438 Mr. W. I<\ Kirby— Notes on Phasmidaa 



the sides ; head and pronotum with slender black central and 

 lateral lines ; thorax granulated ; tegmina with a raised 

 central carina, marked with yellow at the base before the 

 carina and towards the extremity behind it; costal area of 

 wings pale brown, the nervures interrupted with blackish ; 

 rest of wings brownish hyaline, with yellowish nervines, 

 scarcely interrupted with darker, those towards the base 

 distinctly red. Wings in both sexes considerably broader 

 than the length of the head and thorax together. 



Ilab. Tonkin (Tan Moi), June and July (Fruhstorfer) . 



Described from three (one male and two female) specimens. 



The male is very distinct, but the female is very similar to 

 N. sipylus, Westw., except for the breadth and red basal 

 nervures of the wings. I should not be surprised to find that 

 the wings of N. tonquinensis were more or less flushed with 

 red, at least at the base, in perfectly fresh specimens. It is 

 one of the largest species of the Necrosciina3. 



Subfam. IX. Acrophyllin&. 

 Genus ACANTHOMIMA, nov. 



Allied to Acanthodyta, Sharp ; head very long ; antennae 

 with the basal joint very large and flattened, second annular; 

 flagellum very short, scarcely longer than the head ; meso- 

 notum granulated, with from 2 to 4 small asymmetrical 

 spines ; median segment about two fifths as long as the 

 metanotum ; front femora curved at base and with from 4 to 6 

 strong serrations between the curve before the middle. 

 Tegmina and wings rudimentary. 



Type, Anophelepis rhipheus, Westw., from Swan River. 



Genus Arrhid^eus, Stal. 



Arrhidceus phlyctcenoides. 



Marmessoidea phluctainoides, Rebn, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1904, 

 p. 73. 



Long. corp. 48, long, mesonoti 10, lat. 4, long. fern. ant. 13, 

 ex p. al. 38 mm. 



Female. — Bright green ; head large, slightly convex, twice 

 as long as the very small pronotum ; antennas reddish brown, 

 with more than 30 joints ; a yellow line running from the 

 eye to the back of the head and along the borders of the pro- 

 and mesonotum. Pronotum with crossing sulcations, the 

 transverse one well before the middle. Mesonotum mode- 

 rately broad, finely granulated, and with a slight median 

 carina. Legs unarmed; femora moderately stout, nearly as 



