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have quite the appearance of larval forms, and it is worthy of 

 note that the elongation of the mesothorax, which is one of the 



FIG. 162. Palophus centaurus. Old Calabar. Half natural size. (After Westwood. 1 ) 



most marked features of the Phasmidae, is in these forms only 

 very slight. 



1 The antennae in the specimen represented \vere no doubt mutilated, though 

 "VYestwood did not say so. 



