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h. Leg? unarmed, not perfoliate j body green ; wings hyaline. 
Chcsradodis, Serv. 
hh. Legs perfoliate j body cadaverous j elytra frequently spotted qr ocel- 
latq beneath j wings frequently colqiired. (Asiatic.) 
Daroplatys, Westw. 
aa. Posterior parf of the prqfhorax free, dilated in front, denticulate. 
Bpaph'odita) Serv. 
The trihe Acanthopsii is divided into the following sub- 
tribes . — 
a. Elytra narrow or ovate ; veins longitudinal or oblique, 
h. Body elongate, linear ; abdomen cylindrical, slender. 
c. Prothorax cylindrical, not, or scarcely, dilated above the coxae, not 
coarctate in front j head lenticular ; vertex drawn out in front ; 
occiput produced, nude Schizocephalites. 
cc. Prothorax carinate, slightly dilated above the coxae ; head trigonal ; 
vertex transverse j occiput not produced ; cerci foliaceous. 
Toxodebites. 
Ih, Body normal ; prothorax dilated above the coxae, again coarctate in 
front, apex parabolic j head transverse j occiput not produced. 
Harpacites. 
aa. Elytra excised at the margin; discoidal vein pectinate, ending in the 
sutural margin Acantuopsites. 
Subtribe Schizocephalites. 
a. Body filiform, very long ; pro thorax thrice as long as the other thoracic 
divisions ; legs very long Schizocephala, Serv. 
aa. Body less elongate ; prothorax scarcely twice as long as the rest ; legs 
short Oxyophthalmttf^diViBQ, 
Subtribe Toxodebites. 
a. Femora strongly perfoliate, terminating in four long spines. 
I'oxoderttf Serv. 
aa. Femora slightly, or not, foliate ; apex without long spines. 
Heterochceta^ Westw. 
Subtribe Harpacites. 
a. Body slender, linear ; elytra narrow ; eyes spined or produced into teeth. 
h. Elytra and wings squamiform in both sexes. . . . Yersinia, Sauss. 
hh. Elytra and wings normal in the male (female ?) Parameles, Sauss. 
aa. Body less slender ; abdomen dilated ; eyes conoid ; elytra ovate-lanceo- 
late. 
h. Margins of the prothorax and abdomen dilated and membranaceous; 
front horned Ilarpax, Serv. 
hh. Margins of prothorax and abdonaen entire ; front tuberculate. 
Creohotra, Serv. 
Subtribe Acanthopsites. 
a. Vertex unarmed ; tibiae simple Acanthops, Serv. 
aa. Vertex horned ; tibiae dilated Ilymenopa, Seiw. 
Mantis Carolina . Packard (Guide, p. 674) figures imago and eggs of this 
species ; it is also figured and described in the ' American Entomologist,’ i. 
