44 BUn}fA, ITS PEOPLE AXD P/!ODL'CTIOXS. 



Sub-order CURSOR LI. 



Body ovato, depressed. Head retracted into tlic prothorax. Leps slender. 

 Tarsi with an aecessory joint between the claws. The antennse usually long and 

 slender. Females commonly, males occasionally, apterous. 



Famih/ Blattidse. 



To this order belongs the common cutkruaih of English kitchens (Perij)Ianeta). 

 The egg cases of members of this family are little oval capsular bodies, with one 

 side serrated along a line, which opens to i)ermit the young when hatched to escape. 

 The ova are ranged in tiers within the capsule, which is affixed by the female in 

 dry secluded spots to fixed bodies, as furnitm-o or the like. 



Panesthia FLAViPEjfifis, Wood-Mason. Naga hills. 



,, Sai-ssckii, Wood-Mason Sikkim. 



(J. A. S. B. 1876, Part II. p. 190). 



Sub-order GRESSORIA. 



Body long, narrow. Head asserted. Legs slender, and the posterior femora 

 not thickened. 



Tills sub-order embraces the carnivorous Mantida and the herbivorous Phasmida, 

 commonly known respectively as the ' Kolhing leaf ' and ' utich ' insects. 



Fa mill/ Mantidse. 



The anterior legs serrated, and used as prehensile organs, with the femora 



grooved for the reception of the tibi«5. The head very versatile. Tliese insects arc 



veiy watchful, and when intent on their prciy, or suspicious of dangei', often assume 



grotesque attitudes, and avail themselves of theii- mimetic forms to avoid observation. 



Phtilium Celebicum, De Haan. Toungnoo. 



,, Wesiwoodii, Wood-Mason. South Andamans. Pahpoon. 



Malewoon. 

 HiEEonrLA (Ehombodeka) Butleei, Naga HiUs. 



Wood-Mason (P.Z.S.L. 1878, p. 580). 

 .^^TnAiocuROA AsHMOLiANA, Wcstw. Calcutta. 



HrsiENOPUs BicoExis, Stoll. Assam. Java. 



Family Phasmidse. 



These insects, even more than the Mantida?, which possess superior powers of 

 flight, rely on their resemblance to inanimate objects to avoid their enemies, and 

 are adepts at mimicking the grass or sticks to which they cling, whence their name 

 of ' stick insects.' 



Menaka scABEnjscTJLA, Wood-Masou Silhet. Assam. Naga hiUs. 



(J. A. S. B. 1873, p. 55). 



Baclllus HisriDULUs, Wood-Mason (I.e. p. 47). South Andaman. 



,, oxytenes, Wood-Mason (I.e. p. 48). Pegu. 



,, L-EVIGATUS. Naga hills. 



,, Aetemis, Westw. Sikkim. Assam. 



,, iNsiGNis, Wood-Mason. Assam. Sikkim. Cherra. 



LONCHODES CUNICULUS, Wcstw. 



,, veeeucifee, Wood-Jfason. South Andamans. 



,, Westwoodi, Wood-Mason. South Andamans. 



,, STILPNTJS, Westw. 



,, AusTENi, Wood-Mason. Dikrang Valley. Assam. 



,, Cbawanqensis, De Haan. Martaban. 



PiiiBALosoMA WnsTwooDi. Sanuiguting, Assam. 



Loi'Ai>nu.s PoEus, Westw. Upper Tenasscrira. 



