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d. Supraanal lamina elongate; elytra in both sexes opaque; wings 
broad, coloured in the female ; abdomen of the female and an- 
terior femora broad Litourgousay Sauss. 
dd. Supraanal lamina short. 
e. Wings coloured; elytra of the female not extensive, opaque, of 
the male partly membranaceous; abdomen of the female 
dilated Acmitista, Burm. 
ee. Elytra of the female elongate; abdomen of the female cylin- 
drical or narrow Indoptei'yx^ Sauss. 
hb. JDiscoidal vein ramose in both sexes ; elytra of the female elongate, 
membranaceous. 
c. Elytra and wings of the female squamiform or abbreviated ; discoidal 
vein of the wings straight GonypetUf Sauss. 
cc. Elytra and wings of the female ? ; elytra of the male shorter, 
anterior area broad, discoidal vein very arcuate, convex in front ; 
prothorax slender MiopteryXy Sauss. 
aa. Larger species. Prothorax elongate. 
b. Elyka of the female abbreviated, not reaching the apex of the abdomen. 
c. Wings present, sometimes squamiform. 
d. Wings of the female more or less coloured. 
e. Supraanal lamina elongate ; elytra more or less opaque in both 
sexes; stigma of the elytra concolorous; head slightly broad. 
Iris, Sauss. 
/. Prothorax smooth, scarcely carinate ; legs moderate. 
Subgen. Iris, Sauss. 
ff. Prothorax carinate, denticulate ; posterior legs elongate. 
Subgen. Fischeria, Sauss. 
ee. Supraanal lamina shorter; (prothorax of the female elongate, 
carinate ; bead broad) ; elytra of the male membranaceous ; 
wings of the female banded with yellow. 
f. Stigma of the female elytra coloured, of the male more or less 
conspicuous; elytra slightly shorter than the abdomen, pa- 
rallel ; marginal area narrow, short, or squamiform, of the 
male narrow, more or less coloured; discoidal vein un- 
divided or simply branched in both sexes ; supraanal lamina 
short Stagmomantis, Sauss. 
ff. Stigma of the female elytra concolorous, absent in the male ; 
elytra of the female dilated in front, hyaline in the male ; 
discoidal vein of the female ramose ; supraanal lamina sub- 
elongate, rounded triangular Cardioptera, Burm. 
dd. Wings hyaline in both sexes. 
e, Cerci cylindrical. (Australian species.) . . Pseudomantis, Sauss. 
ee. Oerci compressed, elongate Archimantis, Sauss. 
cc. Wings absent in the female ; elytra of the female squamiform, of the 
male hyaline Coptopteryx, Sauss. 
bb. Elytra of the female not abbreviated, longer than, or equal to, the 
abdomen. 
0. Wings of the female opaque, stigma coloured, sometimes ocellate; 
marginal area dilated, apex attenuate ; elytra of the male partly 
opaque. 
