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1() ORIENTAL ENTOMOLOGY.
FIGURE 3.
PIIASMA (EURYCANTHA O GRACIOSA. WESTW.
PlK«,na copite spinis coronato, metasterno dilat.ato, abdominis lateribns lobis spinosis arm.^tis, tcgraiBibus ..lavum
longiturtino I íequantibns ft.sco flavoque vaa-iis, alis abdominis longitudine pallida roséis, costa fusc-eseenti, von,s
omnibus fnsco-nebiüosis. , , • j 41,,
Pbasma having the head conical above, cro.-ned with st.ong spines ; the metasternnm düated and spnied ; the de
of the abdomen ,vitb spinose membranes ; the tegmina | of the length of the .nngs, vaned w.th brown and yellow ,
the wings as long as the abdomen, pale rosy with the costa brownish, and .all the veins clouded with brown.
Length of the body 3f inches. Expansion of the wings 6 inches.
Inhabits Prince of Wales's Island. In the Collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope.
D E S C R I P T I O N - T h i s insect liere represented is e^adently a male, notT^•ithstanding the great development
of the boat-like termination of the ventral smface of the abdomen (fig. 3 c). The crown of the head
IS armed with a ciixle of six spines (in pairs, fig. 3 i), and wath three smaller ones on each stde. Ihe
antenna, have the tips broken off in the only specimen I have seen. The sides of the thorax ai-e spmed,
with its two anterior divisions of nearly eqnal length, the metanotnm being divided mto two i^rtions,
each equal to the pronotnm in length; the metasternum is greatly dilated, flattened, and spinedbeneath
(fi<. 3 There are two erect spines between the base of the fore wings, and another at the 1mse ot
each; the legs are angnlated, and very mnch spined, especiaUy the posterior tibi®.
OnsBKVATioNS.-In om- present ignorance of the female of this fine insect, I am rmable to deternune
whether it onght to be formed into a separate snbgenns, or whether it be not the male of a species
of Eurvcantha. The specimen before us is remarkable for the size of the fore ^vrngs winch (except in
Prisop^s) are never more than half, and often not of the length of the wings, in the species^ of
Phasnnda.. The insect thns appears to be intermediate between Prisopns and Exnycantha, agreeing
with the latter in the armatm-e of the legs and düated metasternum.
This is one of the fine insects sent to the Rev. P. W. Hope by that v e r y zealous Naturabst,
Dr. Theodore Cantor. Others equally worthy of being figured, are reserved for pubbcatiou in
this work.
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