MR. HENRY WALTER BATES ON PHASMIDE. 349 
(cirea); prothor. 2"; mesoth. 3’; abdom. 1” 13” +347”=1" 5”; tegmin. 4”; ale 
IER 
Closely allied to Ph. putidum, but more robust in body, and having rather more 
rounded wings. The great difference, however, is in the form of the tegmina, which are 
. rounded or ovate in outline, and have very strongly flexuous central carinæ, the elevated 
part of which is not acute, but blunt or broadly rounded; the black spot on the costal 
side of the elevation is not in the form of a stripe, but a broad comma-shaped spot, occu- 
pying the space between the central carina and the subcostal one. The colour of the 
tegmina is tawny-ochraceous, and the costal area of the wings differs from that of Ph 
putidum and allied species in being of a uniform tawny-chestnut hue. The membrane is 
_ of a very dark brown, and scarcely transparent. The antennæ and legs are wholly 
blackish. The upper side of head and anterior parts of the thorax are rough on the surface 
and dingy tawny-brown in colour, and there is a yellowish line along each side of the 
head behind the eyes. The terminal dorsal segments of the abdomen are slightly raised 
in the middle of their hind margins. The anal styles are very short and linear. The 
operculum reaches nearly to the dorsal tip of the abdomen, and is narrowed to a point at 
the apex. 
Hab. Pará, Amazons. One example (9). 
PHASMA PUTIDUM. Mas et Fem. Cylindricum, fuscum, capite pro- et mesothorace et 
tegminibus pallide griseo-brunneis, his vitta lata nigro-velutina; pedibus rufescentibus, 
femoribus (basi excepta) nigris; capite subquadrato, supra plano ; mesothorace brevi, 
lineari, acute granulato; tegminibus carina medio valde elevata conica compressa, 
deinde ad marginem recta; alarum area costali olivacea, venis maculisque obscuri- 
oribus, membrana pallide olivaceo-fusca diaphana ; stylis analibus brevibus, obtusis ; 
antennis setaceis, elongatis. (Pl. XLV. f. 2.) 
Maris segmento dorsali terminali obtuso, segmentis genitalibus valde tumidis, conicis, 
apice emarginato. | 
Femine operculo lato, parum convexo, acuminato. 
g Long. corp. 2" 3/7; anten. 2” 6”; mesothor. 22"; abdom. 1” 2”+3”=1" 5"; 
tegmin. 22"; ale 1" 5'". 
? Long. corp. 2" 10"; mesothor. 3"; abdom. 1” 4"4-33"—1" 7$"; tegmin. 457; 
alee 2”. 
Closely allied to Phasma Menius, Westw. (Cat. Phasm. pl. xvii. f. 2), but differs in the 
remarkable compressed-conical and acute elevations of the central part of the median 
earina and in the uniform dingy-brown colour of the wing-membranes. The body is of 
à dingy-brown hue; but the upper surface of the head, pro-, and mesothorax is of a pale 
greyish colour; the tegmina are also of this colour, but they have each a broad black 
vitta extending from the base to the apex, and covering the costal side of the triangular 
elevation of the median carina. The costal area of the wings is of a dull olive-green hue, 
speckled irregularly with darker olive. The legs are pale tawny reddish, with the femora 
(except near the base) nearly black. The antennæ are blackish, with the bases of the 
joints pale reddish. The abdomen in the female has the posterior edge of the two or 
