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front end of the body seen from below. On the second plate the 
fore-body of the insect is represented in “ flower-mimicking 
pose ” and again with the raptorial limbs expanded to seize prey. 
This insect has been known to naturalists for a very long time, 
having been figured by Aldrovandus in 1602, “ more than a 
century and a half before the first appearance of the Systema 
Natures of Linnaeus.”* 
It is not very rare, female examples having been found at 
Puttalam, at Elpitiya near Colombo, and at Kanatta. The male is 
however less frequently met with. 
(2) Sathrophyllia rugosa. 
The insect represented at the top of the lithographic plate is a 
species of Locust which has the habit of resting upon twigs, with 
the bark of which its wings harmonize so completely that the 
insect itself, although of large size, about three inches long in the 
body, may be easily overlooked. The long thread-like antennae 
and the fore-legs are stretched out in front of the head, the 
middle legs hold on to the twig at the sides, and the hindmost 
pair of jumping legs are concealed below the wings. The 
prothorax is produced as a rugose crest above. The insect belongs 
to the sub-family Pseudophyllidae of the family Locustina, and 
is named Sathrophyllia rugosa (Linn.).t It is to be found about 
Kandy and Peradeniya, where it has been taken by Mr. E. E. Green 
and by the writer. A specimen has also been sent to the Museum 
from Madulkele.J 
(3) Phibalosoma hypharpax. 
The Stick Insect, Phibalosoma hypharpax , Westwood, § shown 
in the middle of the plate, is drawn to a reduced scale from a 
female specimen nine and a half inches long sent here, alive and 
in the act of laying its eggs, by Mr. M. Gordon Forbes from the 
neighbourhood of Ratnapura last July. It is one of the longest of 
the Phasmidse, a family which includes some of the largest insects 
that exist. The males of this genus are smaller than the females, 
and are provided with wings ; the females are wingless. 
Orthoptera in general are insects which do not undergo an 
abrupt metamorphosis, but gradually assume the adult form, 
* For further information the reader is referred to a “ Note on the Floral 
Simulation of Gongylus gongylodes, Linn.,” by Dr. J. Anderson, in Proo. Asiatic 
Soc. Bengal, 1877, p. 193. 
f Cf. C. Stal, Recensio Orthopterorum, Part II. (Locustina), Stockholm, 1874, 
p. 70. I am indebted to Dr. David Sharp, F.R.S., for the identification of this 
species. 
\ Admin. Rep., Colombo Mus., 1903. 
§ Cf. J. 0.Westwood, Catalogue Orthopt. Insects, Brit. Mus., Part I.. Phasmidas, 
1859, p475, pi. XIII., f. 6 (male). 
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