Species of Phasmide from the Louisiade Archipelago. 229 
Hemirhamphus, sp. 
Several young specimens of a species of Hemirhamphus 
cylindrical in shape and only partly covered with small scales 
on the hind part of the body, with a bright, silvery, well- 
defined band, were collected by Mr. Styan at Kiu-Kiang on 
March 27. The determination of these specimens as to 
species is uncertain at present. 
Clupea Reevesii, Rich. 
Mr. Styan collected specimens 30 inches long. 
Salanx chinensis, Osbeck. 
This species ascends the river to Kiu-Kiang, where Mr. 
Styan obtained a specimen on March 27. 
XXV.—Notes on the Species of Phasmide collected by Basil 
Thomson, Esq., in the Louisiade Archipelago. By W.F. 
Kirpy, F.E.S., Assistant in Zoological Department, 
British Museum (Natural History). 
In addition to Lepidoptera Mr. Thomson collected a small 
number of other insects, including some extremely interesting 
Phasmide. Among these were three female specimens which 
I cannot distinguish specifically from the wide-ranging and 
somewhat variable Hurycantha horrida, Boisd. ‘The smallest 
of these is of a dark reddish-brown and measures 136 milli- 
metres (54 inches) in length; it much resembles specimens 
which we have previously received from Thursday Island. 
The other two are darker and much larger than any specimens 
previously in the collection of the British Museum; the 
largest measures 183 millim. (about 74 inches) in length and 
25 millim. (an inch) across the thorax. The small specimen 
is from Goodenough Island and the two large ones from 
Rossel Island. 
There is also a series of both sexes of a small Promachus 
taken on Sudest Island, Oct. 10, 1888, and a much larger 
female, taken on Rossel Island on Oct. 18. These have con- 
siderable general resemblance, and I might have considered 
the small specimens to be only the immature form of the larger 
one, but that the proportions of the tarsi are very different. 
