122 Insects. 



Phyllium hioculatum, G. R. Gray. Male and female : abdomen very 

 narrow at the base, widening to the fore part of the fourth seg- 

 ment, and then gradually decreasing to the commencement of 

 the sixth, and suddenly narrowing to the tip. Femora of the 

 fore legs dilated, the inner dilation moderate, with the inner 

 margin curved and entire, and slightly dentated anteriorly ; the 

 outer dilation large, sub triangular, with the inner margin bluntly 

 dentate, (see fig./, femur of female).. Length of male, 2 inches 

 4 lines ; female 3 inches 3 lines. Phyllium hioculatum, G. R. 

 Gray in Griff. An. Kingd. ii. 191, fol. 63, f. 3, male; Id. Syn. 

 of Phasm. 30 ; Burm. Handb. Entom. ii. 2, 590. 

 Inhabits the island of Mauritius. In the cabinet of the Rev. F. W. 



Hope. 



Phyllium pulchr if oliumf Serv. Female: abdomen nearly square, with 

 the side strongly cut out in the form of a semicircle. Femora 

 of the forelegs much larger, more angular, with the denticulated 

 part of this membrane much stronger and more prominent than 

 in Phyl. crurifolium, (see fig. g). Length 3 inches 1 line. Phyl- 

 lium pulchrifolium, Serv. Orthopt. 292. Walking Leaf, Edw. 

 Birds, t. 258 ? 

 Inhabits Java. In the cabinet of the British Museum. 



Phyllium Agathyrsus, Female : abdomen rather narrow at the base, 

 widening to the apex of the third segment, the fourth to the 

 seventh gradually narrowed, and the latter suddenly curved 

 inwardly, with the rest of the segments much narrowed to the 

 tip. Femora of the anterior legs greatly dilated ; the inner di- 

 lation moderate, with the inner margin entire and curved and 

 the outer acutely dentated ; the outer dilation large, with the 

 outer margin entire and advancing posteriorly much beyond the 

 basal joint, the inner margin acutely serrated, (see fig. //). — 

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

 Inhabits Ceylon. In the cabinet of the British Museum. 



Phyllium Scythe. Male : abdomen very narrow at the base, first 

 segment quadrate, second gradually enlarging to the middle of 1 

 the third, the fourth, fifth and sixth of nearly equal width, and 

 the seventh suddenly rounded towards the eighth and remaining | 

 segments; two oculatcd spots on the fourth. Femora of the 

 fore legs dilated, with the inner dilation narrow, lengtliened and. 



