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mina, which have the outer margin yellow. The habitat 

 also (although vaguely indicated by Fabricius), as respects 

 H. bispinosus, seems difFereut. With these exceptions, I 

 should have regarded the two insects as identical. 



4. (221.) Haplopus bispinosus. 



Elongatus ; thorace viridi, dorso flavescenti, teretiusculo, 

 autice bispinoso, spinis validis nigris ; tegniinibus brevi- 

 bus, medio gibbosis, viridibus, margine exteriore flavo ; an- 

 tenuis flavescentibus ; capite viridi, vertice utrinque spina 

 elevata brevi obtusa ; alls magnis, rufescentibus, margine 

 exteriore viridi ; abdomiue ILueari, virescenti ; pedibus vi- 

 rescentibus, spinosis (mas). 



Long. Corp. unc. Z^ ; expans. alar. unc. 3, lin. 7. 



Mantis bispiuosa, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 275 ; Ent. Syst. 

 ii. p. 15 ; Eat. Syst. Sitppl. p. 188 (Phasma b.). 



Gmelin, Syst. Nat. (Linn.) p. 2054. 



Olivier, Enc. Meth. vii. 633. no. 4 1 (Mantis b.). 



Rees, Enc. Nat. Hist. Ins. Hem. pi. 1 . f. 1. 



Shate's Nat. Misc. pi. 323 ; Enc. Brit. t. 204. f. 20. 

 Phasma bispinosa, Serville, Attn. Sc. Nat. xxii. p. 58. 



LatreiUe, Gen. Crust, et Ins. iii. 87. 



G. R. Gray, Syn. Pkasm. 24. 



Hab. In America (D. Hunter ; Fabr.) ; Brasilia (Gray). 

 B.M. 



I have noticed the apparent points of distinction be- 

 tween this insect and H. Jumaicensis under the latter 

 species. 



5. (222.) Haplopus micropterus. 



Fusco-luteus, meso- et metanotis griseo tinctis ; capite 

 bicorni ; thorace scabro ; tegminibus et alarum area cos- 

 tali fusco-violaceis, hac prope basin macula rotunda alba 

 notata, area postica pallidis, venis longitudinalibus crassis 

 nigris ; pedibus 4 posticis dentatis ; operculo ultra apicem 

 abdominis longe exteuso (fcem.). 



Long. Corp. foem. cum operc. unc. 5, lin. 1 . 



Phasma angulata (Spectre a ailes petites), Stoll, Spectr. 



pi. 21. f. 77. p. 61. 

 Haplopus angulatus, Bvrmeister, Handb. d. Ent. ii. 2.577 



(uec angulata, Fabr., Latr., Lichtenst., Serv. = gigas, 



Driiry : nec angulata, Pal. Beauv. =^ spinipes, G. R. 



Gray). 

 Cyphocrana microptera, Lepel. et Serv. Enc. M. x. p. 445 ; 



Ann. Sc. Nat. sxii. p. 61. 

 Aplopus micropterus, G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 34. 

 Phasma (Haplopus) micropterum, De Haan, Orth. Orient. 



p. 128. 



Hab. Indiee Occident, insulis St. Thomas et St. John 

 (Burtneister) ; nec Amboyna (Stall). 



Stoll incorrectly considered that the insect which he re- 

 presented in his figure 77 was a male in the pupa state, and 

 also that it came from Amboyna. There is no doubt, how- 



ever, that it is a female arrived at the perfect state, and 

 that it is a native of the West Indies. The insect consi- 

 dered as this species in the Berlin Museum by Burmeister 

 is a female, with the following proportions : — 



Long. corp. cum operc. unc. 5f ; cap. lin. 3 ; proth. 

 lin. 3; mesoth. lin. 12 ; metath. lin. 85 ; abdom. lin. 28 

 -|-liu. 6j -f operc. lin. 8j = unc. 3, lin. 7 ; tegm. lin. 5 ; 

 alae long. lin. 5. 



It has the legs shorter and thicker than is represented 

 by Stoll. The two tubercles on the head are obtuse, the 

 right one being larger than the left. The prothorax has 

 two pairs of tubercles in front ; the mesothorax is armed 

 with numerous but small spines; the four hind femora 

 have three or four strong teeth along their hinder edge ; 

 the sixth abdominal segment is a little dilated on each side 

 behind, and the operculum is considerably broader at the 

 extremity of the body than the ninth ventral segment. 

 Burmeister describes the larva as having " auf deu 4 Hinter- 

 schenkeln 2 Hautlappen und einen erhabenen Hinterrand 

 am Isteu und 2teu Riickensegment." 



6. (223.) Haplopus spinipes. 



Viridis, corpore pallidiori ; capite thoraceque spinosis ; 

 femoribus posterioribus quatuor dentatis tibiisque angu- 

 latis et spinosis ; alls brevissimis, tegminibus paullo longi- 

 oribus (foem.). 



Long. Corp. (apice mutil.) 5" 3'"; anten. 2". 



Phasma angulata, Pal. Beauv. Ins. pi. 14. f. 4 ; Encycl. 



Port. Ins. Orth. pi. 27. f. 2 (nec. Ph. angulata. Stall, 



uec angulata, Fabr., Latr.). 

 Diapherodes spinipes, G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 34. 

 Haplopus spinipes De Haan, Orth. Orient, y. 127. 



Hab. In India occidentali (St. Domingo). 



The figure given by Palisot Beauvois evidently represents 

 a female of this genus, of which the extremity of the abdo- 

 men has been mutilated. This circumstance evidently in- 

 duced Mr. G. R. Gray to regard it as a male pupa. I am 

 sorry that I am unable to offer more precise characters of 

 the species. 



7. (224.) Haplopus bicuspidatus. 

 Pallide fuscus ; tuberculis capitis peracutis ; mesothorace 

 1" 2'" metiente ; vagina sensim angustiore, 7i" ultra abdo- 

 men producta ; abdominis articulo 6to parallelo ; tegmini- 

 bus 5'" longis ; pedibus pallide fuscis, latere inferiore spi- 

 nosis, spinis Bequidistantibus. 



P. (Haplopus) bicuspidatum, De Haan, Orthopt. Orient. 

 p. 128. 

 Hab. ? 



