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Length of post, femora, 25-32 mm. 
Length of post, tibiae, 32-38 mm. 
Length of post, tarsi, 12-14 mm. 
Length of cerci, 9-10 mm. 
Length of tegmina, 24-34 mm. 
Length of wings, 13-20 mm. 
Length of antennae, 16-20 mm. 
The male is similar to the female, only smaller. Besides 
the specimens from the North-West, there are three others m 
the Museum collection, viz.: — One, since 1887, from Yactoo, 
Far North (M. Crawford) : another from Broken TTill, in 
1890 (F. J. Burgess) : and a third from Central Australia CR. 
Helms) ; and are comprised in the above measurements and 
description. 
PHASMID^. 
Lonchodes caurus, spec. nor. 
Male. Brownish-grey, glabrous, with more or less dis- 
tinct black, or blackish, median line or markings dorsally from 
transverse carina at back of head to fifth abdominal segment. 
Head a little longer than pronotum, tumid behind antennae, 
with a raised flat spot in place of the obsolete central ocellus, 
and two short aivergent ridges lateral thereof. Eyes elliptical, 
small, scarcely prominent. Antennae grey, triquetrous (ter- 
minal portion wanting). Pronotum rotundately arched above, 
median line slightly, lateral carina more deeply impressed, 
transverse carina a little anterior to middle, hind margin nar- 
rowly black. Mesonotum slightly wider than head, sides 
parallel throughout, median line raised, dorsum along the 
middle with numerous blackish, irregularly scattered dots : 
lateral carina rather broad, extending for three-fourths of 
length, brown, externally to same a blackish line extending 
to hind margin, and forming the crest of a low, broad ridge. 
Metanotum of same width, or only slightly wider, as the pre- 
ceding, and of similar structure, but darker brown, and the 
aggregated dots forming a broad dark median stripe. Abdo- 
men with segments, 1 to 3 subequal and of same width as 
thorax, 4 to 6 somewhat narrower, and much longer, tapering, 
next three still more slender, short (two subequal, the third 
scarcely more than half the length of the preceding), last joint 
with supra-anal lamina very short, latter with closely adpressed 
edges, forming a ridge, subacute, and longer than preceding 
segment. Subgenital lamina boat-shaped, last joint finely 
rugose, apex ovate, whitish. Cerci very short, concealed. Legs 
comparatively short and weak, unarmed, scabrous, grey. 
