38 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Jan.. 



STUDIES IN THE ORTHOPTEKOUS FAMILY PHASMID5:. 

 BY JAMES A. G. REHN. 



The material treated in the following pages is almost wholly from the 

 collections of the Academy, the U. S. National Museum, and the col- 

 lection of Mr. Morgan Hebard, of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. 



The localities represented by large series are as follows: 



Costa Rica (various localities). Schild and Burgdorf collection. 

 [U. S. N. M.] 



Mombasa, East Africa. [Collection of Morgan Hebard.] 



South Africa. [A. N. S. Phila.] 



Trong, Lower Siam. Dr. W. L. Abbott. [U. S. N. M.] 



Goenong Soegi, Sumatra. A. C. Harrison, Jr., and Dr. H. M. Hiller. 

 [A. N. S. Phila.] 



Obi, Moluccas. [Collection of Morgan Hebard.] 



The author wishes to thank Dr. William H. Ashmead, of the National 

 Museum, and Mr. Hebard for many kindnesses rendered during the 

 preparation of this and other papers. 



Subfamily LONCHODIX.E. 

 Genus MYRONIDES St^l. 

 1875. Myronides Stal, Recensio Orthopterorum, III, pp. S and 63. 



Included M. pfeifferop (Westwood) and M. kaupii Stal, of which the 

 former may be considered the type. 

 Myronides ashmeadi n. sp. 



Type.— d' ; Trong, Lower Siam. (W. L. Abbott.) [Cat. No. 6,974, 

 U. S. N. M.] 



Apparently related to M. filum Sharp^ from New Britain, but readih^ 

 separated by the absence of pronounced cephalic and metathoracic 

 tubercles, the comparatively greater length of the limbs, and the single 

 tooth on the apical portion of the femora. 



I take pleasure in dedicating this very distinct species to my friend, 

 Dr. William H. Ashmead, of the United States National Museum, as 

 a token of personal esteem and regard for his pronounced scientific 

 ability. 



1 Willey's Zoological Res^ats, Part I, p. 81, PI. VII, fig. 1. 



