SYNOPSIS OP PHASMID.E. "^ 



lide griseis, nigro-maculatis ; pedibus rufescentibus.— Long. ant. , 

 corp. • Exp. alar. 



Prisopus horridus, Westw. MSS. 

 Habitat in Columbia. In coll. D. " Leigh. 



Gen. XIX. Ectatosoma, n. 

 Phasma, MacL. 

 Mas, Tegmina parva, ovalia ; Abe abdominis longitudine ; Ab- 

 domen subhliforme, articulis quinto ad septimum dilatat.s, ap.ce 

 subcompressum, recurvatum ; Pedes mediocres tngon,, margmibus, 

 prasertim exterioribus, dilatatis ; Pro- mesothoraxque angus tati, 

 spinosi, hoc spinis duabus magnis prope prothovacem ; Caput par- 

 vum, pV-amklatum, spinosum ; Antenna sublongaa, setacea, hn- 



sutse. 



"L« subaptera; Abdomen latins ; Pedes magis dilatati ; An- 

 tennae breves, hirsutae. 

 Habitant in Australia. 



J? J~foT)l I H a i 



"■A Vir'ide ; tegminibus areaque costali viridibus, ultima undato- 

 fasciata; alis hyalinis, nigrescentibus, fasciis interruptis subalbidis; 

 pedibus nigro-fasciatis ; tarsorum anticorum articulopnmo .elongate, 

 pTulum dilatato.-Long. ant. * l" 10'", corp. <?3" 10'". Exp. alar. 



A 5" 6'" 



Extatosoma Hopei, G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr.l pi. 8.f. 1. 

 Habitat in Australia. In coll. D. Hope. 



^/pupt^i^Viride; tegminibus alisque ? ; abdominis segmentis 

 supra laminis binis dentatis in medio armatis, marginibus laterahbus 

 denticulatis, tarsorum anticorum articulo pnmo brevi, dilatato,erecto. 

 —Long. ant. 9'", corp. 3" 6'". Exp. alar. ? 



Phasma tiaratum, MacLeay, King's Survey of the Coast of An- 



stralia, A-pp. ii. 455. tab. B.f. 3, 4,. ?• f 



Extatosoma tiaratum, G. R. Gray Ent of An str^ 1. pi. 8./. *. 

 Habitat in Australia, (Paramatta). In coll. DD. Hope et Dunn. 



Gen. XX. Phyllium, Illig., Latr., Lep. et Serv., Serv. 

 Mantis, Fabr., Oliv. Pteropus, Thanb. Phasma, Stall, Licht. 

 Mas, Tegmina subbrevia, subhyalina ; Alae lineares, abdominis 



* I am unacquainted with the female of this species but no doubt it may be 

 easily dvTtinguished, by wanting the two rows of dentated lamm* on the upper sur- 

 Sce of the abdomen, as in the subsequent species ; and also by the length of the first 



j ° i + t TtelCt* 5eLSpln is taken from a male pupa, which is represented in the 

 .EnJmoCof Austria; as I have not yet met with the perfect state of .that 

 sex the larva of the same sex is about two inches in length and of a light reddish 

 brow, cove ed with tubercles. The imago female is figured by Mr. MacLeay, as 

 referred to above: it is about four inches and seven hues u> length, of the same 

 colour as my figure, but much more covered with spines, especially on the under 

 surface. 



