PHASMID/E. PHASMA. 



121 



abdom. lin. 11 + lin. 3=lin. 17 ; tcgm. lin. 3 ; alar.expans. 

 unc. 3^. 



Long. corp. foem. unc. 3 ; cap. lin. 2£ ; mesoth. lin. 3£ ; 

 metath. lin. 5 ; abdom. lin. 18 + lin. 3|=lin. 21^ ; tegm. 

 lin. 4 ; alar, expans. unc. 4-i-. 



Grvllus Necvdaloides, Linnaeus, Amcen. Acad. (Centur. 

 ins.) vi. 397. no. 32 ; Syst. Nat. xii. 2. 691. 



"Corpus fusco-fuliginosum. Caput supra obscure fer- 

 rugincum. Thorax subelongatus, supra scaber, brevior 

 quam in reliquis Mantis speciebus. Elytra brevissima, om- 

 nino ovata, obtusa, angulo humerali exstantia, supra ci- 

 nerea, sub angulo ad latcra nigra. Ala? obscure nebulosae, 

 convolutce et plicatse, longse." — Amcen. Acad. 



" Dignoscitur elytris ovatis, brevissimis, viridibus, extus 

 nigris. Mas longe angustior, thoracis linea dorsali bifariam 

 dentata, a feinina crassiore et thorace lsevi diffe'rt." — Syst. 

 Nat. 



Mantis Necydaloides, Rosel, Locust, t. 19. 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. ii. 14. 7; Ent. Syst. Suppl. 



p. 189. 7 (Phasma N.). 

 Olivier, Enc. M6th. vii. 625 (Mantis N.). 

 Serville, II. N. Orth. p. 270 (Phasma N.). 

 Phasma Necydaloides, Be Ilaan, Orth. Orient, p. 123. 

 Gryllus phthisicus, Linn. Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) p. 425. no. 2 ; 

 Mus. Adolph. Frid. 83; Mus. Reg. Vlr. p. 110; Syst. 

 Nat. ed. 12. p. 689. 2. 



" Corpus cinereum, longitudine 4 digitorum transver- 

 sorum, crassitie pennse anserinse. Caput subrotundum, 

 lseve. Antenna? setacese. Collum lseve, subrotundum, lon- 

 gitudine capitis. Thorax elongatus, subcylindricns, longi- 

 tudine capitis cum thorace, muricatus, punctis eminentibus 

 vix conspicuis. Elytra brevissima, ovata, in medio notata 

 gibbo carinato, extus nigra, linea alba carinali distinguente 

 nigredinem a colore cinereo. Alee longse, cinerese, semi- 

 orbiculatse, plicatse, margine exteriore lineari-lanceolato, 

 crassiore, cinereo-ncbuloso, elytra mentiente tegente alas et 

 abdomen. Pedes angulati, lseves, nee spinosi." — Linn. 



Mantis phthisica, Be Geer, Mem. Ins. iii. 9. 1. pi. 36. f. 1. 



Gmelin, Syst. Nat. no. 2049. 



Olivier, Enc. Mith. vii. 626. no. 5. 



Serville, Ann. Sc. Nat. xxii. 58. 



Cuvier, Regne An. {ed. Crochard) Ins. pi. 80. f. 2. 

 Phasma edule, var. /3, Lichtenstein, Linn. Trans, vi. 13. 

 Phasma bioculatum (Spectre brun sombre a miroirs noirs), 

 Stoll, Spectr. pi. 20. f. 76. 



G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 24. 

 Hab. Surinam ; Cayenne ; Brazil. B.M., &c. 



A specimen from Bogota, in the British Museum, differs 

 from the ordinary Brazilian individuals in having the carina 

 of the tegmina acutely conical, and not rounded in the 

 middle of its elevation ; in the white mark of these organs 

 not being curved (somewhat like a reversed S) ; in the 



hinder part of the wings being paler ashy coloured ; in 

 the red base of the femora and fulvous-red tibiae, instead 

 of being uniformly black with the rest of the legs. In 

 all other respects it so completely agrees, that I do not 

 feel inclined to regard it as a distinct species. 



13. (314.) Phasma variegatum. 



Parvum ; antennis brevissimis (?) ; thorace tereti, glabro ; 

 tegmiuibus brevissimis, ovatis ; alarum costa lata, fusca, 

 fasciis quatuor sulphureis, area postica ad basin hyalina ; 

 abdomine subdepresso, dilute fuliginoso. 



Long. corp. circ. unc. 2. 



Phasma variegata (Spectre marquetc), Stoll, Mant. t. 8. 

 f. 26. 



Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 189. 

 Phasma variegatum, Lichtenstein in Linn. Trans, vi. 15. 

 no. 18. 



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

 Serville, Ann. Sc. Nat. xxii. 58. 

 G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 24. 

 Serville, II. N. Orth. p. 271 (Phasma v.). 

 Be Ilaan, Orth. Orient, p. 123. 

 Mantis tessulata, Oliv. Enc. Mith. vii. 637. no. 63. 

 Hab. In Surinam. 



14. (315.) Phasma prasinum. 



Viridulum ; thorace gracili, sulco medio longitudinali ; 

 mesothorace longitudinaliter sulcato ; tegminibus mesotho- 

 race dimidio brevioribus, viridibus, apice truncato-sinuatis, 

 carina mediana vix distincta ; alis abdominis longitudine, 

 flavidis, hyalinis, costa opaca viridi flavido-tessellata ; pedi- 

 bus concoloribus, femoribus tibiisque macula nigra apicali ; 

 antennis corpore longioribus, articulis viridibus, apice 

 brunneis (abdomine mutilo) (mas). 



Long. corp. 2 unc. 



Phasma prasinum, Serville, H. N. Orth. p. 272 (nee Ph. 

 prasinum, Burin, p. 586). 



Be Haan, Orth. Orient.?. 123. 

 Hab. ? 



15. (316.) Phasma cinereum. 



Cinereum ; mesothorace tereti, glabro ; tegminibus bre- 

 vissimis, lanceolatis, cinereis, fusco-reticulatis ; alis dilute 

 cinereis, fusco-venosis, area costali rufesceuti, fusco-nebu- 

 losa ; antennis brevibus, setaceis ; femoribus anticis utrinque 

 membrana tenui mstructa. 



Long. corp. 2" 5'" ; anten. 7'" ; alar, expans. 3" 3'". 



Phasma cinerea (Le Spectre de couleur cendre'e), Stoll, 

 Spectr. t. 14. f. 56, $• App. 



Lichtenst. Linn. Trans, vi. 16 (Phasma cm.). 



