34 RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM. 



DESCRIPTION OP TWO NEW AUSTRALIAN PHASMAS, 



TOGETHER WITH A SYNOPSIS OP THE PHASMID^ IN 



AUSTRALIA. 



By W. J. Rainbow, Entomologist. 

 (Plates ix., x.) 



The first of the two Phasmas described below is of more than 

 ordinary interest, not only on account of its size and beauty, but also 

 from the fact that although very close to the genus ^crojo%?^a. Gray, 

 it differs from that by the great length of its ovipositor. In Acro- 

 phylla the ovipositor is boat-shaped, keeled below, and does not 

 exceed the end of the abdomen. Kirby, in a paper "On the Phas- 

 midse of Madagascar,"* enumerates a small collection of four 

 previously known species, and describes a fifth, for which he 

 founds a new genus, Enetia, the characters of which are : — 

 ^^Female. — Allied to Acrophylla, but with the head and pro-notum 

 spined above; wings not longer than broad; ovipositor boat-shaped, 

 keeled below, extending considerably beyond the abdomen." In 

 the species described below, the head and pro-notum are devoid of 

 spines, and the wings are somewhat longer than broad, consequently 

 it will have to come in between Acrophylla, Gray, and Enetia, W. 

 F. Kirby. 



Order ORTHOPTERA. 



Family PnASMiDiE. 



Sub-Family Pterophasmina. 



Genus Clemacantha, gen. nov. 



Characters of Genus. — ? allied to Acrophylla ; wings longer 

 than broad ; ovipositor boat-shaped, keeled below, extending con- 

 siderably beyond the abdomen. 



Clemacantha regale, sp. nov. 



(PI. ix., Figs. 1, 2, and 3.) 



? . Measurements (in millimeters) : Length from base of antennae 

 to tip of abdomen, excluding ovipositor and anal styles, 177; ex- 

 panse of wings, 190 ; length of head, 9 ; antennae, 20 ; pro- 

 notum, 8-9; meso-notum, 26-8; meta-notum, 14'1; abdomen. Ill; 



* Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. viii., 6th Series, 1891, pp. 150-151. 



