On a neio Species of Talo^hus from West Africa. 270 



XXX. — Description of a new Species of Palophus (Pliasmidge) 

 from West Africa. By W. F. KiUBY, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



Lakge Phasmida? are probably numerous in Africa, but tliey 

 are at present usually received only as single un))airetl 

 specimens, and are very little known. Herewith I describe 

 a male specimen lately received from West Africa, allied to 

 Palophus centaurus of Westwood, and associate with it, with 

 some slight hesitation, a specimen which has been in the 

 Natural History Museum for some years, included in the 

 series of P. centaurus, from which it appears to be distinct, 

 though the differences are less salient than in the male. 



Palophus Alldridgei, sp. n. 



Dimensions [S)' 



mm 



Long, corporis (circa) 190 



„ capitis 5 



„ coruu 5 



„ pronoti 7 



„ mesonoti 27 



,, uietanoti 10 



,, segm. med 13 



„ tegm 10 



K.xp. al. ~ 190 



Long. fern, ant 51 



„ „ med 38 



„ „ post 45 



Dimensions ( ? ) . 



mm. 



Long, corporis 230 



„ capitis 8 



„ cornu 1) 



„ pronoti 9| 



„ mesonoti 44" 



„ metanoti 15 



„ segm. med 20 



„ tegm 2o 



Exp. al 175 



Long. fern, ant 63 



„ „ med 45 



„ „ post 50 



^[ale. — Almost uniform wood-brown. Head witii a double 

 laminated crest, sliii,htly oblique, trifid above, and slightly 

 deutated in front; behind it is a short, pointed, conical tubercle 

 on each side, and several smaller pointed tubercles. Median 



