PHASMID.E. NECROSCIA. 



147 



16 -f lin. 3 = lin. 19 ; tcgm. lin. 3 ; alar, expans. unc. 3, 



tin. 7. 



Hab. In India orientali (Domina Hamilton). In Mus. 

 Soc. Ent. Londin. 



Long and slender. Colour brown ; the anterior part of 

 the body tinged with olivaceous ; the head with several 

 slightly indicated darker longitudinal lines. Head rounded, 

 moderately convex, unarmed. Antennae very long and 

 slender ; joints extremely numerous, with six equidistant 

 annuli of white. Pro- and mesothorax slender and simple, 

 with a slender pale longitudinal dorsal line. Tegmina 

 small, oval, subtruncate at the extremity, brown ; costa 

 whitish ; carina dark brown, elevated, with a strong co- 

 nical black lobe before the middle. Wings large, uniform 

 brown ; veins concolorous ; costal area brighter brown, buff 

 along the fore margin ; median vein furcate, the lower 

 branch uniting with the upper before the extremity of the 

 wing. Abdomen long, gradually attenuated to the tip, 

 which is rounded and simple ; anal styles slightly extend- 

 ing beyond the apex, obtuse at the tip ; oviduct boat- 

 shaped, reaching as far as the extremity of the ninth dorsal 

 segment, acute at its tip. Legs long, very slender, and 

 simple ; the coxae and tips of the femora black ; basal 

 joint of the tarsi in the fore legs longer than all the rest 

 united, as long as the three following in the four hind legs. 



Plate XXI. Fig. 5. The female, of the natural size. 5 a. The 

 extremity of the body seen sideways. 



49. (382.) Necroscia Umbretta. 

 Obscure fuliginosa ; thorace tereti, scabro ; tegminibus 

 brevissimis, basi aristato-spinosis ; alis longitudine abdo- 

 minis, extus maculis oblongis fuscis ; antennis concoloribus, 

 longitudine corporis (mas) . 



Phasma linearis (Le double dpine brun), Stoll, Spectr. pi. 8. 

 f. 27, and Append. 



G- R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 26 (uec Phasma lineare, 

 Fabr. = Prisopus manicatus). 

 Phasma Umbretta, Lichtenstein, Linn. Trans, vi. 14. 

 (An Ph. acanthoptera, Stoll 1) 



Hab. In Surinamo. Mus. Ilolthuys. 



50. (383.) Necroscia acanthoptera. 

 Fusca j tegminibus spinosis ; alis flavescenti-brunneis ; 

 area costali rufescenti, brunneo maculata. 



Phasma acanthoptera (Le Spectre mouchete), Stoll, Spectr. 

 pi. 21. f. 78, and App. 



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

 Serville, H. N. Orth. p. 268. 

 Bnrmeister, Handb. d. Ent. ii. 2. 586. 

 BeHaan, Orth. Orietit.p. 123. 

 (An Phasma lineare, Stoll =¥h. Umbretta, Licht. 1) 

 Hab. In Amboiua (Stoll) ; Cayenne (Serville). 



51. (384.) Necroscia Casignetus, Westw. 

 Plate XX. fig. 5, female, 



Elongata, subgracilis, corpore et pedibus inermibus, teg- 

 minibus spina curvata erecta armatis ; mesothorace linea 

 tenui media glabra, dorsoque granulosa ; tota fusca ; alis 

 fuscescentibus, area costali brunnea, vena 2 da furcata ; pe- 

 dibus longis, intermediis brevioribus (foem.). 



Long. corp. unc. 3-f ; cap. lin. 2\ ; proth. lin. 2\\ me- 

 soth. lin. 6 j ; metath. lin. 6J ; abdom. lin. 19^ + lin. 3 = 

 lin. 22-i-; tegm.lin.3; alae, lin. 22^ ; alar, expans. unc. 4. 



Hab. Assam (Major Jenkins). Mus. Hopeiano Oxoniae, 

 olim nostr. 



Female. Long and moderately slender ; the metathorax 

 widest, and the abdomen gradually attenuated. General 

 colour brown, obscure ; abdomen glabrous. Head wider 

 than the prothorax ; eyes prominent ; ocelli obsolete. An- 

 tennae long, extending at least to the extremity of the 

 fourth segment of the abdomen. Mesothorax gradually 

 widened behind, finely granulose, with a fine raised longi- 

 tudinal glabrous line. Tegmina broadly ovate, angulated 

 along the middle, with an acute, curved, and erect spine 

 near the centre. Wings smoky ; costal area brunneous ; the 

 principal vein furcate. Abdomen with the three terminal 

 dorsal segments short ; the last notched at the tip, exposing 

 the two short obtuse anal styles (the terminal ventral seg- 

 ments are injured in the unique specimen in my collection). 

 Legs moderately long, slender, and simple (the interme- 

 diate pair the shortest). Tarsi with the basal joint about 

 as long as the four others united. 

 Plate XX. Fig. 5. The female, of the natural size. 



52. (385.) Necroscia annulata. 



Fusca; tegminibus margine exteriore flavis, in medio 

 dente brevi elevato ; alis fuscis ; antennis longis, fuscis, an- 

 nulis quatuor albidis ; pedibus ferrugineis. 



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

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

 G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 23 (nee Phasma annu- 

 lata, Serville). 



Hab. Tranquebaria. 



53. (386.) Necroscia vinosa. 



Laevis, rufo-brunnea, corticina ; ocellis nullis ; mesotho- 

 race prothorace triplo longiori, in medio supra carina vix 

 distincta ; tegminibus concoloribus, carina mediana valde 

 ct acute elevata ; alis subhyalinis rufo-vinosis, costa opaca 

 corpore concolori ; pedibus brunneis, femoribus viridi tinc- 



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