Species o/'Pha8mida3//'(?m the Louisiade Archipelago. 229 



IlemirhamphuSy sp. 



Several young specimens of a species of Hemirhamp)hus 

 cylindrical in shape and only partly covered with small scales 

 on the hind part of the body, with a bright, silvery, well- 

 defined band, were collected by Mr. Styan at Kiu-Kiang on 

 March 27. The determination of these specimens as to 

 species is uncertain at present. 



Clupea Eeevesiif Rich. 

 Mr. Styan collected specimens 30 inches long. 



Salanx chiiiensis, Osbeck. 



This species ascends the river to Kiu-Kiang, where Mr. 

 Styan obtained a specimen on March 27. 



XXV. — Notes on the Species of Phasmidte collected hy Basil 

 Thomson^ Esq., in the Louisiade Archipelago. By W. F. 

 KiKBY, F.E.S., Assistant in Zoological Department, 

 British Museum (Natural History). 



In addition to Lepidoptera Mr. Thomson collected a small 

 number of other insects, including some extremely interesting 

 Phasmida3, Among these were three female specimens which 

 I cannot distinguish specifically from the wide-ranging and 

 somewhat variable Eurijcanthahorrida, Boisd. The smallest 

 of these is of a dark reddish-brown and measures 136 milli- 

 metres (5^ inches) in length ; it much resembles specimens 

 ■which we have previously received from Thursday Island. 

 The other two are darker and much larger than any specimens 

 previously in the collection of the British Museum ; the 

 largest measures 183 millim. (about 7^ inches) in length and 

 25 millim. (an inch) across the thorax. The small specimen 

 13 from Goodenough Island and the two large ones from 

 Kossel Island. 



There is also a series of both sexes of a small Promachus 

 taken on Sudest Island, Oct. 10, 1888, and a much larger 

 female, taken on Rossel Island on Oct. 18. These have con- 

 siderable general resemblance, and I might have considered 

 the small specimens to be only the immature form of the larger 

 one, but that the proportions of the tarsi are very different. 



