306 MR. HENRY WALTER BATES ON PHASMIDA. 
green hue. The membrane of the wings is transparent, and very slightly tinged with 
pale greenish brown. 
Hab. Sula islands (Wallace). One example, Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
NECROSCIA AGRIONINA. Mas. Linearis, tenuissima, pallide brunnea ; alarum membrana 
hyalina fusco perparum tincta; capite subquadrato, supra plano; oculis valde pro- 
minentibus; antennis setaceis, pallidis; mesothorace lineari; abdominis segmento 
ultimo dorsali bisinuato, apice emarginato; stylis analibus brevibus, linearibus ; 
segmentis genitalibus nullomodo tumidis, apicali acuminato; tegminibus brevis- 
simis, subquadratis, apice valde obliquis; pedibus brevibus, tenuibus.— Long. corp. 
1" 6"; anten. 1" 4"; mesothor. 31"; abdom. 9"--13" —102"; tegmin. 1"; ale 9". 
(Pl. XLV. f. 9.) 
Allied to Necroscia Osmylus, Westw. (Cat. Phasm. plate xxxvii. fig. 4), but slenderer, 
and the terminal dorsal segment of the abdomen of quite a different form. The insect has 
much the aspect of a slender Dragonfly of the genus Agrion. The body, legs, tegmina, 
and costal area of the wings are a pale brown colour, varied with lighter and darker 
shades, and apparently not green in life ; the upper side of the two basal dorsal segments 
of the abdomen is darker than the rest in the faded specimen; the membrane of the 
wings is transparent, and very slightly tinged with brown. The antennæ are very pale 
brown, with a number of very small rings of a shade darker hue. The three terminal 
abdominal segments are of equal length, and much shorter than the preceding segments; 
the apical segment is bisinuate on each side, and broadly emarginated at the apex, at which 
point it is scarcely narrower than at the base. The genital segments are short and not 
at all tumid, the apical segment being narrowed to a point. The tegmina, although 
ey broad, are extremely short, and the central carina is not prominent in the 
middle. 
` Hab. Menado, Celebes (Wallace). One example ( 3), Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
Necroscra GRAMINEA. Fem. Cylindrica, pallide viridis, tegminum et alarum marginibus 
costalibus pallidioribus ; capite eurto, suborbiculari ; mesothorace brevi, cylindrico, 
GE Park membrana alarum diaphana, leviter fuscescente. Long. corp. 2' 4^; 
rong 4 ; mesothor. 3"; abdom. 1" 1" + 31" — 4" 44"; tegmin. 3"; alæ 
Closely resembling N. viridilineata in form of head and tegmina ; differs in its shorter 
and broader (although still cylindrical) mesothorax and in its colours. The head is 
short, and br oadly rounded behind the eyes, which latter are very prominent, and there 
e no ocelli. The antennz are very slender and elongated ; their colour is brown with 
xs of joints pallid. The upper surface of the mesothorax is coarsely roughened. The 
der = cag very obliquely truncated, with the outer angles rather prominent; 
colour : but the au: , n and mesothorax, and costal area of the wings, of a light gree? 
dis 5 rue eo es etween the nervures are dark olive, and the costa (as well as the 
Mini ngs) is margined with a paler or yellowish hue. The membrane of the 
5° 18 very pale tawny-brown and transparent. The abdomen, mesothorax, and legs at 
