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CATALOGUE OF ORTHOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Mantis cinerea, Oliv.Enc. Meth. vii. 641, App. no. 15. 



Serville, Ann. Sc. Nat. xxii. 58 (Phasma c). 



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



Burmeister, Ilandb. d.Ent. ii. 2. 584. 



Be Haan, Orth. Orient, p. 123. 

 Mantis baculus, Be Geer, Mhn. Ins. ii. pi. 36. f. 1 . 

 Hah. In Surinam et Brasilia (Bahia). 



In the Berlin Museum the name of this species has 

 been applied by Burmeister to a female insect which 

 exactly agrees with his short description, — " rufo-cinereum, 

 mesonoto scabro, alarum area postica venis transversis 

 infuscatis." The following are the proportions of this 

 insect : — 



Long. corp. one. 3J ; cap. lin. 2\ ; anten. unc. 2j ; proth. 

 lin. 2\; mesoth. lin. 5 ; metath. lin. 6 ; abdom. lin. 22 + 

 lin. 5=lin. 2/ ; tegm. lin. 5;} ; alar, expans. unc. 4^-. 



The legs are comparatively very short and slender, the 

 hind ones not reaching beyond the fourth segment of the 

 abdomen ; the abdomen long and broad ; the tegmina oval, 

 with the central carina slightly elevated towards the base. 



* 16. (317.) Phasma laterale. 



Nigrum ; mesothorace teretiusculo, glabro ; tegminibus 

 alarumque basi sulphureis ; abdomine nigro, marginibus la- 

 teralibus brunneis ; pedibus inermibus. 



Long. corp. unc. 2, lin. 1 ; expans. alar. unc. 3. 



Phasma lateralis (Le Spectre noir de Surinam, et Spectre 

 noir dc Coromandel), Stoll, Spectr. pi. 10. f. 36, 37. 

 Fabricius, Ent. Syst. ii. 15 (Mantis 1.) ; Ent. Syst. 

 Supply. 188 (Phasma 1.). 

 Phasma laterale, Lichtenstein, Linn. Trans, vi. 15. 

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

 Oliv. Enc. MSth. vii. 634. no. 43. 

 Serv. Ann. Sc. Nat. xxii. 58 (Phasma 1.). 

 Lepel. et Serv. Enc. Meth. x. 101. 

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

 Be Haan, Orth. Orient, p. 123. 

 Mantis xanthomela, Oliv. Enc. Meth. vii. 638. 

 Hal). In Brasilia. 



In the Banksian Cabinet the name Phasma laterale is 

 applied to a small species with short quadrate tegmina, each 

 furnished with a small curved spine. 



17. (318.) Phasma Pholcus, Westw. 



Plate X. fig. 2, male. 



Gracile, cylindricum ; mesothorace crassiori ; cinereo- 



virescens granulis pallidis ; capite 3-ocellato ; mesonoto 



brevi ; tegminibus ovalibus, carina prope basin in spinam 



brevem elevata ; alarum area postica fusco parum tincta ; 



abdomine longiori ; pedibus prsesertim posticis brevioribus, 

 tarsorum articulo basali mediocri. 



Long. corp. lin. 21 ; cap. lin. \\ ; proth. lin. 1 ; me- 

 soth. lin. 2| ; metath. lin. 2^ ; abdom. lin. 1 1 + lin. 2= 

 lin. 13 ; tegm. lin. 2 ; alee, lin. 13 ; alar, expans. lin. 27. 



Hab. In Brasilia (Santarem, B. Bates). B.M. 



This species is remarkable for the great comparative 

 length of the abdomen, the spinose tegmina, and the short- 

 ness of the hind legs. The head is subquadrate, its ante- 

 rior part pale yellow ; eyes prominent ; ocelli three, luteous. 

 The head, prothorax, mesothorax, tegmina, legs, and costal 

 area of the wings are greenish ashy, not glossy ; the an- 

 terior parts of the body rugose, with minute pale granula- 

 tions. The antennae are nearly as long as the body, with 

 pale annuli ; the mesothorax is short, as well as the meta- 

 thorax, being of nearly equal length. Tegmina small, sub- 

 ovate, rugose ; the carina moderate, armed near the base 

 with a small erect spine. Wings with the costal area ashy 

 green, the principal vein furcate, hinder portion of wings 

 slightly tinged with brown. Abdomen long, slender, dark 

 brown, slightly glossy, rather clavate at the tip ; apical 

 dorsal segment with a small notch in the middle of the hind 

 margin ; anal styles short and rather thick ; terminal ven- 

 tral segments scarcely swollen, extending rather beyond the 

 base of the ninth dorsal segment. 



Plate X. Fig. 2. The male, of the natural size. 2 a. The 

 terminal segment seen from above. 2 b. The terminal seg- 

 ments seen from beneath. 2c. The same seen laterally. 



18. (319.) Phasma maculatum. 



Gracillimum ; capite thoraceque flavo-brunneis, strigis 

 brunneis ; tegminibus minutis, quadratis, in medio spina 

 armatis ; alis hyalinis, fuscis, margine exteriori obscuro ; 

 area costali flavo-brunnea, brunneo-maculata ; pedibus bre- 

 vibus, brunneis, fasciis albo-brunneis (mas). 



Long. corp. unc. 2, lin. 2 ; cap. lin. If ; anten. unc. 2, 

 lin. 11 ; proth. lin. If; mesoth. lin. 3 ; metath. lin. 4; 

 abdom. lin. 14+ lin. 3= lin. 17; tegm. lin. 1^; alar, expans. 

 lin. 35. 



Phasma maculatum, G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 26. 

 Serville, II. N. Orth. p. 269. 

 Be Haan, Orth. Orient, p. 123. 



Hab. In Brasilia (River Amazon). In Mus. Saunders 

 et B. M. 



The head is considerably wider than the prothorax ; the 

 two hind ocelli large, the anterior one being much less 

 distinct. 



