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fauna, and the large size commands attention wherever seen. Mi 

 Mitchell, of Victoria, Texan, informs me that they are not uncommon*" 

 in the wooded bottoms in that vicinit}-, where they occur on grape 

 vines. 



Subfainiljr ^ISTISOINXORIPIIINJE. 



In this subfamily the antennae are more than twice as long as the 

 anterior femora. Tibiie furnished with a sunken areola below next 

 the apex; coxaj visible from above; tarsi distinctly pentamerous. 

 Mesothorax not more than three times as long as the prothorax. 

 Intermediary segment invisible. 



We have a single genus of this subfamily in the United States. 



ANISOMORPHA Gray. 

 Anisovwypha Gv.\\ , Syn. Phasm., 1835, p. 18. 



This genus, as represented in the United States, has the following 

 characters: 



Head not more than one and one-half as long as broad, horizontally 

 attached to the thorax. Body bi'oad and stout, especiallj^ in the 

 female; prothorax furnished with distinct odoriferous glands; meso- 

 and mcta-thorax subequal in length. Legs stout and thick, unequal, 

 the middle pair the shortest; abdominal segments subquadrate or 

 transverse, especiall}" in the female, the seventh and ninth subequul 

 in length, intermediary segment invisible. Cerci short, rounded, 

 similar in both sexes. 



We have two closely allied species, one occurring more commonly 

 in the extreme Southern States and the other ranging farther north. 

 Their differences are comparative and may be tabulated as follows 



a. Female, color generally yellowish brown with conspicuous broad black dorsal and 

 lateral stripes. Head noticeably longer than ])road; body more elongate, seven 

 to nine times as long as broad. Male, color and head as in female. Body still 

 more elongate, about twelve times as long as broad, averaging about 45 mm. in 



length bu})restoides Stoll. 



aa. Female, color uniformly ferruginous of various shades or inconspicuously striped 

 with very narrow dusky dorsal and lateral stripes. Head less noticeably 

 longer than broad. Body proportionately shorter and broader, six to six and 

 one-half times longer than broad. Male, color same as female. Head and 

 proportions about the same as in huprestoides but smaller, averaging no more 

 than 35 mm .fcrruginea Palisot. 



ANISOMORPHA BUPRESTOIDES Stoll. 

 Plate LIX, fig. 1. 



Phasma hnpreMokles: S'roi.h, Repr. Spectr., 1787-1813, p. 68, pi. xxin, fig. 87. 

 Anisomorpha buprestoides Gray, Svn. Phasm., 1835, p. 19. — Scudder, Can. Ent., 



XXVn, 1895, p. 30. 

 Phasma (Anisomorpha) huprestoides Haan, Bijdr. Kenn. Orth., 1842, p. 101. 

 Spectrum biviltatum Say, Amer. Ent., Ill, 1828, pi. xxxviii. 

 Spectrum viitata Jaeger, Life N. Amer. Ins., 1854, p. 123. 



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