i f "
m^^mmmmmsmsmmsmmmmmMi^mmm^mmm^^-
PLATE XXXVIII.
I •,
i !
I
tm I :,
ill '
ii!
i - s r i : 1
Mi
I'
ilii-
, !
i
(ORDER—ORTIIOPTBRA. SECTION—AMBULATOMA. FAMILYFIGURE
I.—PIIASMA (NECROSCIA) HILARE. WESTW.
-PnASMIDiB.)
riiasma of a fine green colom', with the wings (except the green costal area) brown, the wing-covers short and outwardly
margined with yellow, the abdomen red ; head unarmed and convex, prothorax simple, mesothorax scarcely
longer than the prothorax and furnished with two tubercles; the wing-covers are elevated near the shoulders mto a
raised conical protuberance ; the wings are as long as the abdomen; the legs simple, slender, and but little elongated,
the ovipositor short and simple (female).
Long corp inches.
Inhabits Assam. Communicated by Lieut. Robinson.
FIGURE 2.—PIIASMA (NECROSCIA) MACULICOLLIS. WESTW.
Phasma fuscum capite et thorace supra albidis hoc fusco maculate, alarum area costali hiteo brunneoque subvariegata
; parte postica fusca, basi extremo pnuiceo ; capite supra in tubercnlum conicum apicerotmidato producto;
antennis albido annulatis; mesothorace (prothorace duplo longiori) hi medio bituberculato; tegmmibus ad humeros
ann-ulato-elevatis ; abdomine elongate cercis analibus divergentibus, oviductu brevi simplici; pedibus simpUcibus.
Phasma brown, the head and thorax above buff-colom-ed, the latter spotted with brown, the costal area of the
wings shghtly variegated with clay-coloured and richer brown ; the posterior portion brown, with the extreme base
pink • the hmd part of the head is raised into a rouuded conical tubercle, the antenníB are annulated with buff,
the mesothorax is twice as long as the prothorax, and fm-nished with two tubercles in the middle; the tegmina are
elevated into a conical tubercle near the shoiüders ; the abdomen is elongated, with the extremity ai-med with two
short diverging appendages, the oviduct is short and simple, and the legs simple (female.) The male is very much
smaller and more slender, the mesothorax without the two raised tubercles, and the abdomen terminated beneath
by two incurved slender appendages.
Length of the male IJ inch, of the female nearly 3 inches.
Inhabits Assam and Sylhet. Communicated by Major F. Jenkins.
FIGURE 3.—PHASMA (ACANTHODERUS) BUFO. WESTW.
Phasma apterum fuscum, corpore in medio (pra;sertim metathorace) dilatato; gi-anulato et spinoso ; capite
postice spmis 4, pronoto sex, duobus intermediis majoribus, mesothorace lateribus spinose dorsoque spims 2 ad
marginem anticum, quatuor aliis ante medium, cum duabus majoribus elevatis versus marginem posticum ;
metathorace spinis duabus in medio alterisque 2 approximatis versus marginem posticum ; abdominis segmentis
basalibus spinis duabus distantibus prope basin alterisque 2 approximatis versus marginem posticum segmentis
posticis tubérculo elevato lougitudinali ad margmem posticum, oviductu elongate contracto ; pedibus sphiosis.
Phasma wingless, brown, with the body much dilated in the middle, especially across the metathorax, granulóse
and spined ; the hind part of the head is armed with four spines arranged in a square, the pronotum with six, the
two intermediate ones being the largest; the mesothorax has the sides spmed, and is armed with two sphies close
to the fore margin, four before the middle, and two larger and more elevated near the hind marghi ; the metathorax
has two large spines wide apart in the middle, and two close together near the hind margin ; the basal segments of
the abdomen ai-o armed near the base with two spines wide apart, and with two near together near the hiud margin;
the posterior segineuts are furnished with an elongated raised tubercle at the extremity; the ovipositor is elongated
and contracted behind, the legs are spined (female). The male is much smaller and narrower, but with the spines
disposed as in the female.
Inhabits the Philippine Islands (Mr. Cuming). In Mus. Britann., Westw., &c. Communicated by Captain PaiTy.
FIGURE 4.—PHASMA (ACANTHODERUS) MESOPLATUM. WESTW.
Phasma apterum fuscum granulosum ct spinosum; mesothorace postice cum metathorace dilatato ; capite postice
spinis 8, lateralibus majoribus; prothorace spinis 2, mesothorace 8, 2 anticis, 2 ante medium, 4 posticis, quarem
2 lateralibus ; metathorace spinis 2 inaguis pone medium lateribusque ante pedes posticos sphiosis ; segmentis
basalibus abdomhiis 6-spinosis, spinis 2 anticis majoribus, segmentis posticis sensim dilatatis tubérculo longitudinali
ad marginem posticum instructis ; pedibus spinosis.
Phasma wingless, brown granuloso and spined ; the mosothorax behind, with the metathorax dilated and quadrate,
the head armed with 8 spines, of which the lateral ones are largest, the prothorax armed with two spiues, the
P
r
.if
liiS