SA G R A S P L EN D ID A .
T iub e .
F .v m i ly .
G enus.
C i i . S p .
P la te 8. fig. 2. $ fig. 2^. 9 ?
E u p o d a , L a tr e ille .
S a g r id a ;.
S a g r a , F a b r ic iu s . Tenebrio p . L in n , |*c.
S . c y a n e o -p u rp u re a , femoribus posticis d en ta tis , tibiis apic e sinua tis. Long. Corp.
lin. 9 .
S . glowing p urple , ch an g e ab le to yellow o r g re en , p oste rior femora d e n ta te , tibise with
a de ep n o tc h a t th e tips. L en g th 9 lines.
S a g ra sp lendida , Weber Obs. E n t . p . 61. F a b r icm s S y s t . E le u th . 2 . p, 27.
S a g ra femora ta , D onovan, I s i ed it, in tab.
Tenebrio femora tus, D o n o va n . I s i ed it, in te x t.
Donovan correctly observed, tliat the insect here figured differed from the figures
referred to by Fabricius under Sagra femorata, the only described species at the period o f
the publication o f the first edition o f this work. Weber, however, subsequently published
a monograph upon the genus, and this Chinese species appears to be identical with
his Sagra splendida. The smaller figure appears also to be identical with the Sagra
purpurea o f Weber, which Fabricius was inclined to regard as the male o f the former,
although he gave it as distinct with the character:— “ Sagra purpurea, nitida, femoribus
posticis unidentatis tibiis integris.” It appears to me, however, that it is merely the
female o f S. splendida.
Order. O R T H O P T E B A , Olivier.
M A N T IS (SCH IZO C E PH A LA ) B IC OR NIS .
P la te 9 . fig. 1 .
T r ib e . C u r s o r ia , L a tr e ille .
F a m il y . M a n t id jb .
G e n u s . M a n t is , L in n .
S u b -G e n . S c h iz o c e pm a l a , S e r v ille .
C m. S p . M. th o ra c e filiformi ta v i, te sta c eo , ocnlis oblongis porre c tis a cum in a to spinosis, elytris
alls brevioribus. Long. Corp. unc.
M. w ith th e th o ra x filiform sm ooth a n d p a le buffish coloured, eyes o b lo n g , p orre c ted,
a n d p ro d u c ed in to a sh a rp p o in t, e ly tra sh o rte r th a n th e w ings. L en g th A \ inches!
Mantis bicornis, L in n . S y s t . N a t . I. W . p . 691.
Man tis o cu la ta , F a b r ic iu s E n t . S y s t . t. 2. p . 19.
S chizocephala s tric ta , S e r v ille R e v is . O r th o p t. p . 2 9 ?
L a M an te Chinoise é tro ite cornue . S to ll. R ep r e s . de s M a n te s .
A