PHASMID.E. PHASMA. 



121 



abdom. lin. 14 + lin. 3 = lin. 17; tegm. lin. 3 ; alar, expans. 

 unc. 3i. 



Long. Corp. foem. unc. 3 ; cap. lin. 2f ; mesoth. lin. 3^ ; 

 metath. lin. 5 ; abdom. lin. 18 + lin. 3i = lin. 2H ; tegm. 

 lin. 4 ; alar, expans unc. 4-i. 



Gryllus Necvdaloides, Linnceus, Amoen. Acad. (Ceiitur. 

 Ins.) vi. 397. no. 32; Si/st. Nat. xii. 2. 691. 



"Corpus fusco-fuliginosum. Caput supra obscure fer- 

 rugincum. Thorax subelougatus, supra scaber, brevior 

 quam in reliquis Mantis spcciebus. Elytra brevissima, om- 

 nino orata, obtusa, angulo humerali exstautia, supra ci- 

 nerea, sub angulo ad latera nigra. Alas obscure uebulosse, 

 convolutse ct plicatae, longre." — Amcen. Acad. 



" Dignoscitur elytris ovatis, brevissirnis, viridibus, extus 

 nigris. Mas longe angustior, thoracis linea dorsali bifariam 



dentata, a femina crassiore et thorace Isevi differt." Syst. 



Nat. 



Mantis Necvdaloides, Ri'isel, Locust, t. 19. 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. ii. 14. 7; Eut. Si/st. Supnt 



p. 189. 7 (Phas'ma N.). 

 Olivier, Enc. Mith. vii. 62.i (Mantis N.). 

 ServiUe, H. N. Orth. p. 270 (Phasma N.). 

 Phasnia Necydaloides, i)e //«««, Oith. Orient, p. 123. 

 Gryllus pbtliisicus, Linn. Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) p. 425. no. 2 ; 

 Mus. Adolph. Frid. 83; Mus. Reg. Ulr. p. 110- Si/si 

 Nat. ed. 12. ^.G89. 2. 



" Corpus cinereum, longitudine 4 digitorum transver- 

 sorum, crassitie pennse anseriuse. Caput subrotundum, 

 leeve. Antennae setaceee. Collum Iseve, subrotundum, lon- 

 gitudine capitis. Thorax elongatus, subcylindricns, longi- 

 tudine capitis cum thorace, niuricatus, puuctis eniinentibus 

 \ix conspicuis. Elytra brevissima, ovata, in medio notata 

 gibbo carinato, extus nigra, hnea alba carinali distinguente 

 nigredinem a colore cinereo. Alee longre, cinereae, semi- 

 orbiculatae, plicatae, margine exteriore lineari-lanceolato, 

 crassiore, cinereo-nebuloso, elytra mentiente tegente alas et 

 abdomen. Pedes angulati, Iseves, nee spinosi." — Linn. 



Mantis plithisica, De Geer, Mem. Ins. iii. 9. 1. pi. 36. f. 1. 



Gmelin, Syst. Nat. no. 2049. 



Olivier, Enc. Mi':th. \\\. 626. no. 5. 



ServiUe, Ann. Sc. Nat. xxii. 58. 



Cuvier, Regne An. {ed. Crochard) Ins. pi. 80. f. 2. 

 Phasma edule, var. /3, Lichtenstein, Linn. Trans, vi. 13. 

 Phasma bioculatum (Spectre brun sombre a miroirs noirs). 

 Stall, Spectr. pi. 20. f. 7G. 



G. R. Gray, Syyi. Phasm. p. 24. 



Hah. Surinam ; Cayenne ; Brazil. B.M., &c. 



A specimen from Bogota, in the British Museum, differs 

 from the ordinary Brazilian individuals in having the carina 

 of the tegmina acutely conical, and not rounded in the 

 middle of its elevation ; in the white mark of these organs 

 not being curved (somewhat like a reversed S) ; in the 



limder part of the wings being paler ashy coloured ; in 

 the red base of the femora and fulvous-red tibia;, instead 

 of being uniformly black with the rest of the legs. In 

 all other respects it so completely agrees, that I do not 

 feel inclined to regard it as a distinct species. 



13. (314.) Phasma variegatiim. 



Parvum ; antennis brevissirnis (.') ; thorace tereti, glabro ; 

 tegminibus brevissimis, ovatis ; alarum costa lata, fusca, 

 fasciis quatuor sulphureis, area postica ad basin hyalina ; 

 abdomiue subdepresso, dilute fuliginoso. 



Long. Corp. circ. unc. 2. 



Phasma variegata (Spectre marquete). Stall, Mant. t. 8. 

 f. 26. 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 189. 

 Phasma variegatum, Lichtenstein in Linn. Trans, vi. 15. 

 no. 18. 



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



ServiUe, Ann. Sc. Nat. xxii. 58. 



G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 24. 



Serrille, II. N. Orth. p. 271 (Phasma v.). 



I)e Ilaan, Orth. Orient, p. 123. 

 Mantis tessulata, Oliv. Enc. Meth. vii. 637. no. 63. 

 Flab. In Surinam. 



14. (315.) Phasma prasinum. 



Viridulum ; thorace gracili, sulco medio longitudinal! ; 

 mesothorace longitudinaliter sulcato ; tegminibus mesotho- 

 race dimidio brevioribus, viridibus, apice truucato-sinuatis, 

 carina mediana lix distincta ; ahs abdominis longitudine, 

 flavidis, hyalinis, costa opaca viridi flavido-tessellata ; pedi- 

 bus concoloribus, femoribus tibiisque macula nigra apicali ; 

 antennis corpore longioribus, articulis viridibus, apice 

 brunneis (abdomiue mutilo) (mas). 



Long. Corp. 2 unc. 



Pliasma prasinum, ServiUe, H. N. Orth. p. 272 (nee Ph. 

 prasinum, Btirm. p. 586). 



Be Haan, Orth. Orient. -p. 123. 

 Hab. ? 



15. (316.) Phasma cinereum. 



Cinereum ; mesothorace tereti, glabro ; tegminibus bre- 

 vissimis, lanceolatis, cinereis, fusco-reticulatis ; alis dilute 

 cinereis, fusco-venosis, area costali rufescenti, fusco-nebu- 

 losa ; antennis brevibus, setaceis ; femoribus anticis utrinque 

 membrana tenui instructa. 



Long. Corp. 2" 5'" ; anten. 7'" ; alar, expans. 3" 3'". 



Phasma cinerea (Le Spectre de couleur cendre'e), Stoll 

 Spectr. t. ] 4. f 56, f App. 



Lichtenst. Linn. Trans, vi. 16 (Phasma ciu.). 



