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have quite the appearance of larval forms, and it is worthy of 

 note that the elongation of the mesothorax, which is one of the 



Fig. 162, Palophus centaurus. Old Calabar. Half natural size. (After West wood.^) 



most marked featm-es of the Phasmidae, is in these forms only 



very slight. 



^ The antennae in the specimen represented were no doubt mutilated, though 

 Westwood did not say so. 



