SYNOPSIS OF PHASMID.E. 3 



1 . Alata aut saltern elytrata (elytris saepissime brevissimis). 



Ph. angulata, Gigas, necydaloides, &c. 



2. Corpus elytris alisque nullis. 



A. Antennae setaceae, elongatae, articulis numerosissimis. 



Ph. filiformis, Ferula, Calamus. 



B. Antennae conico-subulatae, brevissimae, articulis duo- 



decim. 

 Ph. Rossia. 



II. Pedes femoribus tibiisque alatis sive membrana externe et 

 intus auctis. 



Stoll, Mant. tab. 5. fig. 18 tab. 18. fig. 05." 



Then follows the genus Phy Ilium. 

 While in the first edition of the ' Regne Animal' he classifies them 

 in the following manner : 



" ORTHOPTERA. 



CURSORIA. 



Gen. Mantis. 



Gen. Spectrum. 



Gen. Phasma. 

 — Phyllium." 

 And this arrangement is retained in the second edition, with this 

 slight difference, that Phasma and Phyllium are no longer regarded 

 as genera, but as subgenera of Spectrum, itself a subgenus of 

 Mantis, one of the three genera which constitute the family of 

 Cursoria. 



In the 10th volume of the ' Encyclopedie Methodique,' MM. 

 Lepelletier and Serville propose the following plan of classification, 

 which includes several new genera : 



" I. Trois ocelles tres distincts. 

 Phasma. 

 II. Point d'ocelles distincts. 



A. Corps aile ou ayant au moins des elytres. 



a. Prothorax egalant presqu'en longueur le mesothorax. 



Phyllium. 



b. Prothorax plus long que la moitie du mesothorax. 



Prisopus. 



c. Prothorax court, n'egalant pas en longueur la moitie du me- 

 sothorax. 



Cladoxerus. 

 Cyphocrana. 



B. Corps aptere, sans ailes ni elytres. 



Bacteria. 



Bacillus." 

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