PHASMID^. METRIOTES. 



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several distinct groups ; and it is here confined to the spe- 

 cies placed by him at the end of the genus and their allies. 



I. (416.) Metriotes StoUii. 



Fusca ; alarum area costali obsolete 3-fasciata, area pos- 

 tica venis transversis late fuscis, hac versus basin nigra, 

 basi ipsa pallide viresceuti ; mesothorace spinis G per paria 

 dispositis ; abdominis segmentis basalibus macula oblonga 

 media postice dilatata nigra notatis (foem.). 



Long. Corp. 3" 8'" ; anten. 1" 18'" ; alav. expans. 5" 2'". 



Phasma reticulata. Stall, Spectr. pi. 23. f. 85. 

 Platycraua Stollii, G. R. Gray, Si/n. Phasm. p. 38. 



Burmeisfei; Handh. d. Ent. ii. 2. 582 (uec Ph. reti- 

 culata. Pal. Beam', pi. 14. f. 5). 

 Hab. America meridiouali (Burm.). 



2. (417.) Metriotes Blanchardi. 



" Obscure viridis, antennis nigro flavoque annulatis, ca- 

 pite liueis quinque nigris ; thorace linea media nigra ; ely- 

 tris obscure viridibus, nervis dilutioribus ; alls diaphaneis ; 

 parte coriacea viridi ; pedibus viridibus, femorum tibiarura 

 tarsorumque articuli primi apice uigris." 



Long. 65 mill. ; envergure 1 1 centim. 



Phasma reticulatum, Blanchard in D' Orhiyny , Voij. Amt'r. 

 Merid. Entomol.^. 215. pi. 2G. f. 7 (nee Ph. reticula- 

 tum. Pal. Beauv., nee Ph. reticulata, Stall). 



Hab. In sylvis in provincia de Chiquitos, odoreni mos- 

 chatum exhalans. 



3. (418.) Metriotes Santara, IJ'estw. 

 Plate XIV. fig. 4, female. 



Elongata, gracilis, subconvexa ; capite 3-ocellato, spi- 

 nisque verticalibiis armato ; pro- et mesonoto granuloso- 

 spiuosis ; tegminibus oblongis, apice acuminatis, rugosis, 

 carina valde elevata et abrupta ; alis pallide fuscis ; pedibus 

 brevibus, femoribus anticis subfoliaceis. 



Long. Corp. unc. 3| ; cap. lin. 2i ; proth. lin. 2A ; me- 

 sotb. lin. A^; metath. lin. 6 ; abdom. lin. 19 + lin. 3^ = 

 lin. 22^ ; tegm. lin. 7 ; alas, lin. 25 ; alar, expans. unc. 4^. 



Hab. In Brasilia, Santarem {D. Bates). B.M. 



Brown, obscure ; the metathorax and abdomen glossy ; 

 the head, tegmina, and costal area of the wings dirty green. 

 Head rather larger than the prothorax, subovate ; ocelli 3, 

 placed between the eyes ; vertex with a double row of 

 small spines, the anterior being the largest. Antenna; 

 about an inch and a half long, 40-jointed, the middle joints 

 long ; the ten or twelve apical ones very short. Prothorax 

 with its hinder division furnished with several minute spines 

 in pairs. Mesothorax short, with the sides nearly parallel, 



with two rows of small spines along the middle of the back 

 and with several along the flanks. Tegmina as long as the 

 pro- and mesothorax, rugose and uneven, the apex suddenly 

 acuminated ; the carina very strong, and raised into a 

 suddenly elevated lobe extending to the middle of the teg- 

 mina. Wings large ; costal area brown, with the base pale 

 dusky and slightly clouded, the chief vein twice furcate ; 

 posterior area pale dusky. Legs short, with the anterior 

 pair dilated along the femora, and slightly varied with pale 

 markings. Abdomen elongated, wider than the fore part 

 of the body ; terminal joints short and broad, the last trun- 

 cate at the tip, with the angles rounded off ; the anal styles 

 slightly porrected. The operculum is small and flat, scarcely 

 extending beyond the seventh dorsal segment, and followed 

 by two small flattened pointed a])pendages. 



Plate XIV. Fig. 4. The female, of the natural size. 4«. 

 The front of the body seen sideways. 4 b. The terminal seg- 

 ments seen from beneath. 4 c. The same seen laterally. 



4. (419.) Metriotes Biibastes, TVestiv. 

 Plate XIV. fig. 1, female. 



Elongata, gracilis, subdepressa, ferruginosa ; mesonoto 

 lineis nounullis gracilibus elevatis, spinisque sex teuuibus 

 instructo ; tegminibus oblongo-ovatis, versus basin spina 

 recurva armatis ; abdomine nitido luteo-fusco, fasciis 5 

 nigris ; pedibus et antennis brevibus ; alis fuscis, strigis 

 albis inter venulas transversas notatis (foem.). 



Long. Corp. unc. 3 ; cap. lin. 2 ; proth. lin. 2 ; mesoth. 

 lin. 4 ; metath. lin. 5 J ; abdom. hn. 18-1- lin. 4=lin. 22 ; 

 tegm. lin. 7 ; alee, lin. 2/ ; alar, expans. unc. 4^. 



Hab. In Brasilia (Tapajos). B.M. 



Allied to M. Stollii, but at once distinguished by the 

 spines on the tegmina. Long, narrow, subdeprcssed ; ob- 

 scure, except the abdominal segments, which are glossy ; 

 red-brown. Head small, subquadrate, subrugose, with four 

 small tubercles in a row close to the hind margin. An- 

 tenna; broken at the distance of eleven lines from the base, 

 the part remaining containing 24 joints. Mesothorax 

 shorter than the metathorax, narrow, with several fine lon- 

 gitudinal raised lines. Tegmina oblong-ovate, dull green ; 

 the basal half of the fore margin dull brown, and with two 

 black spots on the inner margin ; the carina very strongly 

 elevated, its basal angle produced into a strong spine di- 

 rected backwards. Wings large, pale yellowish at the 

 base ; costal area with the chief vein furcate near the 

 base, dull pale greenish brown, slightly varied with dusky 

 clouds and black spots and dots ; posterior portion brown, 

 with narrow transverse pale strigse between the slender 

 transverse veins. Legs short, without spines ; fore femora 



