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cap. lin. 2£ ; proth.lin.2^ ; mesoth.lin.13^ ; metath.lin.il; 

 abdom. lin. 22i+lin. 7=lin. 29|. 



2. (100.) Lonchodes nodosus. 



Mas. Corpore coccineo, pedibus bis vel ter crassiore ; 

 capite convexo, inter oculos bispinuloso ; metathorace pone 

 medium incrassato, uninodoso ; nodo, prothorace toto et 

 parte extrema mesothoracis et metathoracis olivacea ; pe- 

 dibus subhirtis ; anticis corpore brevioribus, femoribus ante 

 apicem bispinulosis, apice subincrassatis ; tarsorum ante- 

 riorum articulo 1° sequentibus longiore supra marginato ; 

 abdominis articulis 5 prioribus cylindricis, ulterioribus me- 

 dio carinatis latioribus, 9° usque medium fisso. 



Fcem. Corpore granulato, latiore, cinereo-fusco ; capite 

 inermi ; metathorace mesothorace 4'" breviore ; femoribus 

 ante apicem 2-spinulosis, anterioribus extus convexis striatis, 

 intus bicostatis, mediis incrassatis subincurvatis ; ultra 

 medium supra subacanthophyllis, posticis compressis tctra- 

 gonis rectis ; tibiis anticis margine superiore foliaceo, medio 

 sinuato ; mediis brevioribus, infra medium utrinque acan- 

 thophyllis ; posticis integris longitudine anteriorum ; tar- 

 sorum anticorum articulo 1° foliaceo, sequentibus tribus 

 eequali ; mediorum sequentibus duobus a-quali ; posticorum 

 trigono ; abdominis articulo 6° subtus spina aucto ; vagina 

 cymbiformi, carinata, apice angulata, longitudine abdo- 

 minis. 



Long. corp. maris 3" 7'" ; mesoth. 1" ; metath. 10^-'" ; 

 ped. ant. 2" C" ; ped. med. 1" 104/" ; ped. post. 2" 5'". 



Long. corp. fcem. 4" 9'"; mesoth. 1" 2'" ; metath. 11'"; 

 ped. ant. 2" ; ped. med. 1" 6'" ; ped. post. 1" 9'". 



Phasma (Bacteria) nodosum, De Haan, Orth. Orient.]). 133. 

 pi. 1 1. f. 3, mas ; pi. 13. f. 6, fcem. (P. Sumatranum). 

 Hab. Sumatra. 



Obs. This species approaches very closely to L. brevipes ; 

 but the male is distinguished by the nodose metathorax, 

 which is comparatively longer than in L. brevipes, the dark 

 olivaceous colour of the prothorax and dilated extremity 

 of the mesothorax and metathorax, as well as the meta- 

 thoracic lobe, and the more slender extremity of the abdo- 

 men. The female has also the metathoracic lobe of large 

 size ; otherwise it closely resembles the female of L. bre- 



3. (101.) Lonchodes geniculatus. 



Elongatus, apterus, cylindricus, inermis, obscure fuscus ; 

 meso- et metathorace postice subito sequaliter dilatatis, 

 viridibus ; capite et prothorace inermibus, viridibus ; tho- 

 race subglabro, abdomine toto parum longiori ; abdominis 



apice dilatato, fisso ; pedibus elongatis, viridibus, omnibus 

 femorum apicibus Isete rufis et intus spinalis nonnullis 

 minutis armatis ; pedibus intermediis reliquis parum bre- 

 vioribus sed vix crassioribus ; tarsorum articulo basali elon- 

 gate, simplici (mas). 



Long. corp. unc. 3^ ; cap. lin. 2 ; proth.lin. 2; mesoth. 

 lin. 1 1 ; metath. lin. 9 ; abdom. lin. 14 +lin. 3J=lin. 1 7-g-. 



Lonchodes geniculatus, G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 19. 

 Phasma (Bacteria) geniculosum, Westw. Cab. Orient. Ent. 



p. 80. pi. 39. f. 4. 



Hab. Prince of Wales's Island (Dr. Cantor) ; Mus. 

 Hope. India orient. ; Mus. Curtis ; B.M. 



Long, slender, and very delicately granulated ; the gra- 

 nules on the thoracic segments forming transverse lines. 

 The abdominal segments with a very fine raised central dorsal 

 line. The meso- and metathorax are equally dilated at the 

 extremity for the insertion of the legs. The abdomen is 

 very slender, the seventh and eighth segments forming a 

 broad, nearly circular dilatation carinated down the centre, 

 margined on the lateral edges ; the terminal segment small, 

 obconic, and slit to the base, furnished on the under side 

 with two small, straight anal styles ; the three terminal 

 ventral segments are convex, the ninth not extending be- 

 yond the extremity of the eighth dorsal segment. The 

 legs are very slender ; the anterior femora armed beneath 

 near the tip with four or five small spines gradually dimi- 

 nishing in size. 



4. (102.) Lonchodes uniformis. 



Elongatus, apterus, cylindricus, inter pedes intermedios 

 paulo dilatatus, fuscus, opacus, inermis ; thorace et abdo- 

 mine longitudine fere sequalibus (mesothorace quartam 

 partem corporis longitudine excedente) ; pedibus anticis 

 elongatis, gracilibus, articulo lmo tarsorum elevato; pe- 

 dibus intermediis brevioribus, crassioribus (prsesertim femo- 

 ribus), his ante apicem subtus spinulosis ; pedibus posticis 

 subelongatis, gracilibus, tarsorum articulo 1 mo parum elon- 

 gato, abdominis apice dilatato, fisso (mas). 



Long. corp. unc. 3f ; cap. lin. If ; proth. lin. If ; me- 

 soth. lin. 12 ; metath. lin. 8 ; abdom. lin. 18 + lin. 4£ = 

 lin. 22£. 



Phasma (Lonchodes) uniforme, Westw. Cab. Orient. Ent. 



p. 79. pi. 39. f. 3. 



Hab. Prince of Wales's Island (Dr. Cantor) ; Mus. 

 Hope. Amboyna or Ceram (Madame Pfeiffer). Malacca 

 and Sarawak, Borneo (Wallace) ; B.M. 



A specimen of this species, brought from Amboyna or 



Ceram by Madame Pfeiffer, has the following proportions : 



Head and prothorax, lin. 3| ; mesothorax, lin. 11-j; 



