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1. THÅUMATOPS SPINOSA, J. C. FABRICIUS, 1775. 



Thaumatops spinosa, J. C. JFabricius. 

 Facsimile from Gukkix-Mknevillk, Revue Zoolugique, 184:2, pl. 1, fis;. 1. 



Diagu. Caput segmentis quattuor primis peraji conjunctis longius, altius quam longius. Segmentum 

 primura et seciindum perwi coalita. Femur pedum percei primi paris articulos quattuor 

 sequentes conjunctos longitudine a3quaus. Pecles quinti paris quam person et pleon con- 

 juncta loQgiores, pedibus septimi paris plus quam duplo longiores; femur metacarpo haud 

 longius. Ramus externus pedum uri ultimi paris latitudine peduoculi plus quam duplo 

 longior. 



The head is longer than the first four pei'feonal segments together, deeper than long. The 

 first and second perwonal segments are coalesced. The femur of the first pair of perceo- 

 poda is as long as the four following segments together. The fifth pair are longer than 

 the perseon and pleon together, moi'e than twice as long as the seventh pair; the femur is 

 scarceh' longer than the metacarpus. The outer ramus of the last pair of nropoda is more 

 than twice as long as the breadth of the peduncle. 



Colour. Yellowish, pellucid. 



Length. 90 mm. (GuÉrin's specim.) to c:a 110 mm. (Spec. typ. Banksianum) 4.5 — 104 mm. (Chal- 

 lenger spec). 



Hab. The temperate and tropical regions of the Atlantic (J. C. Fabricius; Chall. Ex.), the(Afri- 

 can) Arctarctic region (J. D. Hookek, teste Stebbing), the Indian Ocean (GuÉRIn- 

 Méneville; Chall. Ex.), the tropical region of the Pacific (Chall. Ex.). 



Syn. 1775. Oniscua spinosus, J. C. FABRICIUS. 



J. V. Gmelin. 



Systema Entomologise,. p. 298. 

 1781. Species lusectorum. Tom. 1, p. 377. 



1787. Mantissa Insectorum. Tom.l, p.241. 



1788. Caroli Liiinaei Systema Naturne, editio 

 decima tertia. Tom.l, parsö, p.3010. 



