MR. HENRY WALTER BATES ON PHASMIDE. 359 
 NzcROsCIA TORQUATA. Fem. Cylindrica, robusta, capite breviter ovato, convexo, inermi ; 
mesothorace brevi, antice constricto, postice tumido; tegminibus latis, subquadra- 
tis, carina media conicana; capite, prothorace, metathorace, pedibus et corpore 
subtus nigris opacis; abdomine supra rufo; pronoto antice et postice metanotoque 
antice albo-marginatis ; antennis nigris, griseo-annulatis ; tegminibus et alarum area 
costali fusco-nigris, viridi læte maculatis ; pedibus brevibus, inermibus.—Long. corp. 
2" 6"; mesotho. 32”; abdom. 1" 2"--3" —1" 5"; tegmin. 33" ; ale 1" 9". (Pl. XLV. 
f. 3.) 
Resembling very closely, in form and in the proportions of the different parts of the body, 
N. hilaris, Westw. (Cabinet of Oriental Entomology, pl. 38. f. 1), but quite different in 
colour, and the mesothorax simply tumid behind instead of having two distinct tubercles. 
The head is short, ovate, convex, and destitute of ocelli; the antennæ are long and seta- 
ceous, dusky, ringed with grey. The head, pro- and mesothorax, legs, and body beneath 
are dull opake sooty black, but the anterior part of the thorax has two yellowish rings. 
The abdomen above is reddish, probably bright red in life. The tegmina and anterior 
area of wings are olive-black, with numerous and distinct spots of a beautiful light green 
colour; the membrane of the wings is transparent, uniformly tinged with a dusky hue. 
The legs are all rather short and unarmed. The anal styles are short and linear, and 
the opereulum reaches the end of the abdomen. 
Hab. Chantaboun, Cambodia (Mouhot). One example (2), Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq. 
