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List of the Described Genera and Species 



OF THE Australian and Polynesian 



Phasmid-^e (Spectre-Insects). 



By J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., RS.Sc, &c. 



•[Read October 21, 1902.] 



1. MYRONIDES, Stiil, Rev. Orth., III., p. 8, 1875. 



(Type — Lonchodes Pfeifferce, Westw., Cat. Orth., p. 44, pi. 5, 

 f. 6.) 

 M. FiLUM, Sharp, Willey's Zool. Results, 1897. p, 81, pi. 7, f. 1. 

 M. BiNODES, Sharp, I.e., f. 2. 

 M. BiTUBER, Sharp, I.e., p. 82. 

 M. SIMPLEX, Sharp, I.e., p. 83, f. 3. 

 M. SORDIDUS, Sharp, I.e., p. 83. 

 M. RAMULUS, Sharp, I.e., p. 83. 



Hab. — New Britain. 



2. LONCHODES, Gray, Syn. Phas.; Westwood, I.e., p. 36; Stal, I.e., 



p. 8, 66. 



(Type — L. genicv2atus, Westwood.) 

 L. NiGROPUNCTATUS, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc, Lond., VI., 

 p. 453. 

 Hah. — Lizard Island (Queensland). 



3. DIXIPPUS, Stal, I.e., p. 9, 66 (1875). 



(Types — Lo7ichodes nematodes, Westw. (female). Cat. Phas., 

 p. 421; and Phasma {Bacteria) nodosiun, DeHaan (male), 

 Orth., p. 133.) 

 D. (?) iNSULARis, Kirby, I.e., p. 460. 



Hah. — Thursday Island (New Guiuea). 



4. HYRTACUS, Stal, Rev. Orth, p. 10. 



(Type — Bacteria eutrachelia, Westw., I.e., p, 32, pi. 34, f. 11). 

 H. TUBERCULATUS, Stal, l.c. {B. eihtrachelia, Westw), p. 67. 

 Hab. — Western Australia. 



5. BRACHYRTACUS, Sharp, Willey's Zool. Results, 1898. 

 B. CELATUS, Sharp, I.e., p. 84, pi. 7, f. 4. 

 Hah. — New Britain. 



6. PACH\\\I0RPHA, Gray, Syn. Phas.; Stal, I.e., p. 9 {Phasma, Baeillm 



&c., auct.). 



P. SQUALIDA (Hope), Gray, I.e.; Westwood, Cat. Orth., p. 15, 

 pi. 22, f. 4 (fem.). 



