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gracilipcs , Stal, = DidymocorypTia ensifera , W.-M., the latter having pri- 
ority> p. 24. Episcopus chalybeus, Burm., $ described, p. 24. Dysaules 
longicollis, Stal, redescribed, p. 25., with var. n. brevipennis, Bangalore. 
Euchomena thoracica , De Haau : — Mantis lieteroptera , De H., has been 
considered a synonym, but the $ from Celebes is a distinct species, and 
the name heteroptera should be reserved for it only, p. 27. Hierodula 
quinquedens, McLeay, belongs to the section Sphodropoda , Stal, p. 28. 
II. bicarinata , Sauss., stridulates louder than the hissing of a snake, and 
the fact is well known in South Africa, p. 29. II. ( Jihombodera ) atri- 
coxis , W.-M., var. n. grandis , p. 31, Torres Straits. Mesoptcryx platy- 
cepliala, Stal, $ described, p. 34. There are also local notes on other 
species. 
Mantis religiosa. E. Lelievre states that, having captured a pair of 
this insect in copula , and placed them in a closed box, he was surprised to 
find, several days after, that the female had devoured the male ; Feuill. 
Nat. xii. p. 45. 
New species : — 
Chocradodis brunneri , Wood-Mason, l. c. p. 21, Bogota. 
Trachodes insidiatoi *, id. 1. c. p. 22, Nyassa, dissimulator, p. 23, Cameroons. 
Gonypeta authaimon , id. 1. c. p. 26, Mergui. 
Ilierodula ( Sphodromantis ) arabica , id. 1. c. p. 29 (= trimacula, W.-M., 
nec Sauss.), Arabia ; II. ( S .) muta, p. 30, Cameroons ; II. (if.) sterno- 
sticta , p. 31, Australia. 
Mantis callifera, id. 1. c. p. 32, Cape of Good Hope; M. novce-zelandice, 
Colenso, Tr. N. Z. Inst. xiv. p. 277, New Zealand. 
Iris orientalis , Wood-Mason, l. c. p. 32, Kangra. 
Polyspilota insignis , id. 1. c. p. 33, Cameroons. 
Mesopteryx robusta, id. 1. c. p. 36, Andamans or Assam. 
Callimantis eximia, Pascoe, Ann. N. H. (5) ix. p. 423, Para. 
Amelcs Jieldreichi, Brunner, Prodr. p. 67, fig. 18, Greece and Asia 
Minor. 
Phasmatjdac. 
Macleay, William. On a species of Pliasmatidcc destructive to Euca- 
lypti. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vi. pp. 536-539. 
Concerns a new species which is said to denude the trees completely of 
their leaves. 
Thomson, Arthur. Notes on a species of Stick Insect reared in the 
Insect House in the Society’s Gardens. P. Z. S. 1882, pp. 718 & 719, 
pi. lii. 
Concerns Bacillus patellifer, Bates, reared from eggs sent from Cachar; 
these were received in October, and hatched in March following ; the 
larvae fed upon grass and also upon leaves of orange ; the $ is figured. 
Titanophasma fayoli, g. & sp. nn., Brongniart, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) 
ii. pp. clxxxvi. (fossil in the Carboniferous of Commentry, France). 
Bacillus sylvaticus, Colenso, Tr. N. Z. Inst. xiv. p. 278, Hawkes Bay, 
New Zealand ; B. atticus , Brunner, Prodr. p. 75, Athens : spp. nn. 
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