 j and Ischnomantis, 398 (including Mantis fatiloqua, 
St.). He redescribes a new subgenus of Ilierodula, under the namo 
Sphodromantis, p. 390, placing in it Mantis bioculata and lineola, Burm., and 
M. gastrica, St. j and redescribes his Sibylla pretiosa, p. 384, and Chiropaclia 
maura, p. 396. 
He also describes the following new genera and species : — Hoplocorypha, 
p. 388, type Mantis macra, St. ; Ilapalomantis, p. 392, type M. orba, St. j 
Chroicoptera, ibid., type M. vidua, St. ; Sibylla fuscosparsa and Pseudocreo-- 
batra wahlbergi, p. 385, Gonypeta punctigera, p. 397, from Caffraria ; Chiro- 
pacha afzeli, Sierra Leone, and obtusiceps, Nubia, and Eremophila hedenborgi, 
Nubia, p. 396. 
He concludes his paper by a dichotomous table of the genera and sub- 
genera of the subfamily Mantina, and indicates therein additional new genera 
and subgenera, yiz. : — Eremoplana, p. 398 (type Thespis guerini, Beiche) ; 
Sphodropoda (subg. of Ilierodula), p. 399 (type Mantis tristis, Brauer) ; 
Pentacantha (type M. hyalina, De G.), Antissa (type M. pxdchra, Thbg.)*, 
and Phthersigena (type P. conspersa, p. 401, Cape York, sp. n.), p. 400 j 
Amorphoscelis,-p. 401 (typo A. annulicornis, India, sp. n.). 
Mantis rcligiosa. Leydig, Wiirtt. JH. 1871, p. 263, examines the records of 
the supposed occurrence in Wurtembm-g of this insect, which he believes has 
been confounded there with Phaneroptera fdlcaia. 
An account of the mode of construction of the egg-cocoon and oviposition 
is given by Perrier in Ann, Sc. Nat. (5) xiv. (art. 10) pp. 1 & 2, 
