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PHASMA (BACTERIA) GENICULOSUM. WE S T W .
Pliasma elongahmi,apterum,oyUndi-icum, inerme, obscm-efusmm ; apicibus meso-et metathoraeis súbito foqualiter
düataüs vu-Khbi^s; capite et prothorace inermibus, viridibus, thorace abclomine toto parum loBgiori, abdominis
ápice dilatato fisso ; pedibus elongatis, vú-idibus, omnibus femoi-um apicibus l»te rnfis et intus spiuulis uonnuUis
nnnuüs armatis; pedibus intermediis reUquis panmi breyioribus sed vix crassioribus, tarsorum articulo basali
elongato.
Phasma elongated, eylindi-ic, wingless, obsem-e bro,™, unarmed; the extremity of the meso-and metatborax
suddenly and equally d.lated and green ; the head and prothorax simple, green, the thorax rather longer than the
entire abdomen, the extremity of ,yhich is dilated and cleft; legs long, slender, and green, the tips of all the femora
with a broad rmg of red and mternally armed ,vith several minute spines ; middle legs rather shorter but searcely
tlneker than the rest, tarsi simple, with the basal jomt elongated.
Length of the insect 3i inches. (Lonchodes geniculatus Gray, Syn. Phasm. p 19 n
Inhabits Prmce of Wales's Island (Dr. Cantor). In the Collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope.
PIGUKB 5.
PHASMA (ACANTHODERÜS) DESPECTÜM. WE S T W
PMsmaaptemm, subcylincWeum, latitndine fere «^quale, fusco-nigi-ieans opacum, subscabnm. ; capite postice
quadrate, seneque postica tuberenloi-nm parvorum instructo ; thorace fere abdominis longitudine ; pronoto spinnUs
mmuüs ar-mato; mesotho^ce latenbus spinulosis, dorso 12 spinoso, spinis 2 anticis mtjoribus et approxLatis,
2, . distanfabus, et 4 postieis approximatis, idthnis 2 compositis ; metathorace oblongo lateribus spmulosis dorso
m medio spmis duabus squamisque dnabus liberis tegmhiiformibus ; segmentis abdominahbus tubérculo elev'ato in
medio marj^ms postici, m se^entis basalibus fere obliterate, segmento ultimo trilobo, oviductu siibtus in medio
i r i Z t " '^^--ibus ; femoribns ad apicem mtus spinulosis ; tar-sis articulo
basal! abbreviato, prajsertim m pedibus 4 postieis.
Phasma wingless somewhat cylmdi-ical, of nearly equal width thi-oughout, blackish-bro™i, opako, rather rough :
üie ead square behind, and w.th a series of smaU tubercles along the posterior margin ; t h L x nearly equal in
length to the abdomen ; pronotnm armed with several small spines ; mesothorax with the sides spmulose, the back
m T " ' T T T " '' ' ' ' ' ^^^ * close togethe;, the two
Inndein^ost ones being formed of several spmes conjoined together ; metathorax oblong with the sides spmulose,
the nnddle of the back w . a two small spmes and with two small free scales hke tegmhia ; each of the segments of
the abdomen furmshed with an elevated tubercle in the middle of the hind margm, being almost obsolete in the
anterior segments, thetermhial segment trilobed, the oviduct beneath channeUed along the centi-e ; legs of moderate
ength, the midcUe pair being rather the shortest ; thighs armed with several minute spines near the tip ™thin •
tarsi with the basal jomt short, especially m the foni- hind legs (female).
Length of the insect 4^ inches.
Inhabits Sylhet. In Mus. Westwood.
FIGURE 6.
PHASMA (ACANTHODERÜS) LACERTINUM. WE S T W .
Phasma aptenim siibeyhndricum fnscum, opacum i-ugosnm et spinosnm, corpore in medio parum latiori ; capite
ovah, vertice spinuloso sphiis 8 majoribus in ovalem dispositis ; prothorace spinulis duabus versus margincm
posticnm ; mesothoracis, lateribus et disco irregulariter spinosis, spinis duabus approximatis versus marginem
p e s t i c ^ ; metathorace spmuhs laterahbus duabusque mediis ; abdomine scabro, shigido segmento tuberculis duobus
majoribus versus mai-j^nem posticum, segmento 6to contracto, oviductu snbtns düatato et caa-inato ; pedibus anticis
elonga IS, mermibus, intermediis brevioribus, femoribus crassioribns spinis dilatatis ; femoribus postieis spinis
minoribns ai-matis, tai-sormn mtermediornm articulo basali brevi, in postieis pedilms magis elongate
Phasma wingless, subeylindiical, b ro™ opaque, rugose and spinose, the body rather widest across the middle •
head oral, the crown armed with small spines and with 8 larger ones, arranged m an oval; prothorax with two
sma spmes neai- he hind margin ; mesothorax with the sides and back irregularly spined, and with two spines close
together near the hmd margin ; metathorax with sides spined, and with two small spines in the middle ; abdomen
rough each segment with two larger tubercles near the hind mai-gin, the 6th segment narrowed, the oviduct dilated
benea h and keeled ; fore legs elongated and simple, middle legs shorter, with the femora thicker and armed with
dilated spmes; hmd thighs with smaller spines, the middle taa-si with the basal joint short, the hind ones with it
longer (temale).
Length of the insect 3f inches.
Inhabits Assam. Commimicated by Major Jenkins.