Insects. 119 



the outer dilation narrow, semi-oval and entire (see fig. b), p. 121. 

 Length of body 3 inches 7 lines, breadth 1 inch 4 lines. Man- 

 tis siccifolium, L. ; Rosel, Ins. xi. pi. 17, f. 4, 5 ; Donov. Ins. 

 of Ind. pi. (lower figure) ; Cuv. Reg. An. Ins. pi. 79, 3rd edit. 

 Inhabits ? In the collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope. 



I may observe that Dumerirs figure is rather shorter and much 

 broader than the above measurement; this agrees in some measure 

 vv^ith the figure in Shaw's Nat. Misc. pi. 119. Stoll's figure 25 B, and 

 Donovan's upper figure (both pupae) are shorter ; the former measures 

 2 inches 5 lines and the latter 2 inches 3 lines. Stoll's figures 24, a 

 male, 26, a female, and 25 C, a pupa, are much longer than any of the 

 preceding figures referred to, and may probably prove a distinct spe- 

 cies, their length being respectively 2 inches 3 lines, 4 inches 2 lines 

 and 3 inches 6 lines : they are stated to be from Amboina, but their 

 general appearance is similar to that of the female of P. siccifolium. 

 Stoll's figure 25 A may be a pupa of another species. 



These figures differ so much from those which must be considered 

 to represent the true siccifolium of Linnaeus, that I have provisionally 

 made the above remarks, in the hope of calling the attention of other 

 entomologists to these facts, that when they are examining specimens 

 with these figures, they may be led to look more closely, in the hope 

 of finding other differences, and thus increase the number of species, 

 which I believe to be more numerous than is generally supposed. 



Phyllium Gorgon, G. R. Gray. Female : abdomen narrowed and 

 lengthened, with the base of the third and fourth segments wid- 

 er than the rest. I^ength 4 inches 2 lines, breadth 1 inch 3 lines. 

 Phasma siccifolium, Perry, Arc. of Sci. i. pi. Phyllium Gorgon, 

 G. R. Gray, Syn. of Phasm. 31. Phtjl. siccifolium, Blanch. Hist. 

 Nat. des Ins. iii. pi. 5, female ? 



Inhabits ? 



Phyllium chlorophyllium, G. R. Gray. Male: abdomen broad, 

 and represented cymbiform. Femora of the fore legs dilated ; 

 the inner dilation moderate, with the inner margin entire, and 

 the outer strongly dentate ; the outer dilation narrow, rounded 

 and entire. Length 3 inches. Phasma chlorophyllia, Stoll, 

 Spectr. pi. 23, f. 89, 7nale. Phyllium Stollii, Lep. et Serv. 

 Enc. Meth. x. 115. Phyl. chlorophyllium, G. R. Gray, Syn. of 

 Phasm. 31 ; Burm. Handb. Entom. ii. 2, 590. 

 Inhabits ? 



