11 SYNOPSIS OF PHASMID^E. 



** Alfe in utroque sexu subaequales. 



1. Caput postice gibbosum Cyphocrana. 



2. planum ; foliola abdominalia nulla Platycrana. 



3. ; in utroque sexu duo, 



Acrophylla. 

 B. Corpus filiforme. 



1. Pedes aequales; foliola abdominalia duo brevia. . . . Ctenomorpha. 



2. antici longissimi ; foliola abdominalia nulla ... . Claxoijerus. 



3. subbreves; abdomen apice gibbosum Phibalosoma. 



APTEROPHASMINA. 



Gen. I. Eurycantha, Boisd. 



Thorax abdominis longitudine, cylindricus, metathorace meso- 

 thorace breviori, utrisque ad latera spinosis ; Abdomen breve, sub- 

 cylindricum apice attenuatum ; Pedes 4 anteriores breves, crassi, 

 femora posteriora crassissima, fortiter spinosa, tibiis gracilibus in- 

 terne spinosis ; Caput quadratum ; Antennae longae, graciles, arti- 

 eulo primo magno, depresso. 



Habitat in Nova Hibernia. 

 E. horrida. Boisd. 



Nigrescenti-brunnea; capite antennisque albidis ; abdomine rufo- 

 nigro. — Long. ant. 2" 3'", corp. 4" 7'". 



Eurycantha horrida, Boisd. Voy. de VAstrol. Zool. Ent. pi. 

 .10-/. 2. 



Habitat in Nova Hibernia. In coll. D. Hope. 



Gen. II. Acanthoderus, n. 

 Phasma, Dumer. Bacteria, Perch. 



Thorax cylindricus, abdomine brevior, spinosus, metathorace 

 mesothoracis fere longitudine ; Abdomen subbreve, cylindricum ; 

 Pedes mediocres, plus minus spinosi ; Caput parvum, subquadra- 

 tum ; Antennae mediocres, setacese. 



Habitant (an omnes ?) in Australia. 

 A. scabrosus, n. 



Thorace, femoribus posticis et pedum basibus, spinosis. — Long, 

 ant. 1" 6'", corp. 2" 9'". 



Bacteria scabrosa, Perch. Guer. Icon. Ins. pi. 53./. 4. Griff. 

 An. Kingd. pi. 110./. 4. 



Habitat ? 

 A. Dumerilii, n. 



Thorace scabro ; femoribus quatuor posticis angulatis ; tibiis 

 posticis dentatis. — Long. ant. 1" 11'", corp. 2" b'". 

 Phasme geant, Dumer. Consid. Ins. pd- 23. /. 3. 



Habitat ? 



A. spinosus, n. 



Thorace, abdominis articulo primo, pedibusque fortiter spinosis: 



