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XXXVII.--On a Colleetgon of Mantid~e from the Transvaal &c..formed by .Cir. W. L. Distant. By W. F. KIRBr~ F.L.S, F.E.S., &c. MOST of the species enumerated in tlle following list were collected by Mr. Distant in the Transvaal and by Mr. P. Rendall in Nyasaland; a few~ howeve5 are from olher localities. The Mantida~ are conspicuous and fairly well known, and therefore the proportion of new species is not large. There are, however, several quite common species about which much ambiguity exists~ owing to the typical specimens not having been figured., and to the omission of

Downloaded by [New York University] at 07:59 07 January 2015 Important characters in the descriptmns. The collection includes thirty-two species. ORTHOPTERA. Mantidm. EREMIAPHILIN~tL .P~ffoman~'8~Gerst. Chlropus~ Sauss. 4. singularis~ Gerst. l. insidiator, Wood-)~Iason. Zygdamia. 2. maura~ StY. 5. capitata~ Sauss. Tarachodes~ Burm. 6. lenticularis~ Sauss. 3. perloides~ Burro. Mantidm from the Transvaal. 345

MANTIN~. C I~Eo B OTI~INA~]. E~tella, St'~l. Oxypilus, Serv. 7. Dela!andii, Sauss. 23. capensls~Sauss. I)ystacta, Sauss. 8ibylla, St£1. 8. paradoxa, Sauss. 24. pretiosa, St~l. .Pseudomantis. _Phyllocrania, Burm. 9. zebrata, Charp. 25. paradoxa, Burro. Tenodera, Burm. 26. insignls, Westw. 10. superstitiosa, Fabr. Pseudocreobotra, Sauss. 11. cantata, Sauss. 27. Wahlbergl, STY1. SThodromantis, Still. t[a~Tagomanti% nora. nov. 12. gastrica, St~l. 28. tricolor, Linn. _~hombodera, Burm. Acanthomantis, Sauss. & Zehntn. 13. seutata, Karsch. 29. ~endalli, sp. n. , Linn. 14. sacra, Thunb. 15. pia, Serv. VATINm. Hoplocorypha, St~l. _Popa, St~l. 16. galeata, Gerst. 30. undata, Fabr. Miomantis, Sauss. JDanuria, St~l. 17. fenestrata, Fabr. 31. Thunbergi, St~l. 18. monacha, Fabr. 19. semialata, Sauss. 20. 8avignyi, Sauss. EMPUSIN~. Cilnia, St$1. I[emfempusa, gauss. & Zehntn. 21. humerali% Sauss. 32. Burro. 8olygia, St£1. ca2ensis, 22. JDistantl, sp. n.

~JREMIAPIIIZIN~E, 1. Ch{ropus insidiator. Tarachodes i~sidlator, Wood-Mason, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, li. p. 22 (I882) ; Cat. Mant. p. 28 (1889). 1, Barberton (P. Rendall). Nyasa (W'. M.) ; Somaliland (Loft PMllips) ; Voi, British East Africa ( C. g. Baton). B. M.

2. Ch{ropus maura.

Downloaded by [New York University] at 07:59 07 January 2015 CMropacha maura, St~M~ (Efvers. Yet.-Akad. F5rh. xv. p. 168 (1856). Chiropacha puncta, Sauss. Mgm. Soc. Gen~ve, xxi. p. 2t;9 (1871). 1, Zomba (P. Rendall). Nata| (St. & gauss.) ; Lake Nyasa (B. M. : coll. Thellwall).

3. Tarachodes perlo(des. Tarachodes perloides, Burm. ttandb. Ent. ii. p. 529 (1839). 3, Pretoria (W. L. D.). Cape of Good Hope (Burro.) ; Murchison Range, Trans- vaal (B. M. : coll. C. R. Jones). 346 Mr. W. F. Kirby on

4. P!trgomantis slnffular[s. rgomantls singularis, Gerst. Arch. f. Nat. xxxv. p. "211 (18(39); auss. Mirth. schweiz, ent. Ges. iii. p. 2'23 (1870); Mgm. Soc. Gen~ve, xxi. p. 177 (1871); Westw. Rev. Mant. p. 3, pl. xiv. figs. 4, 5 (1889). 2, Pretoria (W. L./).). Between Mombas and Wanga (Gerst.) ; Natal (Gue{nzlus) ; Zululand (W. H. Heale); Pirie Bush, S. Africa (A. N. Stennin9). B. ]~. A curious species, with a long pointed cone-shaped head like t)seudorhynchus or Tryxalis. 5. Lygdamia capitata. Chlropacha eapltata, Sauss. Mirth. sehweiz, ent. Ges. iii. p. 61 (1869) ; M6m. Soe. Gen~ve, xxi. p. 18, pl. iv. fig. 2 (1871). Z,ygdamia capitata, St~l, Bihang Vet.-Akad. Handl. ix. (10) p. 17 (1877). 3, Pretoria (IV. L. D.) ; 1, Pienaars River (W. L. D.) ; 1, Zomba (P. Rendalt) ; 3, Fort Johnston (P. Rendall). Zanzibar (Brunner); Durban, Natal (Marshall); British East Africa (Maziwa, Matata, and Manuga), March 14 and April, 1897 ( G. S. JBetton). B. M. 6. Lygdamia lentlcularis. Chiropacha lentlc~daris~Sauss. M6m. Soe. Gen~v% xxiii, p. 11, pl. ix. fig. 18 (1873). Zygdamia lenlicularis, St~l, Bihang Ve~.-Akad. Handl. iv. (10) p. 17 (1877). 1, Pienaars River (IV. L. D.). Natal (Leipzig Museum). Appears to be a much scarcer species than the last.

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Downloaded by [New York University] at 07:59 07 January 2015 7. Entella Delalandii. Gonypela .Delalandii, Sauss. Mdm. Soe. Gen~ve, xxi. p. 55, pl. iv. figs. 12, 13 (1871). 2 ~, Zomba (P. ]?endall) ; 1 ~', Fort Johnston (P. Ren- dall). Cape (Par{s Museum). Distinguished fi'om the closely allied E. nebulosa, Serv. (nee Thunb.), which is in the Natural History Museum from Estconrt, Natal (Marshall), by the absence of the black transverse lines on the face, which are so conspicuous in .E. nebulosa. Mantldee from the Transvaal. 347

8. Dystaeta paradoxa. Dystacta paradoxa, Sauss. 5Igm. Soc. Gen~ve~ x~i. p. 323 (1871), xxiii. p. 80, ~l. vlii. fie'.. 16 (1873); St~l, Bihang Vot.-kkad. Handl. iv. (10) p. 51 (1877). 2, Barberton ( P. Rendall). Cape and Damaraland (Brunner); Lake Nyasa and Delagoa Bay. B.M.

9. Pseudomantis zebrata. Mantis zebr~a, Charp. Orth. t. xxxix. (1845 ?). Pseudomantls zebrata, Sauss. M6m. Soc. Gen~ve~ xxi. p. 37 (1871). Hierodula suavis, Brancs. Jahresh. Ver. Trencsen~ 17/18, p. 247~ pl. vii. fig. 7 (1895). 2, Pretoria (W. L. D.) ; l, Delagoa Bay (W. L. D.). Cape ( Charpentfe G and _Paris Museum). Murchison Range, Transvaal (C. R. Jones); Zululand (Rev. W. tt. Heale): (B. M.) This is one of the prettiest species of ~antida~ and does not appear to be very abundant.

10. Tenodera superstft[osa. Mantis superstitiosa,Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. p. 348. n. 17 (1781). Tenodera superstltiosa, Sauss. M6m. Soe. Gen~ve) xxi. pp. 99, 296 (187t). 17 Fort Johnston (P. Rendall). Originally described fi'om . Commonthroughout Ethiopian Africa, and a large part of Southern Asia aud tho Archipelag% as far as Australia.

11. Tenodera capftata. Tenodera capitata, Sauss. Mitth. schwelz, eat. Ges. iii. p. 69 (1869) ; M(im. Soc. Gen~ve, xxi. pp. 95) 293 (1871). 2, Barberton ; 1, Zomba Downloaded by [New York University] at 07:59 07 January 2015 (P. Rendall) (P. Rendall). East Cenh'al Africa (Scott Elliot) and another from the Congo (A. Curror). B. M. This species may easily be recognized by the dentated front coxm. 12. Spfiodromantls gastrfca. Mantis gastrica, Stgl, (:Ely. Vet.-Akad. FSrh. xv. p. 308 (1858). ttierodula gastrica, St~l, Bihang Vet.-Akad. ttandl, iv. (10) p. 57 (1877) ; Sauss. & Zehntn.~ Grandid. Madag. xxxiii, p. 187 (1895). ttierodula blcarlnata, Sauss. Mitth. schweiz, ent. Ges. iii. p. 68 (1869) i M6m. Soc. Gen~ve, xxi. p. 74, pl. v. fig. 22 (1871). 348 Mr. W. F. Kirby on Hierodula (Sphodromantls) blcarlnata, Wood-SIason, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, li. p. 28 (1882). Mantis Kersteni, Gerst. Arch. f. Nat. xxxv. p. 209 (1869); Von der Decken, Reisen, iii. (2) p. 13 (1873) (nee St~l, nee Sauss. & Zehntn.). 3, Pretoria (Distant) ; 5, Barberton (P. RendaU) ; 1, Salis- bury, M ashonaland (Marshall) ; 1, Zoutpansberg (Kcessner) ; 1, (Montelro). A common species throughout Eastern and Southern Africa, if not also in West Africa. Some of Mr. Distaut's specimens arc brown instead of green~ and one is pink ; but he assures me that they were so coloured when captured. Gerstmcker's M. Kersteni appears to be a synonym of.this species and not to belong to that to which St£1 afterwards applied the name. The latter may be known by having two large round white spots on the inner side of the front coxm.

13. Rhombodera scutata. Rhombodera scutata~ Karsch, Ent. Nachr. xviii, p. 6 (1892). 1, Fort Johnston (P. Rendall). Angola and Malange (Karsch); Tanganyika~ Fwamb% and Zambesi. (B. M.)

14. Mantis sacra. Mantis sacra~ Thunb. M6m. Acad. P6tersb. v. p. 289 (1815). 2, Pretoria (W. L. D.). 15. Mantis pia. Mantis joia, Serv. lns. Orth. p. 193 (1839). 2, Pretoria (W. L. D.); 2, Fort Johnston (P. Rendall) ; 1, Barbcrton ( P. Rendall). This is usually considered synonymous with the last. It differs from it in the large black spot at the base of the front cox0e being unicolorous; in M. sacra it has a large red or yellow centre. Downloaded by [New York University] at 07:59 07 January 2015 16. ttoplocorypha galeata. Mantis (? Danuria) galeata, Gerst. Arch. f. Nat. xxxv. p. 210 (1870) ; Von der Decken, Reisen, iii. (2) p. 16 (1873). Parathespis galeata~ Sauss. Mgm. Soc. Gen~ve, xxi. p. 135 (1871), xxiii. p. 63 (1873). ttoplocorypha macra~ St~l, (Efvers. Yet.-Akad. l%rh. xxviii, p. 388 (1871). 1, Pretoria (W. L. D.). A widely distributed species in Southern and Eastern Africa. Mantidm from the Transvaal. 319

17. Miomantis fenestrata. Mantisfenestrata, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. p. 349. n. 13 (.1781). Miomantisfenestrata, Sauss. Mgm. See. Gon~vo, XXh p. 119 (1871). 5 (~ ?, Pretoria (W. L. D.). East London, Natal~ Knysn% Transvaal~ . (B. ]~I.) A common species.

18. ~]llornantis monacha. Mantis monacha, Fabr. Mant. Ins. i. p. 228. n. 24 (1781). Mantis vitrata, 01iv. Encycl. ~([6~h. vii. p. 639. n. 1 (1792). Mantisforfieata, Stoll, Mantes, pl. i. fig. 2 (1813 ?). 1, Fort Johnsto% Nyasaland (P. Renclall). This is a larger and stouter species than M. fenestrata. The specimen before me agrees well with StoWs figure, which is said to be taken from a Cape specimen. There is a con- spicuous yellow line above the green subeostal stripe on the fore wings, and on the inside of the front femora are two black dots~ near togebher, opposite the commencement of the spines. In M. fenestrata there is almost always a third spot at the base of the femur.

19. Miomantis semlalata. Miomantis semialata, Sauss. M6m. Soc. Geagve~ xxiii, p. 71, pl. viii. fig. 14 (1873). 1, Barberton (P. Rendall). Apparently the commonest species of the at Natal, fi'om whence it was originally described. There is also a specimen from Zomba in the Natural History Museum.

20. Miomantis Savignyi. Miomantis Savlg~yi, Sauss. M6m. See. Gengve, xxiii, p. 69, pl. viii. fig. 15 (1873) ; Westw. Rev. Mant. pp. 18, 37, pl. x. fig. 1 (1889). 1, Zomba (P. Rendall). Downloaded by [New York University] at 07:59 07 January 2015 Nubia, Sennaar (Saussure) ; Cairo (Westwood). Zululand (Rev. W. 14. Heale). B. M. A widely distributed species, but apparently not common.

21. Cilnia humeralis. Cardloptera humeralls, Sauss. M~tm. Soc. Gen~vo, xxi. pp. 195, 281 (1871). 1 Cilnia humeralls, STY1,BihangVet.-Akad. tlandl, iv. (10) p. 53 (877). Mantis latipes, St~l, Bihang Vet.-&kad. Handl. iii. (14) p. 43 (1875). Cibda latipes, St~l, (:Efv. Vet.-Akad. FSrh. xxxiii. (3) p. 71 (1876) ; Bihang Vet.-2~kad. Handl. iv. (10) p. 53 (1877). Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. iv. 24 350 Mr. W. F. Kirby on 3, Pretoria (W. L. D.); 1, Pine Town, Natal; 5, Bar- berton (P. Rendall). Ovamba (St&l). This interesting genus stands in nearly the same relation to M(omantis that Sphodromantis occupies towards Hierodula. St£1 attempts to discriminate between latipes and humeralis specifically by a short comparison of the females~ but mentions no really satisfactory characters by which they can be distinguished.

22. Solggia (9.) Distanti, sp. n. c~.--Long, corp. 56-58 millim. ; pron. 17-20; lob. post. pron. 14; tegm. 27; cox. ant. 9, 10; fern. ant. 13-14 ; tib. ant. (absque ung.) 4-5 ; fern. post. 19-20. ? .--Long. corp. 58-69; pron. 20-24; lob. post. 16-18; tegm. 6-9 ; cox. ant. 11, 12; fern. ant. 12 ; fib. ant. (absque ung.) 4-5. Male.--Testaceous. Head narrow, transverse, Agrioni- for.m, yellowish behind, dark brown from below the aeuto canna on the vertex to the antenn% which stand on a testa- eeous stripe ; below the antenme are two dark transverse lines~ the uppermost darkest ; the rest of the head testaceous ; antennte about as long as the pronotum, testaceous, black above beyond the first third of their length, except at the joints. Pronotum speckled and indistinctly lined on the sides with black; the lateral earina is black, edged above with a pale line. Sides scarcely dentieulated, slightly expanded above the front cox~e. Femora and terminal half of coxa~ lined with black. Front femora with 4 spines on the outer and many on the inner side ; 3 discoidal spines, which latter are spotted with black at the base. Middle and hind legs very long and slender. Downloaded by [New York University] at 07:59 07 January 2015 Wings extending nearly to the extremity of the abdomen ; tegmina and wings hyaline, with brown nervures; costal area yellowish (or green 9.), edged below with a dark line. Female similar, but stouter and paler, especially on the head, where there is only one distinct slender black transverse line, below the antennse. Tegmina extending to above the origin of the middle coxse ; black, with the base and costal third yellowish. The largest .specimen has a rather indistinct dark double median line rumnng along the upper surface of the abdomen. 1 d'~ Barberton (P. Rendall). Mantidte from the Transvaal. 351 Three other specimens (1 (~, 2 ? ) collected by Roy. W. It. Healc in Zululand are in the Natural History Museum and have been used in drawing up the above description. Thespis sulcat(frons, Serv., and Mantis ( Photina) agr{onina, G erst., are probably allied to this species. I do not know the type of Solyg{a, and refer the present species to that genus with some doubt. S. (?) Distant{ con- siderably resembles the figure of Stenopyga extera, Karsch, and may belong to the same genus.

~I~OBOTI~IrN2~, 23. Oxypilus eapenMs. Oxypilus capensis, Sauss. MUm. Soc. Gen~ve, xxi. p. 169, pl. vi. figs. 52, 52 a (1871). Oxypilus annulatus ~., Sauss. Mirth. schweiz, ont. Ges. iii. p. 223 (1870). Oxypilus strlglpe~mls(Bates), Westw. Ray. Mast. p. 44, pl. ix. fig. 7, pl. xiii. fig. 1 (1890). 1, Pienaars River (W. L. D.). Cape of Good Hope (Paris Museum); Eastern Kate% Knysna (B. M.). 24. Sibltlla pretiosa. 8ibyllapretlosa, St~l, (Efvers. ¥et.-Akad. FSrh. xiii. p. 168 (1856); Sauss. M6m. See. Gen~ve, xxi. p. 332 (1871). 1, Lydenburg District (Zutrzenka) ; 1, Zomba (P. Rendall). Natal, Murehison l~ange. (B. ]~[.)

25. paradoxa. Phylloeranlaparadoxa. Burro. Handb. Ent. ii. p. 549 (1839). 2, Pretoria, c~ ~ (W. L. D.). Cape (Burmeister). Natal, Zululand: B.M.

Downloaded by [New York University] at 07:59 07 January 2015 26. Phyllocrania insignis. Phylloerania insignis, Westw. Arc. Ent. ii. p. 51, pl. lxii. iig. 1 (I848) ; lZtev. Mant. p. 44, pl. xii. fig. 7 (1889) ; Sauss. Mgm. Soc. Gen~ve, xxi. pp. 174, 327 (1871). 2, Barberton, (~ ~ (Goodall & P. Rendall) ; 2 ¢~, no locality. Sierra Leone (Westwood) ; Cazamanca (Saussure). Slave Coast, ; Tanganyika ; Pirie Bush, S. Africa. (B. M.) Appears to be a common species throughout Ethiopian Africa. 24* 352 On Mantid~efrom the Transvaal. 27. Pseudocreobotra Wahlberg¢. P.,eudocreobotra Wahlberg¢, St~l, Bihang Vet.-Akad. Handl. iv. (10) p. 85 (1877). HarTax oeellata~ Serv. (nee Beauv.) Ins. Orth. p. 158 (1839). 2, Barberton ( P. Rendall). Oaffraria, Zanzibar (8thl). Natal, Nyasa (B. M.) One of the largest and handsomest species of the group. HARPAGOMANTI8~ nom. nov. [[Harpax, Serv. Ann. Scl. Nat. xxii. p. 49 (1831) ; Ins. Orth. p. 157 (1839); Burro. Handb. Eat. ii. p. 550 (1839); Sauss. Mdm. Soc. Gen~ve, xxi. (1) p. 151 (1871). The name Harpax is preoccupied in ]~ollusea (Park, 1811). 28. Harpagomantis tricolor. Gryllus Mantis tricolor, Linn. Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 426. n. 9 (1858). Itarpax trleolor, Serv. Ins. Orth. p. 158 (1839); Sauss. M6m. Soc. Genbve~ xxi. p. 151 (1871). 3 d'~ 2 9, Pretoria (Hr. L. D.) ; 1 9, Zoutpansberg (Kaessner) ; 1 9 (discoloured), Barberton (P. Rendall) ;1 9, no locality ; i 9, Albany Museum, Graham's Town, March 5. Natal, King William's Town, N'Gami Country, Trans- vaal~ Mashonaland. (B. M.) A common and widely distributed species. The sexes differ considerably. 29. Acanthomant~s Rendall~ sp. n. Long. corp. 15 millim. ;pron. 4 millim.; lat. pron. 2 millim. ; exp. tegm. 34 millim. Female.--Brown~ slightly varied with pink~ and on the legs with blackish; eyes larg% mamillated; back of head concave and raised into a projecting angle on each side behind the eyes. Tegmina and wings hyaline, the costal area darker and spotted with brown ; hind margins brownish~ especially on the upper half of the wings; tegmina sub-

Downloaded by [New York University] at 07:59 07 January 2015 parallel~ apex forming a very obtuse angle above the middle of the hind margin; longitudinal nervure irregularIy and nnsymmetrically spotted with blackish, otherwise eoncolorous. Wings with the longitudinal nervures and the transverse nervures on the upper third yellowish~ the rest concolorous. 1, Fort Johnston (]9. l~endall). I was unwilling to leave this interesting species undescribed~ though it is founded only on a single specimen, not in the best condition. it appears to be quite distinct from .4. aurita, Sauss. & Zehntn.~ from , the type of the genus. On Mammals from the Gold Coast, 353

VATI2¢2~. 30. Pops undata. Mantis undata, Fabr. Eat. Syst. ii. p. 19. n. 28 (1793) i Charp. Orth. tab. xxxviii. (1845). Theodytes (?) u, data, Serv. Ins. Orth. p. 152 (1839). t)opa undata, Sauss. Mgm See. Gen~ve, xxiii, p. 79 (1873); Sauss. & Zehntn.~ Grandid. Madag. xxiii, p. 233 (1895). 2, Pretoria, ~ ? (W. L. D.); 3 ?, Barberton (P. Ren- dall); 1 ~ Zomba (P. Rendall). A common species in South Africa and Madagascar. 31. Danurla ThunbergL JDanuria Thunbergi, St~l~ (Efv. Vet.-Akad. F5rh. xiii. p. 169 (1856); Sauss. M4m. See. Gen~ve, xxi. p. 320, pl. vii. figs. 66, 67 (1871) ; Sauss. & Zehntn., Grandid. Madag. xxiii, p. 228 (1895). 2, Barberton, c~ ? ( P. tgendall). A common species in Madagascar and Southern and Eastern Africa. L~'Hp178IN~. 32. tlemiempusa capensis. zEmpusa capensis, Burm. Handb. Ent. p. 647. n. 7 (1839); Sauss. M6m. S¢¢. Genbv% xxiii, p. 38 (1873). .Empusa purpureipennis, Svrv. Ins. Orth. p. 145 (1839). Idolomorpha (Iterniempusa) capensls~Sauss. & Zehntn.~ Grandid. Madag. xxiii, p. 242, pl. x. fig. 43 (1895). 1 c~, Pine Town, Natal ; 1 ~, Pienaars River (Thompson) ; 9, Barberton (P. l~endall) ; 1 ? ~ Angola (Monte&o). Cape of Good Hope (Saussure). A common and widely distributed species.

Downloaded by [New York University] at 07:59 07 January 2015 XXXVIII.--0n Mammals collected by Lieut.-Colonel W. Giffard in the Northern Territory of the Gold Coast. By W, E. DE WINTON. THE mammals contained in the following list were obtained by Lt.-Coh (then Capt.) W. Giffard, while serving in an expedition with Lt.-Coh H. P. Northcott lately operating in the northern territory of the Gold Coast. Several of the smaller species are new to science, while all add to our knowledge of the genera to which they belong. The speci- mens arc in excellent condition and carefully labelled~ showing