MANTID^, PHASMATIDA5. 
Ins. 261 
[Wood-Mason, James.] On the hatching-period of Mantidm in Eastern 
Bengal. L. c. pp. 269 & 270. 
. On new or little-known Mantidce. P. Z. S. 1878, pp. 580-587, 
pis. XXXV. & xxxvi. 
The following already known species are figured : — Deipkobe laticeps, 
Wood-Mason, $ & ? , pl- xxv. and Hierodula (Rhombodera) taprobanm, 
Wood-Mason, pl. xxxvi. ; there are notes on Archimantis armata^ Wood- 
Mason, Westw., Hymenopus bicorniSy Stoll, and 
Parablepharis kuhli, De Haan, with descriptions of several new species. 
. Notes on new and little known Mantidm. Ann. N. H. (5) i. pp. 
143-147. 
Contains notes on and descriptions of the following known species: - 
Euchomena thoracica, De Haan, p. 143, Fischeria laticeps, Wood-Mason, 
$ , p. 144, Hierodula notata, Stoll, p. 145, birivia, Stoll, p. 146, trimacula, 
Saussure, p. 147. 
Gongylus gongylodes, L., and G. trachelophyllus^ Burm. Wood-Mason 
points out the distinctive characters of these allied flower-mimicking 
species, and gives notes on their respective geographical distribution. 
P. E. Soc. 1878, p. liii. 
Mantis religiosa. Its distribution in France. V. Collin de Plancy, 
Feuil. Nat. viii. pp. 27-29 ; H. du Buysson, 1. c. pp. 123 & 124 (a variety 
figured on pl. ii., cf. also E. Andr^, 1. c. p. 161). 
New species : — 
Hierodula {Rhombodera') butleri, Wood-Mason, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 58, 
pl. xxxvi. fig. 3, Assam, fratricida^ p. 581, pl. xxxvi. fig. 5, Malabar, atri- 
coxis, p. 582, pl. xxxvi. fig. 4, Ansbvalia, pustuli/era, p. 583, pl. xxxvi. fig. 6, 
Torres Straits ; H. taprobanm, id. Ann. N. H. (5) i. p. 146, Ceylon. 
Archimantis monstrosa (Bates), id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 583, pl. xxxvi. 
fig. 1, N. Australia. 
Creobrotes (W.-M., emend.) pictipennis, id. 1. c. p. 585, pl. xxxvi. fig. 8, 
Ceylon. 
H. transcaucasica, Brunner, in O. Schneider’s Beit. Kauk. p. 88, Baku. 
Phasmatidj:. 
Brongniaet, Charles. Note sur nn nouveau genre d'Orthoptere 
fossile de la famille des Phasmiens, provenant des terrains supra- 
houilliers de Commentry (Allier). Ann. Sci. Nat. (6), Zool. vii. pl. vi. 
. Sur la d^couverte d’un Orthoptere coureur de la famille des 
Phasmiens dans les terrains supra-houillierS de Commentry (Allier). 
CR. Ent. Belg. xxi. pp. ii.-v. ; cf. also Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) viii. p. Ivii. 
These notes refer to a fossil Orthopterous insect described and figured 
as Protophasma dumasi, g. & sp. nn. 
Wqod-Mason, James. Preliminary notice of a species of Phasmidce 
apparently possessing all the structural arrangements needed both for 
aerial and aquatic respiration. Ann. N. H. (5) pp. 101 & 102. 
Concerns an insect from Borneo with 5 pairs of apparently respiratory 
