PHASMID.E. CYPHOCRANIA. 



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Phasma reticulata, Pal.de Beatw. Ins. Am. et Afr. n. ICli 

 pi. 14. f. 5. ^ 



G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 38 (Platycrana r.). 

 Hab. St. Domingo. 



7. (278.) Cyphocrania ? hectica. 



" Capite oblongo-ovato, fronte in cornu acute (bifoliate), 

 porrecto ; thorace tereti, scabriusculo ; pedibus aiigulatis, 

 anticis latissimis, tibiis dentatis ; tegminibus brevissimis, 

 juxta basin spinosis ; alis hyalinis fusco maculatis." 



Long. Corp. fere unc. 5 ; expans. alar. unc. 3^. 



Phasma hecticum, Lichtenstein, Limi. Trans, vi. pp. 14 & 



39. pi. 1. f. 2, mas. [?] 

 Platycrana hectica, G. R. Gray, Si/n. Phasm. p. 36. 

 Palophus Haworthii, fern. ?, ante, p. 90. 



Hab. In Sina [ ? ]. Olim in Mus. Holthuysen. 



Lichtenstein' s figure of this species is evidently more 

 faithful in some respects than his descrijitien : thus, the 

 tegmina, which he says are " brevissimis," are in fact ob- 

 long-ovate, and as long as the metathorax ; and the fore legs 

 are not so broad as to merit the term "latissimis." It is 

 described as a male, and as a native of China. I can scarcely 

 doubt, however, but that it is an African insect, of the 

 female sex, and that it is, in fact, the female of Palophus 

 Haworthii, ante, p. 90. The armature of the legs, the 

 quadrinodose mesothorax, the bilobed fourth and fifth seg- 

 ments of the abdomen, and the emargination of the terminal 

 segment, observable in Liclitenstein's figure, are all found 

 in the Berlin and Leyden specimens of the female, which 

 is Burmeister's Haplopus ceratophyllus. It is indeed not 

 improbable that the Leyden specimen may be the original 

 Holthuysian type described by Lichtenstein. 



8. (279.) Cyphocrania aestuans, Westw. 

 Plate YII. fig. 4, female. 



Luteo-cinerea obscura, nigro granulosa, valde elongata ; 

 capite tuberculis duobus eoir.positis inter oculos, alterisque 

 minoribus triplici serie utrinque dispositis ; mesothoracis 

 dorso spinis nonnullis parvis irregularibus armato ; alarum 

 area antica luteo-fusca, postica chalybea, basi pallidius vix 

 tessellata ; pedibus longis, fusco subannulatis, tibiis qua- 

 tuor posticis extus bilobatis ; segmento quarto abdominis 

 supra ad apicem lobato (fcem.). 



Long. Corp. fere unc. 7; cap. lin. 4^ ; proth. lin. 4i ; 



mesoth. lin. 18; metath. lin. 14 ; abdom. unc. 3, lin. 9| 



-1-lin. 8i = unc. 4\ ; tcgm. lin. 9 ; alee, lin. 18 ; alar, expans. 



unc. 3, lin. 2. 



Hab. Congo, Senegallia. In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonia;, 

 olim West wood, et B.M. 



This fine species is nearly the size of Ph. reticulata of 

 Palisot de Beauvois ; but the wings and wing-covers arc- 

 scarcely more than half the size of those of that species. 

 The entire insect is of an obscure luteous ashy or pale buft- 

 brown colour, the surface having a great number of mi- 

 nute black granules. The head is oval, with two larger com- 

 pound tubercles between the eyes, and with small tubercles 

 on the back part of the head arranged on each side iu 

 three longitudinal rows. The antennae are shorter than 

 the mesothorax, with the basal joints of moderate size. 

 The prothorax is rugose, and of equal length with the head. 

 The mesothorax is armed with three or four small spines 

 on each side of the median hue, placed irregularly. The 

 metathorax has the posterior portion greatly elongated. 

 The abdomen is very long, and nearly equally broad, and 

 simple, except the fourth segment, which has a double lobe 

 on its hinder margin on the uj)])er side ; the eighth segment 

 is very short, the ninth truncated at its extremity ; the 

 seventh ventral segment is but little swollen, and extends 

 to one-third of the length of the ninth dorsal segment ; its 

 extremity is emarginate ; the two anal styles are short and 

 thick. The tegmina are oval, equal to the head and pro- 

 thorax in length, with a slightly elevated space between the 

 base and the middle. The wings are twice the length of 

 the tegmina, extending, when closed, to the extremity of the 

 first segment of the abdomen ; the costal area is uniform 

 reddish brown, with the median vein furcate ; the hind 

 area is steel-blue and glossy, with the base slightly tessel- 

 lated with somewhat paler spots. The fore legs are long 

 and nearly simple. The four hind legs have the femora 

 ' furnished near the base and apex beneath with a small lobe, 

 also on the upper side near the base and in the middle ; 

 the tibise have two lobes before and beyond the middle on 

 the outer edge, and a small one on the inner edge towards 

 the base ; the tarsi are simple. The legs are slightly 

 banded with dark brown. A specimen in the British 

 Museum has the fore and middle legs on tiie right-hanil 

 side imperfectly developed. 



Pl.\te VII. Fig 4. The female insect, of the uatin-al size. 

 4 n. The terminal segments of the abdomen seen from he- 

 neath. 4 h. Ditto seen laterally. 4 c. The fourth ab- 

 ilominal segment seen laterally. 



9. (280.) Cyphocrania Pasimachus, TJ'estw. 

 Pl.\te IX. fig. 5, female. 



Fusca, granulosa, elongata ; capite tuberculis niajoribus 

 per paria dispositis ; mesothorace spinis duabus in njedio 

 armato ; tegminibus oblongo-ovatis, obscure fuseo-vire.s- 

 centibus, carina valida ante medium instiuctis ; alarum area 



