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d. Discoidal vein of the winge furcate or simple ; eyes angulate. 
Oxyops, Sauss. 
dd. Discoidal vein ramose ; eyes round Stagmatoptera, Burm. 
cc. Wings hyaline in both sexes ; discoidal vein 2-, 3-, or 4-branched ; 
elytra of the female almost wholly, of the male partly, opaque, 
margins subparallel j stigma whitish or concolorous. 
d. Stigma of the elytra whitish, rarely green j marginal area of the 
female dilated, the apex excised, of the male only dilated at the 
base ; discoidal vein 3- or 4-branched , . Jlierodula^ Burm. 
dd. Stigma of the elytra concolorous or obsolete (rarely whitish) ; 
elytra similar in both sexes; anterior margin narrow, apox not 
excised ; discoidal vein 2-branched. 
e. Body moderately elongate; elytra and wings rounded at the 
apex Mantis^ Lin. 
f. Elytra banded with fuscous ; stigma whitish. 
Subgen. Polyspilota^ Burm. 
ff. Elytra green, stigma green. Subgen. Mantis, Lin, 
ee. Body elongate ; elytra and anterior area of the wing very nar- 
row, acuminate Tenodera^ Burm. 
Subtribe Thespites. 
a. Prothorax broad ; anterior legs thickened ; elytra and wings of the female 
rudimentary, elongate in the male ; wings' coloured ; discoidal vein 
furcate in the male Fhasmomantis, Sauss. 
aa. Body and anterior legs filiform; prothorax slightly angulated and di- 
lated above the anterior coxm. 
h. Anterior tibim half the length of the femora (vertex bidentate) ; wings, 
coloured ; elytra partly opaque ; legs slightly perfoliate. 
Danuria, St§,l, 
hh. Anterior tibim one-third the length of the femora; wings hyaline; 
elytra membranaceous ; legs simple. 
c. Cerci cylindrical or styliform ; supraanal lamina elongate, lanceolate. 
d. Antennm setiform, slender; wings moderate; elytra membrana- 
ceous, rounded at the apex. 
e. Anterior tibiee normal, armed with two rows of spines. 
Thespis, Serv, 
/. Head transverse, compressed ; eyes lateral ; discoidal vein of 
the wings furcate Subgen. Thespis. 
ff. Head thickened behind, produced in front; eyes ovate, 
conical, produced in front; occiput bidentate; discoidal 
vein simple Subgen. Parathesins, Sauss. 
ee. Anterior tibiae three-fingered ; vertex bidentate. 
Oligonyx, Sauss. 
dd. Antennae and cerci very thick, attenuate at the apex ; elytra and 
wings squamiform Brunnerin, Sauss. 
cc. Cerci of the female foliaceous ; wings coloured ; supraanal lamina 
short Angela, Serv. 
Subtribe Chceradodites. 
a. Prothorax dilated in all its length. 
