PHASMID.E. LONCIIODES. 



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cap.lin.2i; protli.lin.2i ; mesotli.lin.ISi ; nietath.lin.il; 

 abdom. lin. 22i+lin. 7=lin. 29\. 



2. (100.) Lonchodes nodosns. 



Mas. Corpore coccineo, pedibus bis vel ter cvassiore ; 

 capite convexo, inter oculos bispinuloso ; mctathorace pone 

 medium incrassato, uninodoso ; nodo, piothorace toto et 

 parte extrema mesotboracis et metathoracis olivacea ; pe- 

 dibus subhirtis ; anticis corpore brevioribus, femoribus ante 

 apiceni bispinulosis, apice subiucrassatis ; tarsorum ante- 

 riorum articulo 1" scqucntibus longiore supra marginato ; 

 abdominis articulis 5 prioribus cylindricis, ulterioribus me- 

 dio carinatis latioribus, 9° usque medium fisso. 



Fcera. Corpore granulate, latiorc, cinereo-fusco ; capite 

 inermi ; metathorace mesothorace 4"' breviore ; femoribus 

 ante apicem 2-spinulosis, anterioribus extus convexis striatis, 

 iutus bicostatis, niediis incrassatis subincurvatis ; ultra 

 medium supra subacanthophyllis, posticis compressis tetra- 

 gonis rectis ; tibiis anticis margine superiore foliaceo, medio 

 sinuato ; mediis brevioribus, infra medium utrinque acan- 

 thophyllis ; posticis integris longitudine antcriorum ; tar- 

 sorum anticorum articulo 1° foliaceo, sequentibus tribus 

 sequali ; mediorum sequeutibns duobus aquali ; posticorum 

 trigono ; abdominis articulo 6° subtus spina aucto ; vagina 

 cymbiformi, carinata, apice angulata, longitudine abdo- 

 minis. 



Long. Corp. maris 3" 7'" ; mesoth. 1" ; metatb. 10|"'; 

 ped. ant. 2" 6'" ; ped. med. 1" lOi'" ; ped. post. 2" 5'". 



Long. Corp. fcem. 4" 9'" ; mesoth. 1" 2'" ; metath. 11'" ; 

 ped. ant. 2" ; ped. med. 1" 6'" ; ped. post. 1" 9"'. 



Phasma (Bacteria) nodosum, Dc Haaii, Orfh. 0;v>»^p.l33. 

 pi. 1 1 . f. 3, mas ; pi. 13. f. 6, foem. (P. Sumatranum). 

 Hah. Sumatra. 



Obs. This species approaches very closely to L. hrecipes ; 

 but the male is distinguished by the nodose metathorax, 

 which is comparatively longer than in L. brecipes, the dark 

 oUvaceous colour of the prothorax and dilated extremity 

 of the mesothorax and metathorax, as well as the meta- 

 thoracic lobe, and the more slender extremity of the abdo- 

 men. The female has also the metathoracic lobe of large 

 size ; otherwise it closely resembles the female of L. bre- 

 lipes. 



3. (101.) Lonchodes geniculatiis. 



Elongatus, apterus, cyhndricus, inermis, obscure fuscus ; 

 meso- et metathorace postice subito sequaliter dilatatis, 

 viridibus ; capite et prothorace inermibus, viridibus ; tho- 

 race subglabro, abdomine toto parum longiori ; abdominis 



apice dilatato, fisso ; pedibus elongatis, viridibus, omnibus 

 femorum apicibus lajte rufis et intus spinulis nonnuUis 

 minutis armatis ; pedibus intermediis reliquis parum bre- 

 vioribus sed vix crassioribus ; tarsorum articulo basali elon- 

 gato, simplici (mas). 



Long. corp. unc. 3A ; cap. hn. 2 ; proth.lin. 2; mesoth. 

 lin. 11 ; metath. lin. 9 ; abdom. lin. 14 -f-lin. 3| = lin. 17i. 



Lonchodes geniculatus, G. R. Gray, Si/ji. Phusm. p. 19. 

 Phasma (Bacteria) geniculosum, IJ'c^tw. Cab. Orient. Ent. 



p. 80. pi. 39. f. 4. 



Hub. Prince of Wales's Island (Br. Cantor) ; Mus. 

 Hope. India orient. ; Mus. Curtis ; B.M. 



Long, slender, and very delicately gramdated ; the gra- 

 nules on the thoracic segments forming transverse hues. 

 The abdominal segments with a very fine raised central dorsal 

 line. The meso- and metathorax are equally dilated at the 

 extremity for the insertion of the legs. The abdomen is 

 very slender, the seventh and eighth segments forming a 

 broad, nearly circular dilatation carinated down the centre, 

 margined on the lateral edges ; the terminal segment small, 

 obconic, and slit to the base, furnished on the \nider side 

 with two small, straight anal styles ; the three terminal 

 ventral segments are convex, the ninth not extending be- 

 yond the extremity of the eighth dorsal segment. The 

 le"-s are very slender ; the anterior femora armed beneath 

 near the tip with four or five small spines gradually dimi- 

 nishing in size. 



4. (102.) Lonchodes Tmiformis. 



Elongatus, apterus, cylindricus, inter pedes intermedios 

 paulo dilatatus, fuscus, opacus, inermis ; thorace et abdo- 

 mine longitudine fere Eequalibns (mesothorace quartam 

 partem corporis longitudine excedente) ; pedibus anticis 

 elongatis, gracilibus, articulo Imo tarsorum elevato ; pe- 

 dibus intermediis brevioribus, crassioribus (prsesertim femo- 

 ribus), his ante apicem subtus spinulosis ; pedibus posticis 

 subelongatis, gracilibus, tarsorum articulo 1 mo parum elon- 

 gato, abdominis apice dilatato, fisso (mas). 



Long. corp. unc. 3f ; cap. lin. If ; pioth. lin. If ; me- 

 soth. hn. 12 ; metath. hn. 8 ; abdom. lin. 18 -\- lin. 4-J- = 

 lin. 22^. 



Phasma (Lonchodes) uniforme, TT'estw. Cab. Orient. Ent. 



p. 79. pi. 39. f. 3. 



Hab. Prince of Wales's Island {Br. Cantor) ; Mus. 

 Hope. Auiboyna or Cerain {Mailaiiie P/eifer). JMalacca 

 and Sarawak, IJorneo {JJ'allace) ; B-^1- 



A specimen of this species, brought from Amboyna or 

 Ceram by Madame Pfeiffer, has the following proportions : 

 Head and prothorax, lin. 3f ; mesothorax, lin. IH; 



