PHASMID.E. CYPHOCRANIA. 



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Phasma (Cvphocrania) gigas. Be Haan, Orth. Orient. 

 p. 129. pi. 14. fig. 3, male. 



Burmeister, Handh. d. Ent. ii. 57!). 

 Cyphocrana gigas, LepeL et Serville, Enc. M. x. p. 445. 

 Serville, Ann. Sci. Nat. xxii. p. CO ; //. N. Orth. 



p. 237. 

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



Hab. Amboyna, Molucca. B.M., &c. 



Varietas. Fusca, artubus dilute fuscis, fusco-undulatis ; 

 thorace tereti, granulato ; elytris brevibus, ovatis, medio 

 gibbis, dente elevato obtuso, dilute testaceis, basi et apice 

 fuscis ; pedibus spinulosis. 



Long. Corp. unc. 7^. 



Phasma gigas (Le geant), Stoll, Spectr. pi. 1. f. 1, fem. 

 Phasma Empusa, Lichtenstein, Linn. Trans, vi. p. 12. 



no. 10. 

 Le grand Soldat de Cayenne, Buffoii, PI. Enl. Suppl. pi. 65. 



f. 1. 

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

 Serville, H. N. Orth. p. 237. 

 Burmeister, Handb. d. Ent. ii. 2. 579. 



Hab. In India orientali. Mus. Holthuys. 



De Haan considers the insect figured by Stoll to be 

 merely a coloured variety of C. gigas. Serville also was 

 evidently of the same opinion, although he gave them as 

 distinct (see note in H. N. Orth. p. 239). 



2. (273.) Cyphocrania Reinwardtii. 



Foem. Alarum area postica pellucida, fusco-fasciata ; area 

 antica uti et elytris fuscescentibus, nervis fortioribus ; pro- 

 thoraee medio spinuloso, spinulis biseriatis ; mesothorace 

 <ibicunque, hypothorace infra spinis peracutis validis cou- 

 coloribus, infra et lateribus longioribus circumdato ; cercis 

 anahbus dilatatis, parallelis, ultra medium latere externo 

 carinatis, apice sinuatis (fcem.). 



Long. corp. foem. unc. 8^ ; cap. lin. G ; anten. lin. 24 ; 

 proth. lin. 5 ; mesoth. lin. 14 ; metath. lin. 14 ; abdom. 

 unc. 3|^ + unc. 1 = unc. 4| ; tegm. unc. 2^ ; alar, expans. 

 unc. 8. 



Ph. (Cyphocrania) Reinwardtii, De Haan, Orth. Orient. 

 p. 130. pi. 10. f. 1 2 . 



Hab. In Nova Guinea (littore occid. merid.). 



I have already noticed, that the Cyphocrania acantho- 

 mera of Burmeister (which De Ilaan considered might be 

 the male of this fine insect) is the male of Monandroptera 

 inuHcans. 



3. (274.) Cyphocrania Goliath. 



Ceerulescenti-viridis ; mesothorace scabriusculo aut sub- 

 laevi, flavo, linea media cserulescenti-viridi ; tegminibus 



magnis, viridibus, macula lineaque rubro-albis, margine in- 

 teriore sanguineo ; alls hyalinis, glaucis, basi nervis san- 

 guineis, area costali viridi basi linea media et subtus san- 

 guineis ; abdomine flavescenti-viridi, articulis flavis nigro 

 marginatis, foliolis brevibus in medio carinatis, literam V 

 iuversam referentibus ; operculo longe ultra apicem abdo- 

 minis extenso, cymbiformi ; pedibus valde serratis, 4 an- 

 ticis fasciatis, tibiis 2 posticis fortiter spinosis ; meso- et 

 metasternis transverse fasciatis, fasciis nigris et elevatis. 

 Long. corp. 8^" ; expans. alar. 8". 



Diura Goliath, G. R. Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc. i. p. 45 ; Syn. 



Phasm. p. 39 (Acrophylla G.). 

 Pliasma (Cyphocrania) Goliath, Audouin et Brulle, Hist. 



Nat. Ins. t. ix. pi. 7. p. 105. 

 DeHaan, Orth. Orient, p. 128. 



Hab. Java, Timor, New Guinea, Moreton Bay, northern 

 parts of New Holland. B.M., &c. 



Far. foem. major. Cyphocrana versirubra, Serville, Orth. 



p. 235. 

 Cyphocrana herculeaua, Charpentier, Orth. Descr. pi. 1. 



Virescens ; capite postice subangustato, supra brunneo 

 lineato ; mesothorace prothorace quadruplo longiori, cyliu- 

 drico, subrufo, medio subcarinato et utrinque spinis 5 vel 6 

 armato, lateribusque spinosis ; meso- et metasternis lineis 

 duabus spinarum hujusque lateribus spinosis ; tegminibus 

 mesothorace subbrevioribus, ovalibus, absque elevations 

 mediana, viridibus, striola basali alteraque pone medium 

 disci albis ; alls abdomine parum brevioribus, pellucidis, 

 viridi-brunneis, costa opaca, supra viridi, basi purpurea, 

 subtus discoque infero tegminum rubro-purpureis ; operculo 

 foeminse canaliculato, infra unicarinato ; pedibus corpore 

 concoloribus obscurius vel bruuueo-marmoratis, femoribus 

 anticis serratis, 4 posticis spinosis, spinis interuis postico- 

 rum majoribus (foem.). 



Long. corp. 9-10 unc. 



Hab. In Nova Hollandia (nee Brasilia). In Mus. 

 Ilopeiano Oxonice. 



The typical specimen of this variety, now in the Hopeian 

 Museum, bears a label in the handwriting of Latreille in- 

 scribed " Brds." (Brazil). This incorrect locality, given 

 by Serville, has deceived subsequent authors. 



Far. foem. ininor. Cyphocrana versifasciata, Serville, H. 

 N. Orth.]). 235. 



Virescens, subnitida ; capite fere Isevi ; mesothorace pro- 

 thorace quadruplo longiori et parum latiori, cylindrico, 

 carina mediana gracili et utrinque tuberculis spiniformibus 

 armato, lateribus etiam meso- et metauoti tuberculis spini- 

 formibus armatis ; his infra fasciis brunneis transversis 

 seque distantibus variatis, tuberculis spinosis duplici serie 



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