PIIASMID.E. PUASMA. 



femora ami tibiae «ith darker bands ; the basal joint of the 

 tarsi very long. 



Plate XII. Fig. 5. The male, of the natural size (drawn from 

 a specimen in which the tegmiua had been broken off ; but 

 other specimens have since been received from Mr. Bates, 

 showing the tegmina scarcely so large as represented by 

 the dots in this figure). 5 a. The terminal segments seen 

 laterally. 5 4. The last segment seen from beneath. 



31. (332.) Phasma Paxillus, Westw. 

 Plate XI. fig. 5, male. 



Elongatum, subcylindricum ; capite et thorace granu- 

 losis, abdomine subrugoso ; obscure viridi-nigricans ; capite 

 utrinque spinulis duabus iu medio verticis ; tegminibus 

 ellipticis, carina prope basin in lobum rotundatum elevata, 

 obscure viridibus, venis uigricantibus ; alis mesothorace 

 parum longioribus, area costali viridi-ciuerea, basi obscure 

 rosea, parte postica fumosa, strigis trausversis inter venas 

 pallidis ; abdominis segmentis apicalibus paulo dilatatis, 

 ultimo apice iuciso (mas). 



Long. Corp. unc. 2f ; cap. lin. 2 ; protli. lin. 1-f ; me- 

 soth. lin. b\; metath. lin. -1^ ; abdom. lin. 12 + lin. 3 = 

 lin. 15; tegm. lin. 3; alse, lin. 6 ; alar, expaus. lin. 131. 



Hab. In Brasilia. B.M. 



This species approaches Pit. brevipenne, Burm. ; but 

 that species is described as possessing ocelli, and as having 

 the wings three times as long as the tegmina, the latter 

 being mucronated in the middle ; iu all which respects it 

 differs from the one now under notice. The body is long, 

 rather slender and subcylindrical, of an obscure blackish 

 colour with a greenish tinge ; the head and thorax covered 

 with small granules ; the abdomen rugose. The head is 

 rather wider than the prothorax ; the eyes moderately pro- 

 minent, without ocelli ; the crown of the head with two 

 small spines on each side. The antennae reach to the middle 

 of the metathorax; they are 20-jointed, the joints being 

 long. The tegmina are elongate-ovate, rather narrow be- 

 hind ; they are of a dark greenish colour, with darker 

 veins ; the carina is strongly elevated near the base into a 

 rounded lobe. The wings are about twice the length of the 

 tegmiua, with the costal area ashy green, the base pale 

 obscure rosy ; "the posterior area smoky, with pale strigse 

 between the transverse veinlets. The abdomen is long, 

 with the sixth and seventh segments dilated, and the eighth 

 and ninth narrowed, the last being longitudinally carinated 

 above, the carina terminating iu a rather deep incision ; 

 anal styles short, obtuse, and slightly protruded ; the 

 seventh ventral segment is strongly angulated. The legs 

 are rather short ; the anterior femora rather dilated and 



rugose ; the basal joint of the tarsi not longer than the 

 three following joints. 



Plate XI. Fig. 5. The male, of the natural size. 5 a. The 

 tcnuiual segments of the abdomen seen sideways. 



The unique specimen of the male in the National Col- 

 lection has one of the hind legs only partially developed, 

 probably the result of an accidental renovation of the limb. 



32. (333.) Phasma Soranus, TFe.stw. 

 Plate XVII. fig. 3, female. 



Crassum, subc3'lindricum, Iseve, fuscum, obscurum; an- 

 tennis longis, gracillimis, ocellis tribus minutissimis inter 

 oculos positis ; pronoto fascia postica nigra ; mesothorace 

 prothorace baud dimidio longiori, couico ; tegminibus bre- 

 vibus ; alis apicem segmenti 5" abdominis attingente ; pe- 

 dibus longis, simplicibus (fcem.). 



Long. Corp. unc. 2^ ; cap. lin. 2 ; proth. lin. 2-k ; me- 



soth. lin. 3^; metath. lin. 4 ; abdom. lin. 10|^-(-lin. 3|= 



lin. 14 ; tegm. lin. 4 ; alse, hn. 13^ ; alar, expaus. unc. 2i. 



Hab. In Colombiee regione frigida Quindensi (D. Gon- 

 dot). In Mus. Saunders. 



This is a very curious species, distinguished by its ro- 

 bust body, very short mesothorax, and very long simple 

 legs and antennae. The head is rounded, convex, entire, 

 with three very minute ocelli ; the eyes very prominent. 

 Antennae long, slender, and multiarticulate, every fifth or 

 sixth joint being separated more distinctly from the follow- 

 ing than the others, making, at first sight, the antennae 

 appear as if composed of long joints each reducible into 

 several subarticulations. The prothorax is subconical ; the 

 anterior lateral angles semicircularly truncate ; the hind 

 margin with a broad black transverse fascia. The meso- 

 thorax is short, broad, subconical, and simple. The teg- 

 mina are small, subovate, emarginate on the hinder margin, 

 the reticulations pale-coloured ; the central carina but little 

 elevated. The wings are very wide ; the costal area dark 

 brown, with very numerous transverse parallel luteous 

 veinlets ; the main vein furcate near the base, the two divi- 

 sions uniting together again near the tip ; the hinder area 

 is smok}'- coloured, with brunneous longitudinal veins. The 

 abdomen is robust, swollen in the middle, and convex ; the 

 three terminal segments narrow, the eighth moderately 

 elevated ; the operculum boat-shaped, deepest near the 

 base ; the anal styles short and porrected. All the legs 

 are long and simple ; the tarsi long ; the hind ones two- 

 thirds of the length of the hind tibiae. 



Plate XVII. Fig. 3. The female, of the natural size. 3 a. 

 The terminal segments of the body seen sideways. 



