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ZOOLOGICAL Ll'fEHATUttE. 
The Eremiaphilii comprise the following genera 
Of. Elytra an^ vnngs abbreyiate^, not covering the abdomen. 
Eremiaphilaj Lef. 
aa. Elytra and wings perfected. 
h. Vertex cornute OxypiluSf Serv. 
hh. Vertex unarmed. 
p, Body glabrous, shining, aeneous Metallcuticay Westw. 
cc. Body and elytra pilose Choite$sa, Burm. 
The tribe Mantii is further subdivided into the following 
subtribes ; — 
a. Head provided with spines or processes. 
c. Cerci setiform, normal j abdomen stout j supraanal lamina short or 
moderate. 
d. Front with a double spine-like horn, or with two small teeth. 
Theoclytites. 
dd. Vertex produced into a cone Empusites, 
cc. Cerci very long, compressed; abdomen slender, cylindrical, much 
elongated ; prothorax short ; supraanal lamina elongate. 
Stenophyllites. 
aa. Head unarmed. 
b. Margins of the prothorax parallel, or broader in front than behind; 
apex not coarctate anteriorly. 
c. Head lenticular ; occiput nude, produced ; margins of the prothorax 
subparallel or pai*allel ; margins of the abdomen entire. 
Ortho deeites. 
cc. Head transverse ; vertex not prominent ; occiput not produced ; pro- 
thorax dilated in the anterior half, anterior margin broad, trans-? 
verse or arcuate ; margins of the abdomen ( $ ) lobate. 
Gonatistites. 
bb. Prothorax dilated above the coxa), but again attenuate. 
c. Veins of the elytra longitudinal or oblique ; pro thorax slender, or in 
part dilated. 
d. Prothorax short or elongate; abdomen in $ more or less stout, 
dilated, or fusiform Mantites. 
dd. Prothorax slender, very elongate ; body filiform ; abdomen fili- 
form and cylindrical in both sexes .... Thespites. 
cc. Discal veins pectinate, terminating in the sutural margin ; prothorax 
dilated and membranaceous at each side . . Oikeradodites. 
Subtribe Theoclytites. 
a. Antennae of the males setiform, moniliform, or serrate. 
b. Marginal area of the elytra in the female not dilated, the apex not ex- 
cised ; abdomen and femora lobate, perfoliate.-. ZooleUy Serv. 
bb. Marginal field variable in the female ; abdomen and femora not per- 
foliate Pseudovates, Sauss. 
aa. Antennae of the males pectinate ; femora more or less perfoliate. 
b. Abdomen of the female slightly perfoliate ; marginal area of the elytra 
of the female dilated, the apex excised .... TheoclyteSy Serv. 
bb. Abdomen not perfoliate ; marginal urea not dilated. 
Vates, Burm. 
