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with an oblong impression between the eyes ; the granules 

 on the hind part of the head are arranged in longitudinal 

 lines. The antennae are long and slender, with the joints 

 short, but irregular. The mesothorax is of equal width 

 with the head, with a slightly raised longitudinal dorsal 

 median line. The tegmina are small, oblong-quadrate ; the 

 median carina slightly indicated, with the ordinary conical 

 elevation almost obsolete. The wings are long and rather 

 narrow, subhyaline, with the longitudinal veins luteous 

 brown ; the costal area greyish brown, the median vein 

 simple and paler coloured. The abdomen is long, subcylin- 

 dric, with slightly raised longitudinal lines along the lateral 

 margins ; the apex gradually attenuated and simple, the 

 tip trilobed, the middle lobe rather elongated and rounded ; 

 the anal styles short, porrected, and conical. The ovi- 

 duct scarcely swollen, extending to about the middle of the 

 ninth dorsal segment. Fore legs (wanting in the only spe- 

 cimen I have yet seen) ; four hind legs simple, moderately 

 long and slender ; tarsi with the basal joint as long as the 

 three following united. 



Plate XXI. Fig. 4. The female, of the natural size. 4 a. The 

 extremity of the body seen sideways. 



8. (341.) Necroscia atrophica. 



Grisea, fulvo et brunneo varia ; capite inermi, subrugoso, 

 supra nigricanti, utrinque linea longitudinali flavescenti ; 

 thorace subrugoso, subtus longitudinaliter sulcato ; meso- 

 thorace utrinque antice spinis duabus longis acutis, ante- 

 riori flavescenti brunneo varia, posteriori fortiori, nigra ; 

 tegminibus mesothorace brevioribus, apice recte truncatis, 

 flavo brunneoque variis, carina mediana valde distincta et 

 acuta; alis fere longitudine abdominis, flavidis hyalinis, 

 costa virescenti opaca brunneo maculata ; abdomine rugoso, 

 sulcis longitudinalibus [apice spinoso] ; pedibus flavo-viri- 

 dibus brunneo annulatis, femoribus dilatatis et ad apicem 

 incrassatis ; antennis fere longitudine corporis, articulo sin- 

 gulo fulvo brunneoque annulato (fcem.). 



Long. corp. unc. 3-3J ; alar, expans. circ. unc. 6. 



Mantis atrophica, Pallas, Spic. ix. t. 1 . f. 1 . 



Fabrieius, Ent. Syst. ii. 14; Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 188 



(Phasma a.). 

 Lichtenstein, Linn. Trans, vi. 14. 

 Olivier, Enc. Mith. vii. 633. 

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

 Lamarck, An. s. Vert. iv. 254 (Spectrum a.). 

 . G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 23. 

 Phasma (Necroscia) atroph., Be Haan, Orthopt. Orient. 



pp.118, 122. 

 Phasma minans, Serville, H. N. Orth. p. 268 (teste Be 

 Haan, I. c). 

 Hab. In Java. 



9. (342.) Necroscia fusco-aniralata. 



Mesothorace elongato ; alis fumatis, venis basi carneis, 

 area antica olivacea, medio in longitudinem fasciata, fascia 

 flavo-rubescente ; capite inermi, cameo postice 3-maculato ; 

 ocellis minimis ; antennis nigris, annulis distantibus albis ; 

 pedibus fuscis, annulis flavis (mas). 



Long. corp. unc. 2£ ; cap. lin. 1^ ; anten. unc. 2\ ; 

 proth. lin. \\ ; mesoth. lin. 4f ; metath. lin. 4f ; abdom. lin. 

 14 + lin. 3=lin.l7; tegm.lin.2; alar, expans. unc. 2, lin. 7- 



Phasma (Necroscia) fusco-annulatum, Be Haan, Orth. 

 Orient, p. 119. 

 Hab. In Borneo. In Mus Lugdunensi. 



The dimensions and characters given above, supplemental 

 to those of De Haan, are derived from an examination and 

 drawing made by myself of the type-specimen of the insect 

 in the Leyden Museum. 



10. (343.) Necroscia nigro-annulata. 

 Mesothorace elongato ; alis fumatis, area antica fusco- 



olivacea, fasciis quatuor transversis irregularibus maculatis 

 viridibus ; capite parvo, inermi ; ocellis nullis ; antennis 

 nigris, annulis 4 aeque distantibus albis ; pedibus elongatis, 

 nigro-fuscis, annulis viridibus (mas). 



Long. corp. unc. If; cap. lin. 1 ; anten. unc. If; proth. 

 lin. 11; mesoth. lin. 4-^ ; metath. lin. 5; abdom. lin. 10-i 

 + lin. 2=lin. \2\; tegm. lin. Ii; alar, expans. unc. 2f. 



Phasma (Necroscia) nigro-annulatum, Be Haan, Orthopt. 

 Orient, p. 119. 



Hab. In Borneo. In Mus. Lugdunensi. 



This is a slender species, of which only the male is pre- 

 served in the Leyden Museum, where I have examined and 

 drawn it. 



11. (344.) Necroscia fumata. 



Capite et prothorace viridi-griseis nigro-lineatis ; ocellis 

 tribus distinctis ; mesothorace prothorace triplo longiori, 

 viridi ; tegminibus linearum 3 longitudine, viridi-griseis 

 nigro-lineatis, costa media elevata nigra ; alis hyalinis at 

 infumatis, costa opaca viridi-grisea nigro-lineata ; abdomine 

 virescenti, capite et thorace duplo longiori ; femoribus, ti- 

 biis tarsisque brunneo viridique alternatim fasciatis(fcem.). 



Mas minor et gracilior ; tegminibus brevioribus ; femo- 

 ribus anticis ad basin vix emarginatis. 



Long. corp. circ. unc. 3. 



Necroscia fumata, Serville, H. N. Orth. p. 251. 

 Be Haan, Orth. Orient, pp. 1 18, 1 19. 

 Hab. In Java. 



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