PIIASMIDiE. CREOXYLUS. 



10a 



Phasma (Xeroderus) spinosum et comiceps, Be Haan, Orth. 



Orient, p. 116. 

 Mantis spinosa, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. ii. p. 14 ; Ent. Syst. 

 Suppl.-p. 188 (Phasma sp.). 



Olivier, Enc. M6th. vii. 633. no. 40. 

 Sereille, Ann. Sci. Nat. xxii. p. 58 (Phasma sp.). 

 Latreille, Gen. Crust, et Ins. iii. 87. 

 G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 22. 

 Phasma comiceps, G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 25. 



Ilab. In Indiis {Fabr., nee in Ind. orient.) ; Demerara 

 (G. R. Gray, sub P. comiceps). B.M. 



3. (268.) Creoxylus Simyra, Westw. 

 Plate XXXII. fig. 3, male. 



Fusco-nigricans, obscurus ; capite, pro- et mesonotis gra- 

 nulosis, vertice linea tenui abbreviata nigra, spinisque 4 

 parvis sequalibus postice armato, lateribus pone oculos 

 puncto parvo rotundo nigro notatis ; mesothorace prothorace 

 vix triplo longiori, lateribus ante medium spinulis paucis 

 armatis ; tegminibus ovalibus, carina ante medium angu- 

 lariter elevata posticeque in laminam tenuem semirotun- 

 dam dilatata ; alis fumosis, area costali fusca, venis obscu- 

 rius subtessellatis ; femoribus anticis subtus eroso-dilatatis, 

 tibiis anticis ad basin et apicem sublobatis, femoribus 4 

 posticis subtus spinosis (mas). 



Long. corp. unc. 2-^ ; cap. lin. 1| ; anten. lin. 1 5 ; proth. 

 lin.l-J-; mesoth. fere lin. 4£- ; metath. lin. 4 j ; abdom.lin.il 

 + lin. 2=lin. 13 ; tegm. lin. 2 ; alar, expans. lin. 30. 



Hab. Sarawak, Borneo (B. Wallace). In Mus. Saun- 

 ders et Oxonise (olim nostr.). 



This species is very closely allied to Ph. Diacis, De 

 Haan, but differs in the uniform size of the spines of the 

 head, the shorter mesotliorax, and the differently con- 

 structed terminal joints of the abdomen. The head is sub- 

 quadrate, rounded at its hinder part, granulose, the gra- 

 nules arranged in lines ; eyes very prominent ; a row of 

 four, small, equal-sized spines across the hind part of the 

 head, and a small round black spot on each side behind 

 the eyes. The antennae are rather short, dark brown, with 

 numerous small luteous rings. The prothorax is finely 

 granulose, as is also the mesothorax, which is gradually 

 widened behind, and armed with a few very small spines in 

 its anterior half. The tegmina are oval, obscure, blackish 

 brown, with the inner margins paler ; the carina is coni- 

 cally elevated rather before the middle of its length, and 

 is dilated in its hinder portion into a large semicircular 

 lamina. The wings are stained blackish brown, with the 

 costal area darker, the veins varied with black or blackish 

 dots, the median vein simple. The abdomen has the fifth 

 and sixth segments wider than the preceding, and mar- 

 ginated ; the seventh and eighth are subquadrate, the eighth 



with a lobe in the middle of its hind margin ; the ninth seg- 

 ment small and conical, with the two small anal styles se- 

 tose ; the terminal ventral segments form a large operculum 

 extending beyond the tip of the abdomen, with its truncated 

 extremity subdenticulated. The fore femora are dilated, 

 and suberose along the under margin. The tibiae short, 

 and dilated at the base and apex. The four hind legs 

 short, with the femora denticulated beneath. 



Plate XXXII. Fig. 3. The male, of the natural size. 3 a. 

 The head seen sideways. 3 6. The terminal segments of 

 the abdomen seen sideways. 3 c. The same seen from 

 behind. 



4. (269.) Creoxylus Diacis. 



Capite 4-spinoso, spinis duabus superioribus majoribus, 

 duabus lateralibus minoribus ; femoribus margine anteriore 

 et posteriore membranaceis, subdilatatis ; alis infumatis, 

 area antica fusco-cinerea, hinc inde cinereo-nebulosa (mas) . 



Long. corp. 2"; proth. 1"'; mesoth. 4'"; alar. 1" 2'". 



Phasma (Xeroderus) Diacis, Be Haan, Orth. Orient, p. 1 1 7. 

 pi. 15. f. 2, mas. 



Hab. In Sumatra. 



5. (270.) Creoxylus laceratus. 

 Plate XXIX. fig. 1, female. 



Mas. Capite bicristato, cristis laceratis, spinulosis ; fe- 

 moribus anticis 4-spinosis, postremis spinulosis, latere ex- 

 terno supra medium unifoliatis ; alis infumatis, area antica 

 fusca, macula dilatata media et apice cinereo. 



Fcem. Multo major et robustior ; mesothorace utrinque 

 spinis quatuor, duabus intermediis compositis, discoque 

 seriebus duabus spinarum compositarum, alterisque irregu- 

 laribus posticis ; tegminibus rugosis et irregularibus, obscure 

 virescentibus, margine externo in medio fusco; alarum area 

 costali obscure virescenti fusco punctato, basi nubilaque 

 magna pone medium fuscis, area postica fusca, apice albida, 

 venis transversis gracilibus albidis ; abdomine segmentis 

 basalibus lobo parvo foliaceo utrinque postice armato, seg- 

 mentis quatuor posticis dilatatis, rugosis et lobatis ; meta- 

 thoracis lateribus ad insertionem pedum posteriorum spinis 

 quinque armatis ; femoribus duobus posticis lobo foliaceo 

 trifido versus medium supra instructis ; tibiis posticis extus 

 obtuse denticulatis. 



Long. corp. maris, 2"; proth. 2'"; mesoth. 4"'; elvtr. 

 3'"; alar. 1" 4'". 



Long. corp. foem. unc. 3^ ; cap. lin. 3 ; proth. lin. 3 ; 

 mesoth. lin. 6 ; metath. lin. 6 ; abdom. lin. 17 + lin. 4 = 

 lin. 21 ; tegm. lin. 4 ; alee, lin. 20 ; expans. alar. unc. 3, 

 lin. 7. 



