PHASMID.E. PHYLLIUM. 



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Mr. fj. R. Gray has considered as more probably that of 

 a different species (P^. Genjon) : — 



" Nympha maris antennis 3'" longis glabris crassis, latere 

 interiore planis, exteriore rotundatis, ex 24 articulis com- 

 positis ; alis usque ad marginem posteriorem articuli 1°" 

 abdominis productis ; vagina convexa, apice rotundata ; 

 tibiis uti in characteribus specificis laudatis, femoribus an- 

 ticis parte interiore tantum lobatis." 



I cannot bring myself to think that Perry's Mantis foU- 

 (itus, on which Mr. G. R. Gray has founded his Ph. Gorgon, 

 is anything else than an ill-drawn figure of a female of Ph. 

 siccifolimn, rather increased beyond the true size, and with 

 the sides of the abdomen distorted and probably bent up- 

 wards. Riisel's figure, referred to by Linnaeus, represents 

 a female specimen, in which the four anterior legs have 

 evidently been broken off and transposed, the middle pair 

 as represented being evidently the fore legs. The insect 

 represented as the male in the Crochard edition of the 

 Reyne Animal, Lis. pi. 79. f. 1 i, is a male pupn, with the 

 auteunre of the intermediate siz^ between that of tbe larva 

 and the perfect male. 



iNIost of the specimens of the female whjch I have seen 

 are old ones, to which no precise locality is attached ; but 

 in the Hopeian Collection there is one from the Collection 

 of Latreille with the locality " Seychelles " attached to it 

 in his handwriting. 



2. (450.) Phyllium chlorophyllvun. 



Mas. Pallide flavus ; abdomine lato, subcyathiformi vel 

 cymbiformi ; femoribus anticis dilatatis, membrana interna 

 mediocri, margine basali integro, apicali valde dentato ; 

 membrana externa angusta, rotundata, Integra. 



Long. corp. 3"; anten. \" 8'" ; alar, expans. 3" 11". 



Phasma chlorophyllia (La patte feuillette), SfoU, Spectr. 



pi. 23. f. 89, and App. 

 Phasma StoUii, LepeJ. et Serv. Enc. Mt'th. x. I l.i. 

 Fhyllium chlorophyllum, G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 31, 



and in Zoologist, 1843, i. 119. 



Burmeister, Handb. d. Ent. ii. 2. 590. 

 Ph. (Phyllium) siccifohum, mas, De Ilaan, Ortk. Orient. 



p. 1 1 1 . pi. 15. f. 7, pupa maris ? 



Hab. ? 



There is a specimen in the Collection of the Jardin des 

 Plantes, which appears to agree with Stoll's figure above 

 referred to ; but it is only 2f inches long ; the tegmina are 

 long, extending to the extremity of the second segment 

 of the abdomen, which latter is rounded at the sides, the 

 widest part being at the extremity of the fourth segment ; 

 the sides are, however, bent upwards. I was for some time 



deceived as to this specimen, in consequence of its having 

 had a fore leg replaced by a hind one, and am still by no 

 means satisfied that it is anything else than a discoloured 

 and somewhat ill-dried specimen of the male of Ph. sicci- 

 folium. 



3. (451.) Phyllium Celebicum. 

 Plate XL. fig. 6, male. 



Mas. Lcete viridis ; antennis 25-articulatis, articulis pone 

 medium elongato-ovalibus, angulo interuo baud prominenti 

 ut in Ph. crurifoUo, ultimis sensim brevioribus ; mesonoti 

 lateribus epimerisque mediis obtuse tuberculatis, tegmini- 

 bus ad medium segmenti 2'*' absque ad apicem 8" extensis ; 

 femoribus anticis latis, lobo externo elongato-triangulari, 

 margine apicali serrato, lobo interno paulo minori, luteo- 

 bimaculato, margine apicali profunde dentato ; femoribus 

 intermediis anticis paulo minoribus, attamen forma simi- 

 libus ; femoribus posticis membrana nulla marginis, antici, 

 lobo postico elongate subtriangulari, margine apicali ser- 

 rato ; tibiis anticis 2 intus lobatis luteoque variegatis ; tibiis 

 4 posticis absque membrana, posticis 2 vix rectis ; abdo- 

 mine subconico, segmento basali lateribus parallelis, 2''' apice 

 sensim paulo latiori, 3"° ultra medium ()'' sensim dilatato, 

 4'° bioculato, G" apice subito utrinque incurvo, 7""" multo 

 angustiori et cum 8™ et 9"" triangulum parvum reversum 

 fingente. 



Foem. Femorum anticorum lobis internis et externis in- 

 eequalibus, hisce bis latioribus, basi sinuatis, angulatis, 

 limbo integro vel subserrato, illis angustis, eroso-triden- 

 tatis ; pedibus mediis et posticis uti in P. siecifolio ; tibiis 

 4 posticis simplicibus ; alis elongatis, abdominis articuli 

 3'" apicem vix adcequantibus, pellucidis ; nervis longitudi- 

 nalibus4, alarum area antica a postica non distincta, nervis 

 vero sejunctis ; tegminibus usque ad articuli 5" apicem pro- 

 ductis, limbo inferiore sub nervo postico dilatato ; capite 

 convexo, abdominis articulis duobus anterioribus sensim a 

 basi latioribus, 3''" medio angulato, 4"', 5'" et C'° paral- 

 lelo, z""" abrupte angustiore, reliquis sensim attenuatis ; 

 vagina carinata, basi rotundata, dimidio apicah trigone, 

 acuto, fere ad apicem abdominis articuli ultimi extenso ; 

 lobis internis acutis, ajjicibus ad apicem stylorum analium 

 extensis. 



Long. corp. maris, une. 2J-; cap. lin. 2 ; anten. lin. 17 ; 

 tegm. hn. 9 ; alar, expans. une. 3^ ; lat. segmenti C' ab- 

 dominis in medio, lin. 10. 



Long. corp. foem. une. 3, hn. 7 ; tegm. une. 2 ; ejusd. lat. 

 lin. 8i ; lat. lob. post, femor. ant. lin. 4 ; lob. ant. hn. 2^ ; 

 lat. segm. 3"' abdom. ultra medium, lin. 17^ ; segm. 6"' 

 lin. 17. 



