«A> SYNOPSIS OF PIIASMIDiE. 



P. Peleus,u. 



Pallide brunneus, nigro-lineatus ; alis albidis, area costali undu- 

 lata ; pedibus brevibus, hirsutis, femoribus anticis crassis. — Long, 

 ant. 1" 4'", corp. l" 11'". Exp. alar. 2" 2'". 



Habitat in Ora Malabariensi. In coll. D. Children. 



Gen. XIV. Phasma, Serv. 

 Gryllus, Linn. — Mantis, pars, Fabr., Oliv. — Phasma, pars, Stoll, 

 Licht., Fabr. — Phasmata alata, Licht. — Spectrum, pars, Stoll, Lam., 

 Lair. — Phasma, I. pars, Latr. 



Tegmina minima, aliquando longiora, ovalia, in medio spinosa, vel 

 quandoque elevata; Alae sublineares, in utroque sexu fere abdomi- 

 nis longitudine, area costali angustata ; Abdomen filiforme ; Pedes 

 mediocres, simplices, aliquando subdentati aut lineis elevatis striati ; 

 Mesothorax brevis, spinosus vel laevis ; Caput parvum, subdepres- 

 sum; Antennae longissimae, setacese. 



Habitant in utroque Continente. 

 P. laterale, Licht. 



Nigrum; mesothorace teretiusculo glabro ; tegminibus alarumque 

 basi sulphureis ; abdomine nigro, marginibus lateralibus brunneis ; 

 pedibus inermibus. — Long. ant. ?, corp. 2" 1'". Exp. alar. 3". 



Mantis lateralis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 15. Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 



634. 

 Mantis xanthomela, Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 638. 

 Phasma lateralis, Stoll, Spectr. pi. 10. f. 36 et 37. Fabr. Ent. 

 Syst. Suppl. 188. Latr. Gen. Crust. Lns. iii. 87. Serv. Ann. 

 des Sci. Nat. xxii. 58. Lep. et Serv. Ency. Meth. x. 101. 

 Phasma laterale, Licht. Linn. Trans, vi. 15. 

 Le Spectre noir de Surinam, et Spectre noir de Corornandel, Stoll. 

 Habitat in Brasilia. 

 P. bimaculatum, Licht. 



Fuscum ; mesothorace tereti glabro ; tegminibus lanceolatis, di- 

 lute fuscis, macula in medio sulphurea; alis albidis, basi rufescenti- 

 bus, area costali fusca, basi albida. — Long. ant. 2" 11'", corp. 2" 4"'. 

 Exp. alar. 3" 7"'. 



Phasma bimaculata, Stoll, Spectr.pl. 8.f. 29. Serv. Ann. des 



Sci. Nat. xxii. 58. 

 Mantis bimaculata, Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 637. 

 Phasma bimaculatum, Licht. Linn. Trans, vi. 15. 

 La double tache, Stoll, p. 26. 

 Habitat in Corornandel ? 

 P. spinosiun, n. 



" Capite thoraceque spinosis ; tegminibus acutis, alis fuscis." 

 (Fabr.) — Long. ant. ?, corp. ?. Exp. alar. ?. 



Mantis spinosa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 14. Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 



633. 

 Phasma spinosa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 188. Latr. Gen. Crust, 

 fits. iii. 87. Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 58. 

 Habitat in India Oriental i. 



