PHASMID^. PHASMA. 



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mina oval, half the length of the wings in the female, one- 

 third in the males. Wings large, equal-sized in botli sexes. 

 Legs short, two hind pairs dentated beneath. Tarsi with 

 the basal joint short. 



1. (299.) Podacanthus Typhon. 



Viridi-flavus ; tegminibus viridibus, subtus basi roseis, 

 maris margine externo roseo ; alis hyalinis albis, vel roseo- 

 tinctis, venis magis roseis, area costali viridi, basi et subtus 

 rosea ; abdomine flavo ; pedibus carneis. 



Long. corp. maris, 3" 2'"— 4" 1"' ; anten. 1" 9'" ; alar, 

 expans. .5" 9'". 



Long. Corp. fcEm. 5" 4"' ; anten. 1" 0'" ; alar. exp. 8" 6'". 



Podacanthus Typhon, G. R. Gray, Eat. of Anstr. i. pi. 2. 

 f. 1 ; Siin. Phasm. p. 32. 



Serville, H. N. Orth. p. 230. 

 Burmeister, llandh. d. Ent. ii. 2. 581. 

 Var. maris. Podacanthus unicolor (totus viridis), Charpen- 

 tier, Orffiopf. Descr. pi. 56. 



Hab. In Australia (Port Jackson, &c.). B.M., &c. 



2. (300.) Podacanthus viridi-rosens. 



P. Typhoni affinis sed multo minor ; viridis ; alis roseis, 

 nervis saturatioribus, basi violascentibus, area costali viridi, 

 vena mediana rosea, furcata, stylis analibus segmento ul- 

 timo foeniiufe brevioribus. 



Long. Corp. foem. unc. 3^ ; cap. lin. 3 ; anten. lin. 9 ; 

 proth. lin. 2 ; mesoth. lin. 3J ; metath. lin. 9i ; abdom. 

 lin. 21-t-lin. 7 + styl. anal. lin. li = lin. 29i ; tegm. lin. 19; 

 alar, expans. unc. 5^. 



Phasma viridi-rosea (Curtis, MS.). 



G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 43 (Podacanthus v.). 



Hab. \\\ Austraha, Moreton Bay, &c. Mus. Curtis, 

 Hopeiauo Oxoniae, &c. 



I am indebted to J. Curtis, Esq., for allowing me to exa- 

 mine and draw this and otlier species described from his 

 collection by Mr. G. R. Gray. 



Genus 31. LOXOPSIS, Westw. 

 Ilead with the crown couically and obliquely elevated. 

 Anteuuse moderately long. Mesnthorax about thrice the 

 length of the prothorax, subconical, dilated behind. Teg- 

 mina shortly ovate, one-fourth of the length of the wings. 

 Wings as long as the abdomen, very broad. Abdomen of 

 the female short and broad ; terminal segments short, 

 simple ; ovipositor extending nearly to the extremity of the 

 abdomen, ending in two short points. Legs rather short, 

 anterior simple ; hind legs armed with small spines. 



It is unfortunate that only the female of this very re- 

 markable insect is known. It is unique in the Museum of 

 Leyden. 



1 . (30 1 .) Loxopais conocephala. 



Foem. Olivacea ; capita tetragono, conico, acnto ; ely- 

 tris quartam partem alarum ajquantibus, acuto-carinatis ; 

 alis dilatatis, longitudinem abdominis squantibus, cycloi- 

 deis, fusco-griseis, maculis subfasciatis pellucidis ; abdomine 

 dilatato, brevi, fusco nigro-fasciato. 



Long. corp. 2" 2'" ; proth. 2'" ; mesoth. 4'" ; ped. post. 

 1" 4'" ; elytr. 5'" ; alar. 1" 6"'. 



Phasma conocephalum, Be Haan, Orth. Orient, p. 124. 

 pi. 12. f. 3, fem. 



Hab. In Sumatra. 



Genus 32. PHASBLA.. 



Phasma, pars, StoU, Fabricins, Lichtenstein. 



Burmeister, Handb. d. Ent. p. 583. 

 Phasma, Serrille (H. N. Orth. p. 267). 



Gray (Syn. Phastii. p. 22). 



De Haan, Orth. Orient. \). 123. 



Head small, subdepressed, often furnished with three 

 ocelli. Antennae generally very long and setaceous, espe- 

 cially in the males. Thorax much shorter than the abdo- 

 men. Mesothorax short, not more than twice the length of 

 the prothorax, smooth or spined. Tegmina minute, some- 

 times rather larger, oval, spinose, or elevated in the centre 

 of the median carina. Wings subliuear, nearly as long as 

 the abdomen in both sexes ; costal area narrow. Abdomen 

 filiform, cylindric ; anal styles short ; ovipositor of the fe- 

 male not extending beyond the extremity of the abdomen. 

 Legs moderately long and simple, sometimes slightly den- 

 tated, not dilated or armed with membranous lobes. 



Inhabit the New World. 



1. (302.) Phasma Hopei. 



Nigro-brunneum ; capite thoraceque flavo-lineatis ; teg- 

 minibus areseque costalis margine anteriore viridescenti- 

 flavis ; alis albidis, apice nigris ; abdomine nigro-brunneo, 

 apice pallidiori nigro-macnlato. 



Long. corp. maris, 2" ; anten. 3" ; alar, expans. 2" 9"'. 



Long. Corp. foem. 3" ; anten. 2" 6" ; alar, expans. 3" 6'". 



Phasma Hopii, G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 25 (nee Ph. 

 perspicillare, ut teste De Haan). 

 Hab. In Brasilia. B.M., &c. 



2. (303.) Phasma perspiciUare. 

 Griseo-brunneum ; tegminibus basi flavescentibus, area 



costaU alarum flavo-striata, area postica basi albida ; limbo 



