OttTHblPTEllA. 467 
p. 184, hhd by lltEEY ill the ‘ Fil-st Report of Nolfcious liifiecte of MidiouH,’ 
pp. 169-171. 
Mann (Student and Intell. ObsOrV. No. ii. jl. 1^3) gites ft gerietM accohnt 
of the habite of some species of this family as observed by him in Natal. 
Saussure, 1. c., describes tbe following new species : — 
T7ieochjfes surinamensis, 1. c. p. 60, Surinam j lolum diabolicu7n, 1. c.^ Equi- 
noctial Africa ; Empusa hmnhertiana, T. c., Ceylon j Idolomorpha spinifron^f 
I. c. p. 61, Brazil ; Chiropacha capitata^ 1. c., Africa ? ; Chiropus dives^ 1. c., Ben- 
guela ; Gonatista cubensis, 1. c., Cuba ; Humbertiella perloides, 1. c., Senegal ; 
II. ceylontcaj 1. c. p. 62, Ceylon ; II. indicaj 1. c., India ; Litourgousa cagennemis, 
1. c.j Cayenne } Acontista cordillera;^ 1. c., Mexico ; A. elegans^ 1. c. p. 63, 
Guiana j Iridopteryx iridipennis, 1. c., Ceylon ; I. glauca, 1. c., Ceylon ; Gony- 
peta hmnbertiana^ 1. c., Ceylon ; G. tr incomalice, 1. c., Ceylon ; G. bengmlce, 
1. c. p. 64, Western Africa; Miopteryx pei'loides, 1. c., doubtful locality; M. 
phryganea, I, c., doubtful locality ; Iris syriaca, 1. c. p. 65, Syria; Stagtno- 
mantis nahua, 1. c., Mexico; Cardioptera cupido, 1. c. p. 66, Brazil? C. trans~ 
lucida, 1. c., Brazil ? Copiopteryx claraziana, 1. c., Argentine Confederation ; 
Stagmatoptcra bioccllata, 1. c. p. 67, Brazil ; Ilicrodida coarctata, 1. c., India 
or Africa ; II. tcnuidcntata, 1. c. p. 68, India ; II. ^-dcntata, 1. c., Syria ; tl. 
hicarinata, 1. c., India P Mantis emortualis, 1. c., doubtful locality ; M;japonica, 
1. c. p. 69, Japan ; Tcnodera capitata^ 1. c., doubtful locality ; T. angustipennis, 
1. c., Java ? Phasmomantis grandis, 1. c., doubtful locality ; Daniura bolanana, 
1. c. p. 70, Zanzibar ; Thespis cubensis, 1. c., Cuba ; T. surinama, 1. c., Surinam ; 
T. plithisica, 1. c., Brazil ; Parathespis humbertiana, 1. c. p. 71, Ceylon ; OH- 
gonix bicornis, 1. c., Mexico ; 0. f liformis, 1. c., Brazil ; Brunnejia subap>tera, 
1. c., Argentine Confederation ; Choeradodis squilla, 1. c, p. 72, Ceylon ; Para- 
meles picteti, h c., Spain; Creobotra apicalis, 1. c. p. 73, Assam; Ilymenopus 
ccclebs, Sauss., 1. c., doubtful locality. 
Stagmatoptcra binotata, Scudd. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 341, Napo 
or Maranon. 
Gerstacker, Archiv fiir Naturgesch. xxxv., describes a new genus and 
tbe following new species from Zanzibar and vicinity: — 
Pyrgomantis, n. g., 1. c. p. 210. Head elongate, acuminate ; antennae short, 
setiform in both sexes ; eyes oblong, not prominent ; ocelli of the male very 
large, minute in the female ; prothorax oblong, subparallel ; elytra and wings 
hyaline ; legs rather short, simple ; abdomen linear. P. singtilaris, 1. c. 
p. 211. 
Tarachodes pantherina, 1. c. p. 208 ; T. modesta, 1. c. p. 209 ; Mantis (Stag- 
matoptera ?) kei'steni, 1. c . ; M. (Photind) agrionina, 1. c . ; M. vincta, 1. e . ; M. 
(Danuria?)' galeata, /. c. p. 210. 
Phasmid;e. 
Saussure (Melanges Ortliopterologiques, 2"’® fascicule) de- 
scribes and figures many known species, adopting Westwood^s 
classification of the family. 
Bacillus (Latr.) he divides into three subgcnera, as under : — 
1. Bacillus. Antennae very short and thick, composed of about twelve 
small joints, several of them being broader than long; abdomen variable. 
Species B. rossii, Fabr., &c. 
