Prof. J. Wood-Mason on a new /^Jec^*es o/PhasmidEe. 487 



minute transverse lalDrum is visible. Antennaj with very- 

 short 2nd joint and verj elongate 3rd joint. Thorax beneath 

 Avith a very broad deep lateral groove, which starts in front, 

 right across the prosternal suture, and then crosses to the 

 outside of it, so that the sutural line is rendered very indis- 

 tinct by this groove ; the groove is bordered externally by a 

 raised line, which at first sight miglit be mistaken for the line 

 of the prosternal suture. Hind coxal lamina much produced 

 over the trochanters. Tarsi slender, with 4th joint minutely 

 lobed. 



This species should be placed in the Eucnemides ; but I 

 cannot point out any near ally for it at present. 



XL VIII. — Description of a new 82)ecies o/Phasmldaj^rom the 

 Malay Peninsula. By Prof. J. Wood-Mason, Deputy 

 Superintendent, Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



Lonchodcs valgus^ sp. nov. 



? . Body about the same length and thickness as that of 

 Li. artemis^ Westw., cylindrical, obsoletely granulated above 

 and below, with a fine raised median dorsal line extending 

 from the apex of the mesothorax to the end of the j^enultimate 

 abdominal segment, xintennas (tips broken off) moderately 

 long and fine-setaceous ; basal joint large, dilated, oval, lon- 

 gitudinally carinate above. Head short, thick, and very con- 

 vex, its disk sloping to the insertion of the antennee and to 

 the occiput, from which it widens to the eyes ; armed with a 

 pair of great spoon-shaped oval horns, tlie front margins of 

 which are straight and the hinder arcuate, and the apices of 

 which are slightly bilobed. Eyes small. Mesothorax slightly 

 tapering in front, the metathorax widening slightly to the 

 insertion of the posterior legs. Penultimate dorsal segment 

 of the abdomen with a rugose boss at its hinder extremity • 

 the last carinate, grooved to the base, and divided at the apex 

 by an emargination into two rounded lobes. Supraanal plate 

 concealed. Cerci minute, conical. Operculum shaped much 

 as in L. cuniculus, Westw., but not quite reaching the extre- 

 mity of the abdomen. Fore femora serrated along the upper 

 crest; intermediate and posterior ones curved, the former very 

 strongly so ; all subtriquetrous and armed below near the apex 

 with a strong triangular tooth, and above with one or two 

 spinules on each crest ; the intermediate femora have also a 

 well-developed foliaceous lobe at the base of the lower and 

 inner crest. Tibia? all triquetrous, slightly curved, and pro- 



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