MANTID^. 397 
development, mimicry in those species that inhabit sands and deserts, prin- 
ciples of classification, &c. The new species are : — 
Thespis vicina^ Colombia. 
Epaphrodita dcntifronsj Antilles. 
The ‘ Mdmoires pour servir a ITIistoire Naturelle de Mexique,’ &c., t. ii. 
I**® partie, are entirely occupied by a synopsis of American Mantidm, form- 
ing, as the author remarks, a complement to the 3rd fascicule of his * Me- 
langes,’ from which the American species were excluded owing to the 
* Mission ’ being then in the press. The following are the new genera and 
species : — 
Orthod:eriens. 
Chmtessa caudaUiy p. 11, hrunneriana, p. 14, Brazil, 
Mantirns. 
Angela miranda, p. 60, Mexico. 
Macromantis, g. n,, p. 77, formed to receive Maivtis ovalifolia, Stoll, and 
M, hyalina, De Geer. 
Mioptcryx hrunneri, p. 1 13, New Friburg. 
Oligonyx hrunneri, p. 1 10, Forto Cabcllo. 
IlARrAGIIJlNS. 
Acantkops hrunneri, p. 144, Surinam. 
Empusiens. 
Votes pectinata, p. 163, fig. 34, Mexico ? ; paraensis, p. 168, Para. 
The greater part of the recent additions to the fauna were diagnosed by 
the author in the MT. schw. ent. Ges. iii. (of. Zool. Rec. vii. p. 456), and 
are here described in detail. 
In the ^ Melanges Orthopt^rologiques,’ fasc. iv., the author revises all his 
previous works, with many changes in nomenclature (see p. 00), and with 
again numerous additions to the species previously known ; these are : — 
Orthoderiens. 
Eremiajjhila numida, p. 6, Algeria. 
Orthodera marginata, p. 8, fig. 1, Swan River. 
Chiropacha meridionalis, p. 10, fig. 19, and lenticidark, p. 11, fig. IS, Natal. 
Oxyophthalma collaris, p. 14, fig. 17, Senaar. 
HiimherticUa ocularis, p. 16, Borneo. 
Mantiens. 
Acontista hrevipennis, p. 21, fig. 20, and major, p. 22, Brazil. 
Pseudomailtis hraussiana, p. 25, fig. 3, New Holland. 
Archimantis sohrina, p. 26, Swan River. 
Eucliomena moluccarum, p. 27, fig. 6, Moluccas. 
Gonypeta {Iridopteryx) infumata, p. 30, Egypt ? 
Mantis viridis, p. 47, Natal. 
Ameles gracilipes, p. 50, Cape ? j alata, p. 51, Turkestan. 
Liturgousa surinamensis, p. 53, Surinam. 
Iris rogenhoferi, p. 55, fig. 9, Natal. 
Angela fulgida, p. 61, Cayenne. 
Oxytliespis turcomanice, p. 61, Turke.stan. 
Parathespis anomala, p. 64, fig. 13, Cape. 
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