PIIASMIDiE. NECROSCIA. 



143 



area costali viridi, Hnea media et maculis flavis ; pedibus 

 flavescentibus nigro et viridi fasciatis ; antennis longis, flaves- 

 centibus nigro annulatis. 



Long. corp. maris, — ?; cap. lin. 1| ; anten. unc. 2i- ; 

 proth. lin. If; mesoth. lin. 4^; metath. lin. 3f ; abdom. 

 — ? ; tegm. lin. 2 ; alar, expans. fere unc. 3. 



Long. corp. fcem. unc. 2-f ; cap. lin. If; anten. — 1 ; 

 proth. lin. If; mesoth. lin. 5; metath. lin. 4lj ; abdom. 

 lin. 16^-1- lin. 2 = lin. 18£; tegm. lin. 2; alar, expans. 

 unc. 3\. 



Platycrana punctata, G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm.p. 37. 

 Phasma (Necroscia) punctatum, De llaan, Orth. Orient. 

 pp. 118, 121. 



Hab. In India orient. Sarawak et Malacca ( Wallace) ; 

 3&\&(Br.Horsfield). B.M. 



The original description of this species was taken from a 

 male individual. The figure in PI. XXIX. is from a female, 

 wliich has the body much wider, that of the male being 

 quite filiform ; in the latter the mesothorax has a central 

 longitudinal carina formed of minute tubercles placed close 

 together, and the costal area is marked with a consider- 

 able number of minute round yellow spots. 



39. (372.) Necroscia Pholidotus, Westw. 



Plate XX. fig. (i, male. 



Plate XVII. fig. 4, female. 



Gracillima, filiformis, capite latiori, oculis valde promi- 

 nentibus ; fusea, mesothorace obscure viridi ; capite, pro- 

 et mesothorace granuloso-spinosis ; tegniinibus parvis, qua- 

 dratis, tuberculo medio rotundato elevato, margine postico 

 albido ; alis fumosis, area costali obscuriori ; pedibus sub- 

 brevibus, gracilibus, in foemina perbrevibus ; abdomine 

 valde elongato (mas et fcem.). 



Long. corp. maris, unc. 3£ ; cap. lin. 2 ; proth. liu. 2 ; 

 mesoth. lin. 7; metath. lin. 5 ; abdom. lin. 21 + lin. 3 = 

 lin. 24 ; tegm. lin. 2 ; alee, lin. 18 ; alar, expans. unc. 3^. 



Long. corp. fcem. unc. 4-J- ; cap. lin. 3 ; proth. lin. 2\ ; 

 mesoth. lin. 8 ; metath. lin. 8 ; abdom. lin. 27 + lin. 4 = 

 lin. 31 ; tegm. lin. 4 ; alee, lin. 27 ; alar, expans. unc. 4J. 



Hab. Assam et Sylhet. Mus. Hopeiano Oxonise (olim 

 nostr.) et B.M. 



Male. Very long, slender, and subcylindrical. Head, 

 pro- and mesothorax granulose, the granules on the crown 

 of the head and front of the mesothorax becoming small 

 spines. Head considerably wider than the prothorax ; eyes 

 very prominent ; hind part of the crown very gibbose ; 

 ocelli obsolete. Antenna? very long and slender. Meso- 

 thorax one-third longer than the metathorax. Tegmina 

 small, square, with a strongly elevated and rounded tu- 



bercle in the middle of the carina ; the apical margin lu- 

 teous. Metathorax and abdomen glabrous, the latter very 

 long and slender ; fifth segment slightly cariuated at its 

 extremity ; terminal segments small and but slightly thick- 

 ened ; apex slightly notched ; three terminal segments 

 moderately swollen, scarcely extending beyond the base of 

 the ninth dorsal segment. Wings long and rather narrow, 

 pale brown ; costal area darker brown, chief vein simple. 

 Legs slender and simple, of moderate length, the middle 

 ones short ; basal joint of all the tarsi about as long as the 

 four remaining joints together. 



Female. Much larger and more robust, with much 

 shorter legs. The principal vein of the costal area is fur- 

 cate at a short distance from the base of the wings ; the 

 hind portion of the costal area is slightly varied with paler 

 spots ; the reticulation of the posterior portion is much 

 darker. The abdomen has the fifth dorsal segment more 

 strongly carinated in the middle of the hind margin ; the 

 three terminal dorsal segments are strongly angulated above; 

 the anal styles are short, broad, and rather exserted, and 

 the operculum nearly extends to the extremity of the ninth 

 dorsal segment. 



Plate XX. Fig. (!. The male, of the natural size. 6 a. The 

 head and front of the thorax seen sideways. 6 b. The ter- 

 minal segments of the abdomen seen sideways. 



Plate XVII. Pig. 4. The female, of the natural size. 4 a. 

 The terminal segments of the abdomen seen laterally. 



40. (373.) Necroscia curtipes. 



Elongata, cylindrien, albido-fusca ; capite postice spinis 

 numerosis armato ; prothorace spinulis 8 per paria dispo- 

 sitis ; mesothorace (prothorace plus quam triplo longiori) 

 valde spinoso, spinis anticis majoribus ; tegminibus griseis, 

 medio in tuberculo magno conico obtuso elevatis ; alis ab- 

 domine brevioribus, pallide fuscis, area costali griseo fusco- 

 que varia ; abdomine valde elongato, inermi, segmento 5to 

 ad apicem supra elevato, oviductu brevi, simplici ; pedibus 

 prsesertim iutermediis, brevibus, simplicibus, femoribus an- 

 ticis parum dilatatis, articulo 1 mo tarsorum anticorum valde 

 elongato. 



Long. corp. unc. 4 ; cap. lin. 3 ; anten. lin. 22 ; proth. 

 lin. 2; mesoth. lin. 7 ; metath. lin. 6 ; abdom. unc. 2^; 

 tegm. lin. 4 ; alar, expans. unc. 4f . 



Phasma (Necroscia?) curtipes, Westwood, Cabinet Orient. 



Entomol. p. 78. pi. 39. f. 1. 



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

 Hopeiano Oxonise. 



Allied to PA. auritum, Fabr. 



