PHASMID,£. PHYLLIUM. 



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Mr. G. R. Gray has considered as move probably that of 

 a different species (Ph. Geryoii) : — 



" Nympha maris antennis 3'" longis glabris crassis, latere 

 interiore planis, extcriore rotundatis, ex 24 articulis com- 

 positis ; alis usque ad marginem posteriorem articuli l mi 

 abdominis productis ; vagina convexa, apice rotundata ; 

 tibiis uti in characteribus specificis laudatis, femoribus an- 

 ticis parte interiore tantum lobatis." 



I cannot bring myself to think that Perry's Mantis foli- 

 utus, on which Mr. G. 11. Gray has founded his Ph. Gorgon, 

 is anything else than an ill-drawn figure of a female of Ph. 

 siceifolium, rather increased beyond the true size, and with 

 the sides of the abdomen distorted and probably bent up- 

 wards. RSsel's figure, referred to by Linnaeus, represents 

 a female specimen, in which the four anterior legs have 

 evidently been broken off and transposed, the middle pair 

 as represented being evidently the fore legs. The insect 

 represented as the male in the Crochard edition of the 

 Regne Animal, Ins. pi. 79. f. 1 A, is a male pupa, with the 

 antennae of the intermediate size between that of the larva 

 and the perfect male. 



Most of the specimens of the female which I have seen 

 are old ones, to which no precise locality is attached ; but 

 in the Hopeian Collection there is one from the Collection 

 of Latreille with the locality "Seychelles" attached to it 

 in his handwriting. 



2. (-150.) Phyllium chlorophyllum. 



Mas. Pallide flavus ; abdomine lato, subcyathiformi vel 

 cymbiformi ; femoribus anticis dilatatis, membrana interna 

 rnediocri, margine basali integro, apicali valde dentato ; 

 membrana externa angusta, rotundata, integra. 



Long. corp. 3" ; anten. 1" 8'" ; alar, expans. 3" 1 1". 



Phasma chlorophyllia (La patte feuillette), Stoll, Speetr. 



pi. 23. f. 89, and App. 

 Phasma Stollii, Lepel. et Serv. Enc. Me"th. x. 115. 

 Phyllium chlorophyllum, G. It. Gray, Syn. Phasm. p. 31, 



and in Zoologist, 1813, i. 119. 



Burmeister, Ila/jdb. d. Ent. ii. 2. 590. 

 Ph. (Phyllium) siceifolium, mas, De Haan, Orth. Orient. 



p. 1 11. pi. 15. f. 7, pupa maris? 



Hab. ? 



There is a specimen in the Collection of the Jardin des 

 Plantes, which appears to agree with Stoll's figure above 

 referred to ; but it is only 2| inches long ; the tegmina are 

 long, extending to the extremity of the second segment 

 of the abdomen, which latter is rounded at the sides, the 

 widest part being at the extremity of the fourth segment ; 

 the sides are, however, bent upwards. I was for some time 



deceived as to this specimen, in consequence of its having 

 had a fore leg replaced by a hind one, and am still by no 

 means satisfied that it is anything else than a discoloured 

 and somewhat ill-dried specimen of the male of Ph. sicei- 

 folium. 



3. (451.) Phyllium Celebicum. 

 Plate XL. fig. 6, male. 



Mas. Lsete viridis ; antennis 25-articulatis, articulis pone 

 medium elongato-ovalibus, angulo interno haud prominenti 

 ut in Ph. crurifolio, ultimis sensim brevioribus ; mesonoti 

 lateribus epimerisque mediis obtuse tuberculatis, tegmiui- 

 bus ad medium segmenti 2 di alisque ad apicem 8 vi extensis ; 

 femoribus anticis latis, lobo externo elongato-triaugulari, 

 margine apicali serrato, lobo interno paulo minori, luteo- 

 bimaculato, margine apicali profunde deutato ; femoribus 

 intermediis anticis paulo minoribus, attamen forma simi- 

 libus ; femoribus posticis membrana nulla marginis antici, 

 lobo postico elongato subtriangulari, margine apicali ser- 

 rato ; tibiis anticis 2 intus lobatis luteoque variegatis ; tibiis 

 4 posticis absque membrana, posticis 2 vix rectis ; abdo- 

 mine subconico, segmento basali lateribus parallelis, 2* apice 

 sensim paulo latiori, 3 ti0 ultra medium 6" sensim dilatato, 

 4 t0 bioculato, C 1 ' apice subito utrinque incurvo, 7 mo multo 

 angustiori et cum 8 V0 et 9 no triangulum parvum reversum 

 fingente. 



Fcem. Femorum anticorum lobis internis et externis iu- 

 sequalibus, hisce bis latioribus, basi sinuatis, angulatis, 

 limbo integro vel subserrato, illis angustis, eroso-triden- 

 tatis ; pedibus mediis et posticis uti in P. siceifolio ; tibiis 

 4 posticis simplicibus ; alis elongatis, abdominis articuli 

 3 tn apicem vix adeequantibus, pellucidis ; nervis longitudi- 

 nalibus 4, alarum area antica a postica non distincta, nervis 

 vero sejunctis ; tegminibus usque ad articuli 5" apicem pro- 

 ductis, limbo inferiore sub nervo postico dilatato ; capite 

 convexo, abdominis articulis duobus anterioribus sensim a 

 basi latioribus, 3 ti0 medio angulato, 4 to , 5 t0 et 6'° paral- 

 lelo, 7 mo abrupte angustiore, reliquis sensim attenuatis ; 

 vagina carinata, basi rotundata, dimidio apicali trigono, 

 acuto, fere ad apicem abdominis articnli ultimi extenso ; 

 lobis internis acutis, apicibus ad apicem stylorum analiurn 

 extensis. 



Long. corp. maris, unc. 2-J-; cap. lin. 2 ; anten. lin. 17 ; 

 tegm. lin. 9 ; alar, expans. unc. 3A ; lat. segmenti 6" ab- 

 dominis in medio, lin. 10. 



Long. corp. fcem. unc. 3, lin. 7 ; tegm. unc. 2 ; ejusd. lat. 

 lin. 8^- ; lat. lob. post, femor. ant. lin. 4 ; lob. ant. lin. 2\ ; 

 lat. segm. 3 ,u abdom. ultra medium, lin. I7i ; segm. 6" 

 lin. 17. 



