PHASMID.E. ANOPHELEPIS. 



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cluobus ovalibus instructo ; pcLlibus brevibus ; femoribus 

 apicem versus crassioribus et subtus spinosis (mas). 



Long. Corp. unc. 2\; anten. liu. 12; proth. liii. 2 ; me- 

 soth. lin. Gi; metatb. liu. 3}; abdom. liu. 11 + liu. 3 = 

 liu. 14. 



Hab. In Mexico. B.M. 



Opake dull browu ; elongate, cylindrical, the meso- and 

 nietathorax being rather dilated in their hind part. The 

 head is tuberculated in its hind part. The antennae are 

 multiarticulate, the basal joint of moderate size. The pro- 

 thorax is armed with three pairs of erect spines and smaller 

 lateral tubercles. The mesothorax is long and slender, 

 except at its hind part, which is dilated ; it is armed with 

 several spines at its anterior and posterior parts, two of 

 larger size being close together and adjoining the hind 

 margin. The metathorax bears two erect spines a little in 

 advance of its middle, and immediately behind these are 

 two minute elytriform scales lying close upon the back, of 

 a pale rosy colour with a black line down the middle of 

 each ; the hind part of the metathorax is dilated, with the 

 sides spined in front of the hind legs. The abdomen is 

 long, slender, and cylindrical, with the seventh joint gra- 

 dually widened at the hind part, and the eighth gradually 

 narrowed to its extremity ; the ninth segment is widened 

 behind, vrith its outer angles deflexed and bent inwards, the 

 inner edge being armed with strong spines set transversely, 

 and furnished with two hirsute styles ; the terminal ventral 

 segments not extending beyond the eighth dorsal segment. 

 The legs are rather short, with the femora thickened to- 

 wards the tips ; the anterior femora are curved at the base, 

 and the inner edge is armed with three small spines near 

 the tip ; the middle and hind femora are armed with 

 several smaller and two larger spines next the tip. All the 

 tibise are simple. The body beneath is paler brown, opake, 

 with the segm.ents simple, covered with very minute whitish 

 points, which are more immerous on the anterior part of 

 the mesosternum. 



Is it possible that this can be the male of the next 

 species ? 



Plate II. Fig. 3. The male, of the natural size. 3 a. The 

 head and thoracic segments seen laterally. 3 b. The four 

 terminal segments of the body seen sideways. 3 c. The 

 same seen from beneath. 3 il. The last segment, with its 

 teeth and styles, seen from behind. 



3. (181.) Anophelepis vittata, JVestw. 

 Plate III. fig. 3. 



Fusca, albido-vittata, vitta media longitudinali magis di- 

 stiucta, granulosa, granulis tuberculisqne albidis ; lata, sub- 



depressa ; mesothorace in medio elcvato-biangulato ; me- 

 tathorace squamis duabus elytriformibus ; pedibus brevibus, 

 tuberculatis ; operculo segmentum apicale abdominis supe- 

 rante (foem.). 



Long. Corp. unc. 3^1 ; (anten. apice detritae;) proth. lin. 2; 

 mesoth. lin. 9^ \ metath. lin. 4| ; abdom. lin. 14-t-lin. ^ 

 = lin. I9i. 



Hah. In ^Mexico. B.M. ct Saunders. 



This species is distinguished by its wide flattened form, 

 its granulated surface, and the pale longitudinal stripes on 

 the ujiper surface of its body. The head is armed with 

 small pointed tubercles, as well as the prothorax, on which 

 those next the median line are larger and arranged in pairs. 

 The antennfe are broken off at the twenty-second joint. The 

 mesothorax is considerably dilated at the sides in the middle, 

 the lateral margins being serrated ; in the widest part the 

 disk is raised into two elevated conical tubercles ; beyond 

 the middle it is narrowed, but is again dilated at the place 

 of insertion of the middle logs. The metathorax is ob- 

 long, serrated at the edges, dilated at the base of the hind 

 legs, and furnished on the middle of its upper side with two 

 small elytriform scales. The abdomen is wide, with the 

 sides of each segment dilated, the disk with a longitudinal 

 raised vitta and several longitudinal lateral darker lines and 

 marks ; the three terminal segments are considerably nar- 

 rower than the rest ; the ninth is entire, and furnished at 

 the sides with a pair of small styles ; the operculum ex- 

 tends beyond the ninth dorsal segment, appearing like an 

 extra joint from above. The legs are short and robust ; 

 the two fore femora are curved at the base ; the four poste- 

 rior are tuberculated along the fore edge and irregularly 

 serrated beneath ; the tibiae arc slightly dilated within near 

 the base, the outer edge slightly and irregularly lobed. 

 The body beneath is opake and entirely covered witli very 

 minute whitish granules. 



Plate III. Fig. 3. The female, of the natm-al size. 3 a. The 

 head and thoracic segments seen from the side. 3 h. The 

 terminal segments of the abdomen seen from the side. 



4. (182.) Anophelepis Telesphorus. 

 Plate VIII. fig. 3, male ; fig. 7, female. 

 Albido-lutea (mas) vel brunnea (fcem.), filiformis (ma.-^) 

 vel subfiliformis (foem.), inermis, sublsevis (mas) vel gra- 

 nulata (fcem.) ; tegmiuibus duobus mesothoracis lutes- 

 centibus areolatis nigro punctatis ; alis brevissimis, chaly- 

 beis nitidis ; area costali basi sanguinea, apice viridi, nigro 

 maculato ; pedibus quatuor posticis femoribus serratis. 

 Long. corp. maris, circ. unc. 3 ; anten. lin. 12 ; protli. 



