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CATALOGUE OF ORTHOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Phasma (Xeroderus) laceratum, De Haan, Orthopt. Orient. 



p. 116. pi. 15. f. 1, mas. 



Hab. In Sumatra. Foeminam e Sarawak misit D. Wal- 

 lace. In Mus. Saunders et B.M. 



The general characters of the female above described so 

 closely resemble the detailed description given of the male 

 of Xeroderus laceratm by De Haan, that I have little 

 hesitation in considering it as the other sex of that species. 



Plate XXIX. Fig. 1. The female, of the natm'al size. 1 n. 

 The head anil prothor.ix seen sideways. 1 h. Tlie terminal 

 segments of the aljdoiiien seen below, with the anal styles 

 incurved (the operculum has been ijijured in the process of 

 preservation). 



6. (271.) Creoxylus auritus. 



Antennis longitudine corporis, nigro alboque variis ; 

 capitc fusco, spinis plurimis elevatis acutis, verticalibus 

 duabus majoribus compressis acuminatis ; thorace cylin- 

 drico, fusco, spiuis plurimis elevatis acutis sequalibus, scabro ; 

 elytris concavis, brevissimis, tuberculo magno medio com- 

 presso ; alis magnis, obscuris, margine exteriore late rufes- 

 centi-fusco maculate, fascia lata alba ; abdomine cylindrico ; 

 pedibus simplicibus. 



Mantis aurita, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. ii. p. 15 ; Ent. Syst. 

 Suppl. p. 189 (Phasma a.). 



Laireilte, Gen. Or. et Ins. iii. 87. 



G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 23 (Phasma a.). 



Hab. In India orieutali. 



Genus 27. CYPHOCRANIA. 



Cyphocrana, Servi/le, Enc. M. x. 445, ^ H. N. Orth. 236. 



G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 35. 

 Cyphocrania, 1 B., Burmeister, Uandb. d. Ent. 578. 

 Cyphocrania, A. pars. Tie Haan, Orth. Orient, p. 128. 



Body more or less rugose, with oval tegmina and large 

 wings (of equal size in both sexes). Head posteriorly gib- 

 hose ; ocelli three, more or less distinct ; antennae rather 

 short, multiarticulate ; eyes large and prominent. Meso- 

 thorax about thrice the length of the prothorax. Tegmina 

 oval, covering at least the basal third part, sometimes half, 

 of the wings ; smaller in the males than in the females. 

 Legs spinose, without membranous dilatations at the edges; 

 basal joint of the tarsi moderately short. Abdomen long, 

 cylindrical ; terminal segments short ; anal styles very 

 broad and rather short ; oviduct extending rather beyond 

 the extremity of the body. 



The species of which this genus is composed are amongst 

 the most gigantic of known insects. The types are natives 

 of the islands of the Eastern Ocean ; but there is considei- 



able diversity of structure among the other species, from 

 which the genus might easily be divided into sections and 

 subsections. 



1. (272.) Cyphocrania gigas. 



Fusco-lutea vel fulva, obscura, nigro-granulosa ; tegmi- 

 nibus areaque costali alarum virescentibus vel luteo-fuscis, 

 alarum basi tantum virescenti, nebulosa vel albo macu- 

 lata, venis teuuibus, area postica fusco-fasciata ; prothorace 

 inermi ; mesothorace spinuloso, spinulis viridibus apice 

 nigris, in foemina distantibus, in mare magis prominenti- 

 bus et approximatis ; pedibus spinulosis ; stylis analibus 

 maris ovatis, peracutis, fceminse dilatatis, margine inferiore 

 integro, superiore sinuato, apicali rotundato medio spinoso 

 (mas et foem.). 



Long. Corp. maris, unc. 5 ; expans. alar. unc. 6. 



Long. Corp. foem. unc. 8 ; expans. alar. unc. 8. 



" Corpus in liac specie omnium maximum, plus quam 

 spithamseum, crassitie digiti, pallidum. Caput rotunda- 

 tum, antennse setaceae. Collum rotundatum, capite bre- 

 vius, supra basin verruca bifida. Thorax elongatus, cy- 

 lindricus, scaber, punctis eminentibus sparsis. Elytra 

 unicoloria, ovato-oblonga, longitudine thoracis cum capite, 

 sed alis ])lus quam dimidio breviora, testacea, basi ele- 

 vata, uon vero carinata. Alse maximae, semiorbiculatse, 

 plicatse, ]iallide testacese, fasciis fuscis nebulosse, margine 

 anteriore costa lineari lata nervosa tegente alas et abdomen 

 instar elytrorum. Abdomen crassitie digiti, thorace triple 

 ■s. duple longius, teretiusculum, segmentis septem. Anus 

 feliolis 2 ovatis et unico subtus concave. Pedes 1 femo- 

 ribus triangularibus serratis, tibiis angulatis Isevibus subtus 

 serratis. Pedes 2 femeribus subtus angulis duobus ser- 

 rato-spinesis, tibiis triangularibus dentate-serratis. Pedes 3 

 femoribus et tibiis angulatis, angulis serrate-spinesis." — 

 LinncBUs, I. c. 



Varietas. (Mas forte) Quadruple minor, basi alarum pal- 

 lida aut rubra. 



Gryllus gigas, Linneeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) p. 425. n. 1 ; 

 Mus. Reg. VIr. p. 109; Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) p. 689. 



Shaw, Nat. Miscell. pi. 43. 



Rcesel,Ins. L. Gryll. t. 19. f. 9, 10. 



Bradley, Nat. t. 27. f. 6. 

 ."Vrumatia cruribus maculatis, Petiver, Gaz. t. 60. f. 2. 

 Arumatia, Mareyr. Bras. 251. 



Phasma gigas (Le ge'ant). Stall, Spectr. pi. 2. f. 5, & App. 

 (foem.). 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. ii. p. 14 ; Ent. Syst. Suppl. 

 p. 187 (Phasma gigas). 



Donovan, Ins. India, pi. 9. 



Lichtenstein, Linn. Trans, vi. 11. no. 9. 

 Spectrum gigas, Lamarck, An. s. Vert. iv. 254. 

 Mantis gigas, Olicier, Enc. M. vii. 625. no. 2. 



