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brown ; the principal vein is simple, except towards the 

 apex, where it emits two or three branches running to the 

 fore margin. The legs are broad and hairy, rather short, 

 especially in the female ; the fore femora are strongly 

 arched, the outer edge scolloped ; the tibice with two lobes 

 at the base ; the four hind femora and tibiae are scolloped 

 along the lower margin, as also more slightly so on the fore 

 or upper margin. 



Plate XX. Fig. 7. The male, of the natural size. 7 a. The 

 extremity of the abdomen seen from beneath. 7 b. The 

 same sideways (the anal styles are both broken off), 7 c. 

 The same parts in the female seen sideways. 7 d. The tip 

 of the abdomen. 



7. (443.) Prisopus Phacellus, Westw. 



Elongatus, gracilior, luteo-fuscus haud granulosus ; capite 

 tuberculis 6 in linea transversa postica ; pro- et mesonotis 

 tuberculis nonnullis discoidalibus ; abdomine elongato, seg- 

 ments 6 t0 , 7 m ° et 8'° utrinque in lobum magnum apice ro- 

 tundatum deflexum productis ; pedibus brevibus, dilatatis, 

 sinuatis ; alarum venis late griseo suffusis, area costali pal- 

 lide fuscescenti, maculis irregularibus fuscis in medio no- 

 tata ; tarsis gracilibus. 



Long. corp. maris, unc. 2 £ ; cap. lin. 2; anten. lin. 19; 

 proth. lin. 2 ; mesoth. lin. 3 ; metath. lin. 5 ; abdom. lin. 

 14 + lin. 3= lin. 17 ; tegm. lin. 14 ; alar, expans. unc. 3|. 



Hab. Ega, in Brasilia (D. Bates). B.M. 



This species is very closely allied to Pr. Berosus, but 

 differs in its generally longer and more slender structure 

 and smoother surface. The head is comparatively broader 

 and flattened, with two small tubercles behind the eyes, and 

 a row of six similar ones across the hind part of the head. 

 The antennae are27-joiuted. The pro- and mesonotum are 

 armed with a few small tubercles. The abdomen is elon- 

 gated, with the 6th, 7th and 8th segments produced on 

 each side into an elongated lobe rounded at the extremity 

 and deflexed ; the anal styles are of moderate length and 

 flattened. The tegmina and wings are coloured as in Pr. 

 Berosus, except that the costal area is destitute of the pink 

 tint. The legs are also similarly formed to those of that 

 species, except that the hind ones are rather longer and 

 the tarsi are more slender. The metasternum is entirely 

 luteous brown ; but the abdominal segments are fasciated 

 with black. 



These differences seem to me sufficient, in conjunction 

 with the locality of the specimen described above, to war- 

 rant its being considered as specifically distinct from Pr. 

 Berosus of Western North America. 



8. (444.) Prisopus incertus. 



Pupa. Brunnea ; thorace albo maculato ; pedibus om- 

 nibus membranaceis, ciliatis, nigro annulatis. 

 Long. corp. 2" 3'" ; anten. 2" 2"'. 



Phasma Nympha (Le petit Dragon), Stoll, Spectr. pi. 5. 



f. 1 8, and App. 



G. It. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 28. 

 Mantis Draco, Oliv. Erie. Mith. vii. 636. no. 59. 

 Phasma Dracunculus, pupa, Lichtenstein, Linn . Trans.\\. 1 6 . 

 Prisopus Draco, Lepel. et Serv. Enc. Mith. x. 444 ; Serv. 



Ann. Sc. Nat. xxii. 63. 



Hab. Samarang, Java. 



9. (445.) Prisopus cornutus. 



Pupa. Capite postice bicorni ; obscure brunnea, obscurius 

 maculata ; pedibus membranaceo-dilatatis, luteis, fusco va- 

 riegatis. 



Long. corp. 2" 3'" ; anten. 9'". 



Le petit Dragon cornu, Stoll, Gryll. pi. 20 b. f. 79. 

 Prisopus cornutus, G. It. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 43. 

 Hab. In India. 



10. (446.) Prisopus Cepus, Westw. 

 Plate XX. fig. 1, male. 



Elongatus ; mesonoto et abdominis basi lsevibus ; capite, 

 pro- et mesonotis et abdominis apice granulatis, opacis ; 

 obscure fuscus, vertice serie transversa postica spinularum ; 

 tegminibus alarum dimidio longioribus, fuscis ; alis fusces- 

 centibus, area costali pallide puniceo-grisea, apice fusca ; 

 pedibus dilatatis (mas). 



Long. corp. lin. 19 ; cap. lin. lh ; anten. lin. 11 ; proth. 

 lin. 1$ ; mesoth. lin. 2-1 ; metath. lin. 4 ; abdom. lin. 8-J-+ 

 lin. 2\ =lin. 1 1 ; tegm. lin. 9 ; alar, expans. lin. 25. 



Hab. Apud Magdalenam, Bolivia (3/. Goudot). In Mus. 

 W. W. Saunders. 



Of this species I am only acquainted with a single male. 

 It is of an obscure brown colour, with the anterior and 

 posterior parts of the body finely granulose ; the hinder part 

 of the head with a transverse row of six small spines. The 

 antennse are somewhat more than 20-jointcd, the second 

 and few following joints very short, the remainder gradually 

 elongate and attenuated. The mesothorax is not more 

 than one-third longer than the prothorax. The metathorax 

 has the posterior division occupying two-thirds of the length 

 of the whole. The tegmina are about two-thirds of the 

 length of the wings, obscure brown, with the median carina 

 scarcely distinct, and not elevated near the base. The 

 wings are opake, rather smoky with brown veins, the 

 transverse ones paler smoky ; the costal area obscure greyish 



