,*30 SYNOPSIS OF PHASMID.E. 



fere longitudine ; Abdomen planum, dilatatum, pyriforme ; Pedes 

 mediocres, dilatatissimi, praesertim anteriores ; Mesothorax brevis, 

 subtriangularis, lateribus dentatis ; Caput subquadratum, depres- 

 sum ; Antennae longse. 



Fcemiha, Tegmina abdominis fere longitudine ; Alae conspicuae ; 

 Abdomen latius ; Antennae breves. 



Habitant in India Orientali. 



P. siccifolium, Latr. 



Viride ; (capite tboraceque brunneis) ; alis albido-hyalinis. — 



Long. ant. 3 corp. 2" 8'". Exp. alar. 3" 8'". ? Long. corp. 4" 2"'. 



Exp.corp. 1" 4i"\— Long.corp. 3" 5"'. Exp.corp. 1" 2'". — Long. 



corp. 3" 3'". Exp. corp. 1" 6'". — Long. corp. 3" 2'"*. Exp. corp. 



l"7i"'. 



Mantis siccifolia, Fubr. Ent. Syst. 276. Linn. Syst.Nat. Ed. 



Gmel. p. 2049. Ol'w. Ency. Meth. vii. 626. 

 Phasma siccifolia, Stoll, Spectr. pi. 7. Lam. An. sans Vert. iv. 



253. 

 Phyllium brevicorne, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iii. 89. ? . 

 Phyllium siccifolium, Latr. ibid. Lep. et Serv. Ency. Meth. x. 

 115. Latr.Regne An. v. 179. Serv. Ann. desSci. Nat.y.y.'\\. 63. 

 Pteropus siccifolius, Thunb. Mem. de V Acad. Imp. des Sc. de 



St. Petersb. v. 286. 

 Phasma citrifolium, Licht. Linn. Trans, vii. 17. 

 La feuille de Citron, Stoll, p. 21. 

 Dry leaf Mantis, Shaw. 

 Walking leaf, Edwards. 

 Icon. Rcesel, Ins. ii. pi. 17. f. 4, 5. Edwards, pi. 258. Donovans 

 Ins. Ind. jd. ./. .Dict.d : Hist.Nat.s.-x.v\.pl.G.42.fA. Bu- 

 rner. Consid. CI. Ins. pi. 23. f. 2. Shan's Misc. pi. 119. Id. Gen. 

 Zool. vi. 1. pi. 47. Encyc. Meth. Ins. pi. 133. f. 2. Encyc. Porta- 

 tive, Orth.pl. 27. f. 1. 



Habitat in India Orientali. In coll. Mus. Brit. &c. 



P. bioculatum, n. 



Viride ; tegminibus absque hyalinis, linearibus ; abdomine maculis 

 duabus nigro-ocellatis rotundatis, medio hyalinis. — Long. ant. <5? 

 corp. 2" 4'". Exp. alar. 3" 3'". Long. corp. $ 3" 2'". Exp. corp. 

 1" 7'". 



Phyllium bioculatum, G. R. Gray, in Griff. An. Kingd. ii. 191. 

 pl.63.f. 3. 

 Habitat in India Orientali. In coll. Mus. Brit, et D. Hope. 



* As the specimens and figures which I have examined, vary much in size and 

 outline, I am induced to consider that there probably exist two species, which 

 have hitherto been confounded under one denomination. 



Thus, the Ceylonese specimen above referred to and also the figure in Dumeril's 

 ' Considerations' are probably distinct, on account of their being shorter and 

 much broader in proportion than the figures in Stoll and Donovan and several spe- 

 cimens, which I have examined, which are longer and not so broad by several 

 lines; as may be seen by referring to the measurements given above. 



