BY
GEORGE ROBERT GRAY
M. E. SS. LOND. AND FRANCE,
And Author of the “Entomology of Australia.”
London:
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman,
Paternoster Row.
1835
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TO
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AND GRATEFUL SERVANT,
THE AUTHOR.
January 14th, 1835.
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HAVING been recently led to study the singular and interesting family of Orthopterous Insects, termed Phasmidæ, in order to elucidate the characters of' the sixteen species described in the first part of my `Entomology of Australia,' I have been induced to arrange the materials collected for that purpose in the form of an Essay, the object of which is to present a complete list of all the recorded insects belonging to the family, and to embrace at the same time descriptions of a considerable number of new forms which have fallen under my observation. The result of my researches may form a not uninteresting addition to the small stock of knowledge at present possessed by entomologists with regard to this striking but neglected group.
Of the extent of this knowledge, and its gradual development, some idea may be formed from the following outline of what has been written upon the subject since the days of Linnæus, who first placed these insects in the genus Gryllus, but afterwards removed them to that of Mantis. In this latter mode of arrangement he was followed by Gmelin, and by Fabricius in his earlier publications; but in the year 1787, Stoll, in his `Réprésentations exactement coloriées d'après Nature des Spectres,' &c., proposed to form the Spectres into a distinct family (genus) from Mantis. To this genus, in the commencement of his work, he gave the name of Spectrum: at the end, however, he gave a list of the species figured by him from various Dutch collections, and amounting in number to 27, with Latin specific names, to which he prefixed the generic appellation of Phasma. He divided the genus thus formed into two families, characterized as follows:
“1. Les pieds antérieurs plus longs que les postérieurs; le corps tout à fait cylindrique.
“2. Le corps plat; les pieds antérieurs plus courts que les postérieurs. Dans quelques espèces les femelles ont les étuis aussi longs que les ailes.”
In the `Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta,' of Fabricius, published in 1793, and consequently some years after its date, the preceding work is left unnoticed; but the Supplement, published in 1798, contains references to a few*
| * Although, as I have stated above, Stoll figured 27 species of Phasma, Fabricius referred to only 8 of these figures; and Lichtenstein, in the paper subsequently adverted to, to only 18. For what reason these two authors, referring to some of Stoll's figures, wholly neglected the remainder, I am at a loss to conceive. It seems, however, to be a rule with some naturalists, when writing monographs or general systematic works, to mention those species only which they know, by ocular demonstration, to exist; and thus many unique or very rare insects, which have been described by various authors from time to time, have been omitted from the general catalogues, and almost lost to science, until recovered by a fortunate chance. In my Synopsis of this family I have carefully referred to all Stoll's figures, and indeed, as far as my knowledge extends, to every figure or description that exists in scientific works, whether I have myself seen individuals of the species or not. |
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The `Transactions of the Linnean Society' for 1802 contain a monograph of
this family by Dr. Lichtenstein, entitled “ A Dissertation on two
natural Genera hitherto confounded under the Name of Mantis,”
in which the learned author avows that the idea of separating the
Spectres did not originate with him, but with Stoll. In common
with Fabricius, he neglects a considerable number of Stoll's figures,
and describes in all only 25 species, which he arranges in the following
manner:
| “Phasma. | |||||||||||
| * | TERETIA. |
Pedibus anticis longissimis tenuibus compressis.
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| ** | DEPRESSA. | Abdomine lato, depresso; pedibus anticis brevibus latis depressis; thorace brevi. (Hæc aliquanto similiora Mantibus quam antecedentia Teretia.) [Ph. Dracunculus et citrifolium.]” |
It is singular that this paper has not been referred to by subsequent systematists, except by Latreille, in the entomological department of Cuvier's `Règne Animal.'
The profound entomologist just named, in his first great work, `Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum,' 1807, proposed to arrange these insects as follows:
| “MANTIDES. | ||
| I. SPECTRA. | ||
| Genus Phasma. | ||
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Then follows the genus Phyllium.
While in the first edition of the `Règne Animal' he classifies them in the following manner:
| “ORTHOPTERA. | ||||
| CURSORIA. | ||||
| Gen. MANTIS. | ||||
| Gen. Spectrum. | ||||
| Gen. Phasma. | ||||
| Gen. Phyllium” | ||||
And this arrangement is retained in the second edition, with this slight difference, that Phasma and Phyllium are no longer regarded as genera, but as subgenera of Spectrum, itself a subgenus of Mantis, one of the three genera which constitute the family of Cursoria.
In the 10th volume of the `Encyclopédie Méthodique,' MM. Lepelletier and Serville propose the following plan of classification, which includes several new genera:
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M. Serville has since remodelled the arrangement mentioned as given by him in the `Encyclopédie Méthodique'; which alteration he published in the `Annales des Sciences Naturelles' for January 1831. It differs but little from the former, except in the introduction of a new genus, Xerosoma, and in the transposition of his sections of the winged and unocellated forms. In a notice of my monograph of the Australian species of Phasma, inserted in the `Entomological Magazine' for October 1833, the reviewer has proposed, on what appear to me very insufficient grounds, to subdivide two decided families (those of which Mantis and Phasma may be regarded as the types,) into four; which, with the addition of a fifth for the reception of Mantispa, are made to compose the Stirps (Tribe) Phasmina of MacLeay. The difference between Mantidæ and Empusidæ, which is made to depend solely on the prolongation or non-prolongation of the head in the shape of a horn, (a character that can have no appreciable influence on the habits of the two groups, which are known to be identical,) is too trivial, as well as too artificial, to form the basis of a
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I shall now proceed to offer some account of the structure of these insects in their several parts, and of the principal modifications to which they are subject in the different genera which I have found it expedient either to receive or to establish.
The antennæ of Phasmidæ are generally inserted near the eyes, and have their first and second joints compressed and broader than the rest, and the basal and apical shorter than the intermediate joints. These organs are sometimes setaceous and elongate, and sometimes short and submoniliform, varying in the number of joints from thirty down to twelve. They also vary much in length, even in the same subdivision, as well as in the sexes, being sometimes much longer than the body, and in other cases not exceeding the mesothorax in length.
The eyes are always large, prominent, and placed at the anterior angles of the head; and some of the Pterophasmata possess in addition three distinct stemmata*,
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* These organs were first mentioned by Stoll, in his
characters for the fifth division of his genus Spectrum:
“5. Trois petits yeux lisses, disposes en triangle entre ceux
à réseau,” - leaving it to be inferred that all
the species of that division possessed them. Fabricius, on the other
hand, takes not the slightest notice of them either in his generic
or specific characters; and
Latreille, in his `Genera Crustaceorum,'
&c. iii. p. 87, says of them, “Ocellis nullis aut vix
discernendis.” The Rev. Mr. Kirby remarks, that “Latreille
speaks of Phasma as having no stemmata; but it seems that he
examined only the apterous ones, all the winged individuals, at least
so far as I have examined them, having three very visible ones.”
It is evident from this sentence, that Mr. Kirby must himself have
by chance examined those species only which do possess stemmata; for
many, even among the winged species, are destitute of these organs.
He remarks in continuation, that “it may, I think, be laid down
as a rule, that the larvæ and pupæ of Orthoptera
have not these organs;” and certainly the rule may be applied to
this family with great propriety. The use of them, Mr. Kirby tells us,
“is probably for assisting them in flying;” but as many
species that are destitute of stemmata are provided with large wings,
equally with those which possess these organs, it must be regarded as
doubtful whether they exist for that purpose or not. The Apterous species
unquestionably do not possess them in the slightest degree.
MM. Lepelletier and Serville have laid great stress on these organs as furnishing sectional characters; they mention them at the bead of each genus of the winged division, and have formed two great sections, viz. those with distinct, and those with indistinct stemmata. They are far, however, from supplying tangible characters; for even the restricted genus Phasma, which is placed in the first section, contains species with, and others without these organs; I have therefore not noticed them in my short descriptions. |
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The mandibles are large, thick, somewhat rounded, with an acute, dentate, black margin, somewhat in the shape of a horseshoe.
The palpi are unequal, depressed, and hairy. The maxillary palpi are five-jointed, with the two basal joints the smallest; the third and fourth rather longer, and nearly equal; and the fifth rather longer, broad, obliquely truncate in some, and in others sub-ovate and acute. The labial palpi are three-jointed, with the first joint very small, and the second and last nearly equal; they are always similar in form to the former.
The maxilla is membranaceous, with the apex corneous, tridentate, and black.
The labium is transverse, bilobed, and membranaceous.
The thorax is subject to great variation of form: in some it is long and cylindrical; in others short, flat, and quadrate. Its length also varies considerably; for in the Pterophasmata it is always shorter than the abdomen, while in the Apterophasmata it is in some species as long as, or even longer than that organ, and very distinctly divided into three segments. Of these, the first, or prothorax, is gene rally shorter, but in one species it is longer than the mesothorax: it is generally subquadrate, sometimes armed with acute spines, and mostly convex above and flat beneath. The second, or mesothorax, is in most cases long and cylindrical, but in some as short as, or even shorter than the metathorax, and subquadrate; it is also sometimes armed with spines, which, according to Lichtenstein, furnish a sexual difference, the male being more strongly spined than the female in some cases this remark applies, but I am not inclined to consider it as a good substantial rule. The third, or metathorax, is not, in the Pterophasmata, easily distinguished, being generally short and quadrate, and partly hidden by the wings; but it is always broader than the others in the Apterophasmata, on the contrary, it is generally as long as the former segments, although sometimes it is rather shorter.
The wing-coverts, or tegmina, are membranaceous and opake; they vary much in length, and are rather shorter in the male than in the female. In the former sex, they are sometimes armed in the centre with an elevated ridge, and sometimes with a blunt or acute spine, while the females have the tegmina rather broad, longer and rounder at the tip, without armature in their centre. In the
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The wings are transparent, with a broad anterior membranaceous margin, generally termed the costa or costal area, which is opake, and when closed, entirely covers the transparent portion. The organs vary much in length, sometimes nearly covering the abdomen; in others (in the female) they are rudimental; and sometimes they are entirely wanting: their shape varies much, not merely in the species, but even in the sexes, for they are generally shorter and broader in the female than in the male.
The abdomen also varies considerably in form. In some it is long and cylindrical; in others, filiform: in some it is broad, convex above, and flat beneath; in others, perfectly flat and membranaceous; and others have only certain segments dilated above or laterally: it is in general composed of ten segments. The apex is variously modified, according to the species; and is generally curved upwards in the male. Some of the Pterophasmata have three, and others only two long or short leaflets at the extremity of the abdomen; and sometimes the last segment, or hypopygium, of the female is furnished with an elongate and cymbiform oviduct. In other species, the apex is gibbose; and in some of the Apterophasmata it is similar in form to the head of a spear. It is often armed with a pair of forceps (which is probably found more prominent in the males of both subfamilies), situated beneath the last upper segment or podex, and supposed to assist in copulation: in some males the last-mentioned organs are bifid. In one or two species spiracles are visible, placed one on each side, at the base of the segments.
The legs are similarly formed (adapted for running), but differ much in form and length in different species: sometimes the fore legs are the longest; sometimes the intermediate pair are much shorter than the others; sometimes the posterior pair are the shortest. The fore legs are seated so near the head as to require an excavation near the base for their reception, and are said to be directed straight forward, when at rest, as if to protect the antennæ from injury. In some these organs are spined, or more or less dentated; in others, more or less perfoliate and membranaceous.
The tarsi are always composed of five unequal joints, the first of which is always the longest, the others gradually decreasing in size: the fifth is large, pyriform, and armed with two long, compressed, hooked, (sometimes bifid,) acute claws, between which is placed a very prominent plantula or cushion. Some species have an elevated ridge along the upper surface of their tarsi.
It may be observed as a general rule, that the males of these insects are much shorter and more filiform than the females, the former in some cases measuring only half the length of the latter sex. The means of distinguishing between their different stages of
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The larvæ (or, as Latreille terms them, Podophanera,) are always apterous, much smaller than either pupa or imago, thicker throughout in proportion, of a much lighter colour, and rather brittle in their appearance.
The pupæ (or Pterophanera) of the Pterophasmata are much more readily known by the appearance of rudimental wings, and by having their tegmina always smaller than the future wings. The latter are invariably spotted, and the nervures are very thick when arrived at this state, the insects have attained their full size.
The imago (or Holophanera) of the Pterophasmata is distinguished by the expansion of the wings, which are of various lengths, from hardly covering the first segment of the abdomen, to its entire concealment. Some of the females are subapterous even in this stage, in which case the tegmina are always larger than the rudimental wings.
The apterous species become in this state rather slenderer, and their outer surface is firmer and more durable in texture than in their former stages.
The extraordinary forms of these insects, rendered still more remarkable by their large size, have given rise to various appellations derived from a supposed resemblance to unearthly beings, such as the devil's horse, spectre, phantom, &c.; while, on the other hand, others are denominated walking leaves, walking sticks, walking straws, and animated sticks, from the striking similarity which they bear to such vegetable substances. “To such perfection, indeed,” say Messrs. Kirby and Spence, “has Nature in them carried her mimetic art, that you would declare, upon beholding some insects, that they had robbed the trees of their leaves to form for themselves artificial wings, so exactly do they resemble them in their form, substance, and vascular structure; some representing green leaves, and others those that are dry and withered: nay, sometimes this mimicry is so exquisite, that you would mistake the whole insect for a portion of the branching spray of a tree.”
“I have one from Brazil,” says one of the same authors, “eight inches long, that, unless it was seen to move, could scarcely be conceived to be anything else than a small branch with its spray, the legs as well as the head having their little snags and knobs, so that no imitation can be more perfect.”
Not only, indeed, are the perfect insects similar to portions of vegetables, but even their eggs bear a great resemblance to seeds and their envelopes, insomuch that some of them might at first sight be mistaken for the deeply-ribbed fruits of various umbelliferous plants.
Mr. Parkinson has given the following account of the abdomen and eggs of Heteropteryx dilatata “The former,” he says, “is terminated by a kind of boat-shaped organ, the keel of which possesses a
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Dr. Müller has also described the ovaries of one of the species, Bacteria arumatia, in a paper, which points out a connexion between the dorsal vessel and the ovaries, published in the `Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiæ Cæsareæ Leopoldino-Carolinæ Naturæ Curiosorum,' tom. xii. pars 2., 1825; which paper was reviewed in the `Zoological Journal,' iii. p. 257, from whence I have copied the following account
“The ovaries, which occupy the whole length of the abdomen, consist of about fifty conical tubes, the bases of which communicate with the oviduct of each side. The tubes are from four to five lines in length, and contain each from eight to fourteen eggs in various stages of development, together with certain other parts, which appear to furnish the materials for their growth. The eggs decrease in size towards the apices of the tubes, which pass insensibly into a very fine elastic filament. These filaments, of equal breadth throughout, are inserted, at their opposite extremity, into the dorsal vessel, with the inner lining of which they are unquestionably continuous. They contain a granular, medullary, irregular, and frequently interrupted substance, which is continued from the interior of the dorsal vessel, and lies in immediate contact with the contents of the tubes. When these filaments,” observes the author, “ have once been seen, the idea of a mistake can no longer exist. I have shown them to many; the connexion is so frequent, so obvious, and so circumscribed, that there is no occasion to employ a microscope to be convinced of its existence. I have never heard a second opinion on the subject. The connecting filament, however, does not merely unite the dorsal vessel with the apex of the ovarian tube; it passes into the interior of the latter, and lines its internal surface in immediate contact with its contents, and expanding as it advances, terminates near the union of the tube with the oviduct, in a free edge. The portion which is thus enveloped by the tube is capable of being separated from it; it alone contains
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The habits of the Phasmidæ are at present little known; but Stoll informs us that they differ much from Mantidæ “par leur manière de vivre et par leur économie, ou qu'ils se nourrissent d'herbes, de plantes, et de feuilles d'arbres, et deposent leurs oeufs en terre tout comme les Sauterelles.” Mr. Allan Cunningham, the botanist, who has had occasion to observe several of the Australian species in their native haunts, has informed me, “that the reason why they are so rarely met with, is owing to their solitary and sedate habits, being found always single, or only two in company, crawling slowly up the underwood, shrubs, &c., on which they seem to pass their existence in the hot summer months, feeding on the young glutinous or gum my trees.” He states, also, that they occasionally disappear, perhaps for two or three years together.
Mr. Say gives the following account of an apterous species, which in this Synopsis is called Anisomorpha buprestoides: “On a journey to Florida with Mr. Maclure, I obtained a female, which was crawling up the body of an orange tree on Cumberland Island, Georgia. The male I had not seen until the recent return of Mr. Peale from that country, who brought many individuals of both sexes. He observed them in plenty in the southern part of that region: they were generally in pairs on the Palmetto, lying close to the rib of the leaf. Mr. P. remarked, that when taken they discharged a milky fluid from two pores of the thorax, diffusing a strong odour, in a measure like that of the common Gnaphalium, or Life-everlasting; and as this plant was growing near the place where they occurred, he supposed that it constituted at least part of their food. They vary much in colour, but it is believed that the two dorsal yellow lines are never wanting.”
I was informed by Dr. Harlan (during his stay in London), that the female of an American species had actually been seen to eat off the head of her unfortunate companion, while in the excitement of their mutual amours.
The following is a translation of the account of the habits of Bacteria bicornis, given by the late Rev. Lansdown Guilding, in the `Transactions of the Linnean Society': “ It is extremely common in the brushes of Equinoctial America, and the neighbouring islands, and deludes its enemies by its resemblance to a dead stick. It devours the leaves with avidity during the night; walks with a very vacillating motion; applies its anterior feet to its head when in repose, and thus defends its slender antennæ. It is tenacious of life. Its juices are green or pale.
“The imago occurs throughout the year, copulating in the months of May and June. The female lays 22 eggs from September to November, which remain quiescent from 79 to 100 days, the larva
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“The pupa scarcely differs from the imago.
“The egg is solid, clouded with flesh-colour and reddish, with scattered excavated dots, and a lateral chain-like spot, brown in the middle; its operculum is honeycombed and yellowish.
“The eggs of our Phasma are retained long in the oviduct, until they become indurated; and although those of Mantis are laid with caution, these are rejected without any peculiar care.”
The geographical extension of these insects is bounded by the parallel of fifty degrees on each side of the equinoctial line; and the following plan will show their further distribution among the great physical divisions of the surface of the earth.
| N. America | 3 | S. Europe | 3 |
| W. Indies | 8 | Africa | 2 |
| India, China, and Malay Islands | 41 | ||
| Polynesian Islands | 5 | ||
| Equinoctial Line. | |||
| S. America | 29 | New Holland | 27 |
| Doubtful | 10 | ||
Only two small apterous species have yet been with certainty detected in Africa*;
| * I have only myself had the good fortune to meet with two small species from Africa, although I think there is good reason for believing these insects to be farfrom uncommon in that continent. Stoll, however, mentions that the Platycrana viridana is found in Africa, as well as in India and South America; an extent of geographical range which I cannot conceive to be at all probable. In my Synopsis I have marked its habitat as India. Edwards, also, has figured a species said to be from the Cape of Good Hope; but as the figure is very bad in itself, and represents the insect in an immature state (being a pupa), I cannot refer it to any species mentioned in the Synopsis, or determine with any degree of certainty whether it constitutes a new species, as is most probably the case. |
I have found, on examining various specimens of the same species in different collections, that they vary much in colour; a circumstance which is greatly owing to the oily nature of their bodies, and to the neglect of the collector, at the, time of taking the specimen, in not making use of the precaution, which is commonly adopted
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It will be perceived that, in forming my table of divisions, I have, like other authors who have written on this group, used only external characters. The cibarian organs of species belonging to distinct divisions bear so great a similarity to each other, that it is impossible to make use of them as divisional characters. Like Fabricius, I have commenced with the apterous species, considering them, as it were, the most imperfect; and from these, by means of a species which possesses wings only, equal in length to the abdomen, we are enabled to proceed to the more perfect ones, which are provided with both tegmina and wings.
| ORTHOPTERA. | ||
| CURSORIA, Latr. | ||
| Fam. PHASMIDÆ, Kirby. | ||
Gryllus, Linn. - Mantis, pars, Linn., Gm., Fabr., Oliv. - Spectrum, Stoll, Latr., Lam. - Phasma, Stoll, Licht., Fabr., Latr. - MANTIDES. Spectra. Latr. - Difformes ou Anomides, Dumer. - Phasmadæ, Guilding. - Phasmina, MacLeay.
Pedes omnes assimiles, cursorii; plantula inter unguiculos.
Sub-fam. I. Apterophasmina, n.
Tegmina alæque in utroque sexu nullæ.
| * | Antennæ thorace longiores. | ||||
| A. | Pedes breves; thorax spinosus aut scaber. | ||||
| 1. | Metathorax brevissimus; pedes spinosi | Eurycantha. | |||
| 2. | Metathroax longus; pedes spinosi | Acanthoderus. | |||
| 3. | Metathroax longus; pedes foliato-compressi, spinosi, | Cladomorphus. | |||
| 4. | Metathroax longus; pedes perfoliati non spinosi, | Prisomera. | |||
| B. |
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| 1. | Pedes in utroque sexu æquales | Bacteria. | |||
| 2. | Pedes male femoribus intermediis crassis, female gracilibus, | Diapheromera. | |||
| 3. | Pedes inæquales, male longi, female breves | Anisomorpha. | |||
| 4. | Pedes intermedii subbreviores | Lonchodes. | |||
| 5. | Pedes posteriores breviores | Heteronemia. | |||
| ** | Antennæ thorace breviores. | ||||
| 1. | Antennæ 15-articulatæ, graciles; corpus filiforme | Linocerus. | |||
| 2. | Antennæ 12-articulatæ, submoniliformes; corpus filiforme, | Bacillus. | |||
| 3. | Antennæ 12-articulatæ; corpus subcylindricum | Pachymorpha. | |||
Sub-fam. II. Pterophasmina, n.
Alæ in utroque sexu.
| § | Mesothorax abdomine multo brevior. | |||||
| A. | Pedes simplices, (nec spinosi nec dilatati;) alæ in utroque sexu æquales. | |||||
| a. | Tegmina vix conspicua | Perlamorpha. | ||||
| b. | Tegmina in utroque sexu brevia. | |||||
| 1. | Alæ abdominis longitudine | Phasma. | ||||
| 2. | Alæ abdomine breviores | Xerosoma. | ||||
| B. | Pedes breves, antici foliato-compressi; alæ æquales. | |||||
| c. | Tegmina in utroque sexu longa | Dinelytron. | ||||
| C. | Pedes omnes dilatati. | |||||
| 1. | Abdomen supra convexum, subtus planum, sublineare; alæ æquales | Prisopus. | ||||
| 2. | Abdomen apice dilatatum; alæ æquales | Platytelus. | ||||
| 3. | Abdomen articulis 5, 6, et 7, dilatatis; alæ male longiores, female breviores | Ectatosoma. | ||||
| 4. | Abdomen planum, dilatatum, foliiiforme; alæ male longiores, breviores | Phyllium. | ||||
| D. | Pedes quatuor posteriores dilatati. | |||||
| 1. | Thorax subtriangularis; alæ in utroque sexu æquales, | Tropidoderus. | ||||
| E. | Pedes spinosi nec dilatati. | |||||
| 1. | Thorax in utroque sexu angustatus, spinosus; alæ æquales, | Podacanthus. | ||||
| 2. | Thorax male angustatus, female latus, spinosus, gibbosus; alæ æquales, | Xeroderus. | ||||
| 3. | Thorax quadratus; alæ male longæ?, female breves | Heteropteryx. | ||||
| §§ | Mesothorax abdominis fere longitudine. | |||||
| A. | Corpus longum, cylindricurn. | |||||
| * | Alæ male longæ, female breves. | |||||
| 1. | Pedes postici angulati | Diapherodes. | ||||
| 2. | Pedes postici non angulati | Aplopus. | ||||
| ** |
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| 1. | Caput postice gibbosum | Cyphocrana. | ||||
| 2. | Caput planum; foliola abdominalia nulla | Platycrana. | ||||
| 3. | Caput planum; foliola abdominalia in utroque sexu duo, | Acrophylla. | ||||
| B. | Corpus filiforme. | |||||
| 1. | Pedes æquales; foliola abdominalia duo brevia | Ctenomorpha. | ||||
| 2. | Pedes antici longissimi; foliola abdominalia nulla | Claxoderus. | ||||
| 3. | Pedes subbreves; abdomen apice gibbosum | Phibalosoma. | ||||
Gen. I. EURYCANTHA, Boisd.
Thorax abdominis longitudine, cylindricus, metathorace mesothorace breviori,
utrisque ad latera spinosis; Abdomen breve, subcylindricum apice attenuatum;
Pedes 4 anteriores breves, crassi, femora posteriora crassissima, fortiter
spinosa, tibiis gracilibus interne spinosis; Caput quadratum; Antennæ
longæ, graciles, articulo primo magno, depresso.
Habitat in Novâ Hiberniâ.
E. horrida, Boisd.
Nigrescenti-brunnea; capite antennisque albidis; abdomine rufonigro. -
Long. ant. 2'' 3''', corp. 4'' 7'''.
Eurycantha horrida, Boisd. Voy. de l'Astrol. Zool. Ent.
pl. 10. f. 2.
Habitat in Novâ Hiberniâ. In coll. D. Hope.
Phasma, Dumer. Bacteria, Perch.
Thorax cylindricus, abdomine brevior, spinosus, metathorace mesothoracis
fere longitudine; Abdomen subbreve, cylindricum; Pedes mediocres, plus
minus spinosi; Caput parvum, subquadratum; Antennæ mediocres,
setaceæ.
Habitant (an omnes?) in Australiâ.
A. scabrosus, n.
Thorace, femoribus posticis et pedum basibus, spinosis. - Long. ant. 1''
6''', corp. 2'' 9'''.
Bacteria scabrosa, Perch. Guer. Icon. Ins. pl. 53. f. 4.
Griff. An. Kingd. pl. 110. f. 4.
Habitat ?
A. Dumerilii, n.
Thorace scabro; femoribus quatuor posticis angulatis; tibiis posticis
dentatis. - Long. ant. 1'' 11''', corp. 2'' 5'''.
Phasme géant, Dumér.
Consid. Ins. pl. 23. f. 3.
Habitat ?
A. spinosus, n.
Thorace, abdominis articulo primo, pedibusque fortiter spinosis:
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Thorax cylindricus, abdomine brevior, scaber, metathorace mesothoracis
fere longitudine; Abdomen cylindricum, subscabrum, segmenti quarti
quintive apice supra dilatato, ovipositore brevi, cymbiformi; Pedes
mediocres, spinosi, aliquando margine foliatocompressi aut perfoliati;
Caput parvum, posticè gibbosum, cornutum; Antennæ mediocres;
setaceæ.
Habitant in Brasiliâ.
C. phyllinus, n.
Albo-cinereus; antennis supra albidis, subtus nigris; capite
bituberculato; thorace scaberrimo; pedibus longis, femoribus tibiisque
quatuor posticis subtus spinosis. - Long. ant. female 1½'',
corp. 8'' 6'''.
Habitat in Brasiliâ. In coll. D. Children, &c.
C. ceratocephalus, n.
Albo-cinereus; capite bicorni; thorace scabro; pedibus brevioribus,
anticis foliato-compressis, femoribus quatuor posticis crassis, dentatis,
apice tibiisque perfoliatis, tarsorum articulo primo dilatato erecto. -
Long. ant. female 1'', corp. 6''.
Habitat in Brasiliâ. In coll. D. Hope.
C. dilatipes, n.
Brunneus, scaberrimus; capite tuberculato; thorace spinis duabus mediis;
pedibus brevibus, anticis dilatatis, femoribus posticis spinosis,
tibiis in medio dilatatis, tarsorum articulo primo dilatato triangulari
erecto. - Long. ant. ? corp. 3'' 6'''.
Habitat in Brasiliâ. In coll. D. Children.
C. perfoliatus, n.
Brunneus, scaber; capite bicorni, auriformi; thorace spinoso; femoribus
quatuor posticis perfoliatis. - Long. ant. male 9'''. female 2''
corp. male 1'' 9'''. female 3'' 6'''
Habitat in Brasiliâ. In coll. D. Children et auct.
Mantis, Oliv. Phasma, Stoll, Licht.
Thorax scaber quandoque spinosus, abdominis fere longitudine, cylindricus;
Abdomen subbreve, cylindricum; Pedes breves, perfoliati, perfoliatione
dentata; Caput parvum, subquadratum; Antennæ longæ,
setaceæ.
Habitant in Indiâ Orientali.
P. femoratum, n.
“Fuscum; pedibus mediocribus, foliato-compressis, femoribus mediis
bidentatis apice.” Licht. - Long. ant. 1'' 5''', corp. 5'' 2'''.
Phasma femorata, Stoll, Spectr. pl. 14. f. 54.
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P. spinicollis, n.
Brunneo-nigrum; capite bicorni, auriformi; thorace scabro,
meso-metathoraceque spinosis, longis, acutis; abdommne subbrevi, scabro;
pedibus longis, femoribus quatuor posticis juxta basin perfoliatis,
dentatis, tibiis foliato-compressis.
- Long. ant. 2'' 5''', corp. 4'' 4'''.
Habitat in Ceylonâ. In coll. Mus. Brit.
P. ? phyllopus, n.
Olivaceum; thorace scabriusculo; femoribus posticis quatuor basi et
apice perfoliatis.
Habitat in Americâ Australi. In coll. D. Hope.
Gen. V. BACTERIA, Latr., Lep. et Serv.
Mantis, Oliv. Phasma, Stoll, Fabr., Licht., Guild.
Corpus maris filiforme, fœminæ cylindricum; Thorax subglaber,
abdominis fere longitudine; Abdomen subbreve, glabrum; Pedes longi,
in utroque sexu æquales, simplices, tarsorum articulis aliquando
dilatatis erectis; Caput parvum, aliquando cornutum; Antennæ
longæ, setaceæ.
Habitant in utroque Continente.
B. arumatia, n.
Fusca, testaceo-annulata; pedibus aliquanto corpore brevioribus, tarsorum
articulo primo triangulari erecto. - Long. ant. 3'' 9''', corp. 7''.
Phasma arumatia, Stoll, Spectr. pl. l3. f. 51.
Mantis baculus, Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 638. pl. 132. f. 2.
Rœsel, pl. 19. f. 10.
Mantis Ferula, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. p. 12.
Phasma Ferula, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 187.
Latr. Gen. Crust. et Ins. iii. 88.
Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 10.
Bacteria Ferula, Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 64.
Spectrum Ferula, Lam. An. sans Vert. iv. 255.
La Branche de Bouillot, Stoll, p. 41.
Habitat in Indiâ Occidentali.
B. bicornis, n.
Dilutè fusca; capite oblongiusculo, cornu auriformi; pedibus
obscuro-fasciatis, femoribus intermediis subtus apice muticis. -
Long. ant. male 2'' 5'''. female 2'' 11''', corp. male 3'' 6'''. female
6''.
Phasma bicornis, Stoll, Spectr. pl. 15. f. 57.
Mantis Keratosqueleton, Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 639.
Phasma cornutum, Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 10. Guild. Linn.
Trans. xiv. 137. pl. vii. (non Ph. filiformis, Fabr.)
Le Spectre ou Squelette cornu, Stoll, p. 46.
Habitat in Indiâ Occidentali. In coll. D. Children.
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B. Calamus, Serv.
Virescens; corpore subplano, subscabro, lineâ mediâ
elevatâ; femoribus lineis elevatis striatis. -
Long. ant. ? corp. 3'' 7'''.
Mantis Calamus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 13.
Phasma Calamus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Supp. 187. Licht. Linn,
Trans. vi. 10.
Latr. Gen. Crust. et Ins. iii. 88.
Bacteria Calamus, Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 64.
Spectrum Calamus, Lam. An. sans Vert. iv. 255.
Habitat in Indiâ Occidentali. In coll. D. Children.
B. viridis, n.
Viridis, glabra; thorace lineâ mediâ, pedibus lineis elevatis
striatis. - Long. ant. 1''', corp. 2''.
Habitat in Insulis Sandvicensibus. In coll. Mus. Brit.
B. filiformis, Serv.
Fusca; antennis longis, nigris; pedibus corporis longitudine inermibus
testaceo-annulatis. - Long. ant. male ?. female ?, corp. male ?.
female ?.
Phasma filiformis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 186.
Latr. Gen. Crust. et Ins. iii. 88.
Mantis filiformis, Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 625.
Phasma filiforme, Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 9. pl. 1. f. 1.
Bacteria filiformis, Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 64.
(Phasma cornutum, male, Guild. Linn. Trans. xiv. 137, sed falso.)
Spectrum filiforme, Lam. An. sans Vert. iv. 255.
Habitat in Indiâ Occidentali.
? B. linearis, n.
Cinerea; lineis longitudinalibus albis. - Long. ant. ? corp. 2'' 3'''.
Mantis linearis, Drury, Ins. i. pl. 50.
Habitat in Indiâ Occidentali, (Antigua).
B. lineata, n.
Cœrulescens, lineis longitudinalibus albis et nigris. -
Long. ant. ? corp. 3''
Habitat in Africâ, (Sierra Leona).
B. Indica, n.
Flavescenti-brunnea, glabra, filiformis; antennis subbrevibus,
rufescentibus basi viridescentibus; pedibus mediocribus, simplicibus,
anticis lineis elevatis striatis. - Long. ant. ? corp. 4'' 2'''.
Habitat in Indiâ Orientali. In coll. DD. Hardwicke et Sykes.
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B. fragilis, Hope MSS.
Nigrescenti-viridis; capite fasciis duabus albis.
- Long. ant. 1'' 8''', corp. 1'' 11'''.
Bacteria fragilis, Hope, MSS.
G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr. i. pl. 7.
Habitat in Australiâ. In coll. D. Hope.
B. Ægyptiaca, n.
Brunnea; capite flavo-lineato; thorace nigro-lineato, marginibus flavis;
pedibus gracilibus, rufescentibus, anticis longis, quatuor posticis
subæqualibus. - Long. ant. 7''', corp. 2'' 1'''.
Habitat in Ægypto. In coll. Mus. Brit.
Spectrum, Say.
Corpus maris filiforme, fœminæ paulum incrassatum; Thorax longus,
glaber; Abdomen thorace brevius; Pedes longi, maris femoribus intermediis
crassis, fœminæ gracilibus.
Habitat in Americâ Septentrionali.
D. Sayi, n.
Viridescenti-brunneum; capite flavescenti, fasciis tribus fuscis;
femoribus anticis viridibus, intermediis crassis, flavo-brunneis,
fusco-annulatis, quatuor posticis subtus juxta apicem spinâ
piceâ acutâ. female paulum incrassatum, cinereum, robustum;
pedibus gracilibus, quatuor posticis spinosis. - Long. ant. male 2''
9'''. female 1'' 9''', corp. male et female 2'' 9'''.
Spectrum femoratum, Say, Amer. Ent. iii. pl. 37.
Habitat in Americâ Septentrionali.
Phasma, Stoll, Pal. Beauv. Spectrum, Say.
Thorax et abdomen, maris subfiliformes, fœminæ paulum
incrassati, longitudine æquales; Pedes inæquales, maris longi,
fœminæ breves, simplices.
Habitant in Americâ Septentrionali.
A. ferruginea, n.
Fusco-ferruginea; pedibus viridibus; fœminæ mesothorace et abdominis
basi lateribus viridibus. - Long. ant. male 1''. female 1'' 1''', corp.
male 1'' 6'''. female 2'' 3'''.
Phasma ferruginea, Pal. Beauv. Ins. Orth. pl. 14. f. 6 et 7.
Habitat in Carolinâ.
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Corpus filiforme; thorace abdomine longiori; Pedes mediocres; simplices,
posteriores reliquis breviores.
Habitat in Americâ Æquinoctiali.
H. Mexicana, n.
Olivacea; capite albido; pedibus lineis elevatis striatis.
- Long. ant. 1'' 11'', corp. 3'' 5'''.
Habitat in Mexico. In coll. D. Children.
Phasma, Curtis, MSS.
Thorax subcylindricus, abdominis longitudine; Abdomen breve, subcylindricum,
apice lanceiformi; Pedes mediocres, plus minus dentati, intermedii reliquis
breviores.
Habitant in Indiâ Orientali.
L. brevipes, n.
Brunneus; tharace scabriusculo, abdominis longitudine; capite bicorni parvo;
pedibus brevibus, mediis brevioribus, femoribus crassis, subtus apice dentatis.
- Long. ant. 2'', corp. 3'' 4'''.
Habitat in Orâ Malabariensi. In coll. D. Children.
L. geniculatus, n.
Nigrescenti-viridis; thorace subglabro; abdomine thorace breviori, apice
gibboso, subplano; pedibus longis, viridibus; femoribus apice rubris, tarsis
simplicibus. - Long. ant. , corp. .
Phasma geniculatum, Curtis, MSS.
Habitat in Indiâ Orientali. In coll. D. Curtis, “a Dominâ
Murchison communicatus.”
L. pterodactylus, n.
Brunneus; capite cornubus duobus brevibus; thorace scabriusculo; pedibus
brevioribus, foliato-compressis, interruptis; tarsorum anticorum articulo
primo elongato dilatato erecto. - Long. ant. male 9'''. female 1''
6''', corp. male 2'' 4'''. female 4'' 8'''.
Habitat in Indiâ Orientali. In coll. D. Children.
Corpus filiforme; Thorax abdominis longitudine, glaber; Pedes
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L. gracilis, n.
Viridescenti-brunneus; pedibus longis, simplicibus.
- Long. ant. 6''', corp. 3''.
Habitat in Chinâ. In coll. D. Hope.
Gen. XI. BACILLUS, Latr., Lep. et Serv., Serv.
Mantis, Rossi, Fabr., Petagn. Phasma, Fabr., Latr., Licht., Charp.
Corpus filiforme, in medio subcarinatum; Thorax abdominis longitudine,
glaber; Pedes mediocres, simplices; Caput parvum; Antennæ breviores,
articulis 12, primo magno, reliquis submoniliformibus, ultimo conico-ovato.
Habitant in Europâ, Australiâ, et Insulis Sandvicensibus.
B. Rossia, Serv.
Viridis; thorace scabriusculo; femoribus quatuor posticis striatis ad apicem
subtus dentatis, var. brunneus.
- Long. ant. 3''', corp. 2'' 10'''.
Phasma Rossia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 187.
Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. iii. 88.
Lep. et Serv. Ency. Meth. x. 101.
Mantis Rossia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 13.
Rossi, Faun. Etrus. i. tab. 8. f. 1.
Phasma Plocaria, Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 11.
Phasma Rossium, Charp. Horæ Ent. p. 93.
Bacillus Rossii, Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 65.
Plocaria domestica, Scop. Delic. Insubr. i. 60. t. 24. f. A.
Spectrum Rossii, Lam. An. sans Vert. iv. 255.
Habitat in Europâ Australi. In coll. D. Children, &c.
B. gallicus, Serv.
“Thorace marginibus lateralibus crenulato-punctatis: in capitis
abdorninisque lateribus striga et punctis duobus in segmentorum parte
superiore brunneis.” (Charp.)
- Long. ant. ?, corp. ?.
Phasma gallicus, Charp. Horæ Ent. p. 94.
Bacillus gallicus, Serv, Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 65.
Habitat in Europâ.
B. granulatus, Brullé.
“Fuscus, tuberculis numerosissimis instructus, corpore
longitudinaliter unicarinato; capite pallide nigro-lineato; antennarum
articulis longitudine æqualibus; abdomine thoraceque subtus
cinereo albicantibus; femoribus pedibusque nigro-maculatis; tarsis apice
nigricantibus.” (Brullé.)
- Long. ant. 3''', corp. 2'' 8'''.
Bacillus granulatus,
Brullé, Exp. Sc. de Morée, Ent. pl. 29. f. 6.
Habitat in Moreâ.
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B. Beecheyi, n.
Brunneus, glaber; capite cornubus duohus brevibus; pedibus brevibus,
obscuro-fasciatis, lineis elevatis striatis.
- Long. ant. 2''', corp. 3'' 2'''.
Habitat in Insulis Sandvicensibus. In coll. Mus. Brit.
Bacillus, Hope, MSS. G. R. Gray.
Corpus cylindricum, in medio carinatum, subscabrum; Abdomen basi depressum,
apice compressum; Pedes anteriores lineis elevatis striatis, quatuor posticis
supra dentatis; Caput magnum, subplanum; Antennæ breves, articulo prima
magno, depresso, reliquis apice incrassatis.
Habitat in Australiâ.
P. squalida, n.
Brunneo-nigra, albo-mixta, rugosa; capite bicorni parvo.
- Long. ant. 4''', corp. 2'' 1'''.
Bacillus squalidus, Hope, MSS.
G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr. i. pl. 3. f. 2.
Habitat in Australiâ. In coll. D. Hope.
Phasmata, § alata; § depressa; et § subaptera. Licht.
Gen. XIII. PERLAMORPHUS, Curtis, MSS.
Tegmina vix conspicua; Alæ utriusque sexûs fere abdominis
longitudine; Abdomen subfiliforme; Pedes subbreves, simplices, hirsuti;
Prothorax brevis, subquadratus; Mesothorax brevis, oblongo-quadratus;
Antennæ longæ, setaceæ, subhirsutæ.
Habitant in Indiâ Orientali.
P. hieroglyphicus, Curtis.
Sericeus, viridi-nitens, brunneo-reticulatus; alis hyalinis, nigrescentibus,
areâ costali viridi, maculis inter nervos rufescenti-nigris; abdomine
griseo-brunneo, subtus hirsuto; pedibus flavescenti-viridibus, nigro-fasciatis.
- Long. ant. ?, corp. 2'' 2'''. Exp. alar. 3'' 2'''.
Perlamorphus hieroglyphicus, Curtis, MSS.
Habitat in Javâ. In coll. D. Curtis, “à Dominâ
Murchison communicatus.”
Pupa imagini similis, nisi quoad abdomen maculatum, alasque rudimentales flavas
inter nervos striatas.
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Gryllus, Linn. - Mantis, pars, Fabr., Oliv. - Phasma, pars, Stoll, Licht., Fabr. - Phasmata alata, Licht. - Spectrum, pars, Stoll, Lam., Latr. - Phasma, I. pars, Latr.
Tegmina minima, aliquando longiora, ovalia, in medio spinosa, vel
quandoque elevata; Alæ sublineares, in utroque sexu fere abdominis
longitudine, areâ costali angustatâ; Abdomen filiforme;
Pedes mediocres, simplices, aliquando subdentati aut lineis elevatis
striati; Mesothorax brevis, spinosus vel lævis; Caput parvum,
subdepressum; Antennæ longissimæ, setaceæ.
Habitant in utroque Continente.
P. laterale, Licht.
Nigrum; mesothorace teretiusculo glabro; tegminibus alarumque basi
sulphureis; abdomine nigro, marginibus lateralibus brunneis; pedibus
inermibus.
- Long. ant. ?, corp. 2'' 1'''. Exp. alar. 3''.
Mantis lateralis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 15. Oliv. Ency. M eth. vii. 634.
Mantis xanthomela, Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 638.
Phasma lateralis, Stoll, Spectr. pl. 10. f. 36 et 37.
Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 188.
Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. iii. 87.
Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 58.
Lep. et Serv. Ency. Meth. x. 101.
Phasma laterale, Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 15.
Le Spectre noir de Surinam, et Spectre noir de Coromandel, Stoll.
Habitat in Brasiliâ.
P. bimaculatum, Licht.
Fuscum; mesothorace tereti glabro; tegminibus lanceolatis, dilute fuscis,
maculâ in medio sulphureâ; alis albidis, basi rufescentibus,
areâ costali fuscâ, basi albidâ.
- Long. ant. corp. 2'' 11''', corp. 2'' 4'''. Exp. alar. 3'' 7'''.
Phasma bimaculata, Stoll, Spectr. pl. 8. f. 29.
Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 58.
Mantis bimaculata, Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 637.
Phasma bimaculatum, Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 15.
La double tache, Stoll, p. 26.
Habitat in Coromandel ?
P. spinosum, n.
“Capite thoraceque spinosis; tegminibus acutis, alis fuscis.”
(Fabr.)
- Long. ant. ?, corp. ?. Exp. alar. ?.
Mantis spinosa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 14.
Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 633.
Phasma spinosa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 188.
Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. iii. 87.
Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 58.
Habitat in Indiâ Orientali.
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P. Tithonus, n.
E flavescenti, viride; capite thoraceque brunneo-flavis, nigrolineatis;
tegminibus in medio elevatis, nigro-lineatis; alis hyalinis; abdomine basi
brunneo-flavo, apice viridi, nigro-maculato; pedibus supra viridibus,
nigro-lineatis, subtus nigris; antennis nigris, griseoalbo-annulatis.
- Long. ant. male 1''. female 1'' 7''',
corp. male 1'' 7''', female 2'' 9'''.
Exp. alar. male 2''. female 4''.
Habitat in Indiâ Orientali ? In coll. D. Children, et Mus. Brit.
P. annulatum, n.
Fuscum; tegminibus margine exteriore flavis, in medio dente brevi elevato;
alis fuscis; antennis longis, albo-maculatis.
- Long. ant. ?, corp. ? Exp. alar. ?
Phasma annulata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 189.
Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. iii. 87.
Habitat in Tranquebariâ.
P. acanthopterum, n.
Fuscum; tegminibus spinosis; alis flavescenti-brunneis; areâ costali
rufescenti, brunneo-maculatâ.
- Long. ant. ?, corp. 1'' 11'''. Exp. alar. 2'' 8'''.
Phasma acanthoptera, Stoll, Spectr. pl. 21. f. 78.
Spectre moucheté, Stoll, p. 62.
Habitat in Amboinâ.
P. auritum, n.
Fuscum; capite thoraceque spinosis; tegminibus concavis elevatis in medio
compressis; alis obscuris, margine exteriore lato rufescenti, fusco-maculatis,
fasciâ latâ albâ.
- Long. ant. ?, corp. ? Exp. alar. ?
Mantis aurita, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 15.
Phasma aurita, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 189.
Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. iii. 87.
Habitat in Indiâ Orientali.
P. atrophicum, Licht.
Griseum; mesothorace quadrispinoso, erecto; tegminibus basi aristato
mucronatis; abdomine apice spinoso.
- Long. ant. 2'' 9''', corp. 6'''. Exp. alar. 6''.
Mantis atrophica, Pall. Spic. 9. t. 1. f. 1.
Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 14.
Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 633.
Phasma atrophica, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 188.
Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. iii. 87.
Spectrum atrophicum, Lam. An. sans Vert. iv. 254.
Phasma atrophicum, Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 14.
Habitat in Javâ.
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P. bioculatum, n.
Brunneum; antennis flavis; tegminibus viridibus, maculâ nigrâ,
flavo-marginatâ.
- Long. ant. ?, corp. 2'' 9'''. Exp. alar. 3'' 5'''.
Phasma bioculata, Stoll, Spectr. pl. 20. f. 76.
Mantis phthisica, Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 626.
Linn. Syst. Ed.
Gmel. p. 2049.
Phasma phthisica, Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 58.
Phasma edule, var., Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 33.
Spectre brun sombre, à miroirs noirs, Stoll, p. 61.
Habitat in Surinam.
P. bispinosum, n.
Viride; mesothorace flavo, teretiusculo, anticè bispinoso nigro;
tegminibus margine flavis; alis pallide roseis, areâ costali viridi,
margine anteriori juxta basin albo.
- Long. ant. ? corp. 3'' 2'''. Exp. alar. 3'' 7'''.
Mantis bispinosa, Linn. Syst. Ed. Gmel. p. 2054.
Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 14.
Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 633.
Rees's Ency. Nat. Hist. Ins. Hem. pl. 1. f. 1.
Shaw's Misc. pl. 323. Ency. Brit. t. 204. f. 20.
Phasma bispinosa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 188.
Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. iii. 87.
Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 58.
Habitat in Brasiliâ.
P. perspicillare, n.
Griseo-brunneum; areâ costali flavo-striatâ, alarumque basi
albidâ; tarsorum articulo primo flavo.
- Long. ant. 1'' 7''', corp. 2''. Exp. alar. 3'' 4'''.
Phasma perspicillaris, Stoll, Spectr. pl. 23. f. 86.
Spectre manière de papillon, Stoll, p. 67.
Habitat in Surinam.
P. fasciatum, n.
Nigrum; capite albo-lineato; mesothorace scabro; tegminibus nigris, margine
anteriori viridibus; areâ costali nigrescenti, fasciis longitudinalibus
viridibus; alis hyalinis, albis, margine nigrescentibus.
- Long. ant. ?, corp. ?. Exp. alar. ?.
Habitat in Brasiliâ. In coll. D. Children.
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P. Hopii, n.
Nigro-brunneum; capite thoraceque flavo-lineatis; tegminibus
areâque costali margine anteriori viridescenti-flavis; alis albidis,
apice nigris; abdomine nigro-brunneo, apice pallidiori nigro-maculato.
- Long. ant. male 3'', female 2'' 6''', corp. male 2'', female 3''.
Exp. alar. male 2'' 9''', female 3'' 6'''.
Habitat in Brasiliâ. In coll. DD. Children et Hope, et Mus. Brit.
P. flavo-maculatum, n.
Nigrescenti-brunneum; thorace flavo-maculato, subtus virescenti;
tegminibus margine anteriori, lineâ mediâ, margineque
posteriori, viridescentibus; alis obscuro-hyalinis; areâ costali
nervis longitudinalibus viridibus; pedibus viridescentibus.
- Long. ant. 2'' 3''', corp. 2'' 6'''. Exp. alar. 2'' 7'''.
Habitat in Brasiliâ. In coll. D. Children.
P. Bennettii, Curtis.
Capite thoraceque viridibus, nigro-lineatis; tegminibus areâque
costali æruginosis, margine anteriori et nervis nigris;
alis nigrescentibus; abdomine pedibusque nigris, femoribus lineis
longitudinalibus viridibus elevatis.
- Long. ant. 1'' 9''', corp. 2''. Exp. alar. 3'' 2'''.
Habitat in Columbiâ. In coll. D. Curtis,
“â Dom. E. Bennett communicatum.”
P. unicolor, Curtis.
Rufescenti-brunneum; mesothorace scabro; tegminibus in medio elevatis; alis
cinereis, apice obscuris; pedibus longis, lineis elevatis striatis; antennis
luridis, anticulorum apicibus nigris.
- Long. ant. , corp. . Exp. alar. .
Habitat in Columbiâ. In coll. D. Curtis.
P. corniceps, n.
Nigrescenti-brunneum; capite bicorni auriformi, dentato; thorace
scaberrimo, mesothorace anticè bispinoso; tegminibus longis,
juxta basin elevatis, reticulatis; alis subhyalinis, cinereis, nervis
brunneonigris; areâ costali basi carneâ, reticulatâ;
abdomine piceo; pedibus (anticis casu deficientibus), femoribus mediis
dentatis, posticis vix dentatis, tibiis simplicibus.
- Long. ant.? Corp. ? Exp. alar. 4'' 7'''.
Habitat in Demerarâ. In coll. auct.
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P. maculatum, n.
Capite thoraceque flavo-brunneis, strigis brunneis; tegminibus in medio
spinâ armatis; alis hyalinis fuscis, margine exteriore obscuro;
areâ costali flavo-brunneâ, brunneo-maculatâ; pedibus
brunneis, fasciis albo-brunneis.
- Long. ant. 2'' 11''', corp. 2'' 1'''. Exp. alar. 2'' 11'''.
Habitat in Brasiliâ. In coll. D. Children.
P. Servillii, n.
Viride; antennarum articulis quinque basalibus annulatis apice albis; capite
spinis duabus, acutis; tegminibus nigrescentibus, viridipunctatis, juxta apicem
spinosis; alis nigris, viridi-reticulatis; pedibus viridibus nigro-annulatis.
- Long. ant. 3'' 3''', corp. 2'' 8'''. Exp. alar. 3'' 6'''.
Phasma annulata, Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 58.
Guer. Icon. Ins. pl. 53. f. 1.
Griff An. Kingd. pl. 110. f. 1.
Habitat in Brasiliâ.
P. ambiguum, n.
Cinereum; tegminibus nigris, spinâ in margine anteriori; areâ
costali alisque fulvis, margine cinereo; corpore nigro.
- Long. ant. 3'' 3''', corp. 3'' 5'''. Exp. alar. 4'' 5'''.
Phasma ambigua, Stoll, Spectr. pl. 25. f. 98.
Habitat - ?
P. acuticorne, n.
Pallide viride, nigro reticulatum et fasciatum; antennis nigris,
albo-annulatis; capite bicorni, cornubus brevibus, acutis; mesothorace
subscabro; tegminibus (longis in medio elevatis) areâque costali fasciis
obscuris, interruptis; alis nigrescentibus.
- Long. ant. 3'', corp. 3'' 4'''. Exp. alar. 5''.
Habitat in Americâ Æquinoctiali. In coll. auct.
P. lineare, n.
“Fuliginosum; mesothorace tereti glabro; tegminibus basi aristato
spinosis; alis brunneis, extus maculis oblongis fuscis; abdomine subtus
griseo.” (Licht.)
- Long. ant. 3'' 4''', corp. 3'' 2'''. Exp. alar. 4'' 5'''.
Phasma linearis, Stoll, Spectr. pl. 8. f. 27.
Phasma umbretta, Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 14.
Le double Epine brun, Stoll, p. 24.
Habitat in Surinam.
Tegmina minima, ovalia; Alæ mediocres, abdomine tertiâ parte
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X. canaliculatum, Serv.
Nigrescenti-brunneum; capite brunneo, medio profundè canaliculato,
ad latera tuberculato; tegminibus viridibus, rugosis; alis brunneis
albo-maculatis; femoribus dentatis.
- Long. ant. ? corp. ? Exp. alar. ?
Xerosoma canaliculatum, Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 61.
Habitat in Brasiliâ.
Tegmina linearia, alarum dimidium longitudine superantia; Alæ in utroque
sexu abdominis fere longitudine; Abdomen maris filiforme, fœminæ
cylindricum, supra convexum, subtus planum; Pedes subbreves præsertim
anteriores, marginibus subcompressis.
Habitant in Brasiliâ.
D. Hipponax, n.
Cinereum; prothorace spinis duabus; tegminibus basi areâque costali,
albis, viridi- et brunneo-reticulatis; alis albidis, maculis interruptis
nigrescentibus.
- Long. ant. , corp. . Exp. alar. .
Habitat in Brasiliâ. In coll. D. Westwood.
D. grylloides, n.
| See the addenda for a second description. |
Gen. XVII. PRISOPUS, Lep. et Serv., Serv.
Mantis, Oliv. Phasma, Stoll. Phasmata § § depressa, Licht. Phasma II., Latr.
Tegmina longa subangustata, alis tertiâ parte breviora; Alæ
in utroque sexu abdominis longitudine, areâ costali latâ;
Abdomen sublatum, supra convexum, subtus planum; Pedes breves,
membranaceo-dilatati, præsertim anteriores, dentati ciliatique;
Caput quadratum anticè planum, posticè gibbosum, spinosum;
Antennæ mediocres, setaceæ.
Habitant in Indiâ Orientali.
P. flabelliformis, n.
Capite spinoso, albido; mesothorace brevi, depressiusculo, mutico;
tegminibus viridibus, apice rubris; alis cinereis, fusco-undatis;
areâ costali fusco-maculatâ, apice rubrâ; pedibus
brunneis, anticis membranaceis, ciliatis.
- Long ant. 1'' 9''', corp. 3'' 3'''. Exp. alar. 4'' 9'''.
Phasma flabelliformis, Stoll, Spectr. pl. 18. f. 65.
Mantis sacrata, Oliv. Encyc. Meth. vii. 639.
Phasma Dracunculus, Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 1 6.
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P. Nympha, n.
(Pupa.) Brunneus; thorace albo-maculato, pedibus omnibus mem branaceis,
ciliatis, nigro-annulatis.
- Long. ant. 2'' 2''', corp. 2'' 3'''. Exp. alar. ?
Phasma Nympha, Stoll, Spectr. pl. 5. f. 18.
Mantis Draco, Oliv. Encyc. Meth. vii. 636.
Phasma Dracunculus, pupa, Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 16.
Prisopus Draco, Lep. et Serv. Encyc. Meth. x. 444.
Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 63.
Le petit Dragon, Stoll, p. 14.
Habitat in Javâ.
P. Orhtmanni, n.
“Thorace brevi, teretiusculo, subbiarticulato; tegminibus
mediocribus, ovatis, oblongis; alis rotundatis; areâ costali
concolori griseofuscâ, abdomine breviore; pedibus anticis
latissimis, omnibus membranaceis, marginato-ciliatis.”
(Licht.)
- Long. ant. 7''', corp. 2'' 4'''. Exp. alar. 3''.
Phasma Orhtmanni, Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 17. pl. 2. f. 1.
Habitat in Indiâ Orientali.
P. manicatus, n.
“Tegminibus brevissimis, basi denticulato, elevato; femoribus
anticis membranaceis.” (Licht.)
- Long. ant. ?, corp. ? Exp. alar. ?
Mantis linearis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 16.
Oliv. Ency. Meth. vii. 634.
Phasma linearis, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 189.
Phasma manicatum, Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 17.
Habitat in Indiâ Orientali.
“Antecendenti proxime adfine atque ejus forte mas.” (Licht.)
Prisopus, Westw. MSS.
Mas ignotus.
Fœmina, Tegmina longa, alarum dimidium longitudine superantia,
prope basin elevata; Alæ (in utroque sexu?) abdominis longitudine;
Abdomen sublatum, segmentis sex ultimis planis, ad latera dilatatis
irregularibus; Pedes mediocres, dilatati, dentati, femoribus anterioribus
apice filamentis duobus hirsutis, tibiis posticis apice spinâ
curvatâ, armatâ; Thorax brevis, latus; Caput subquadratum,
spinosum; Antennæ breves, setaceæ.
Habitat in Americâ Æquinoctiali.
P. horridus, n.
Obscure brunnescenti-niger; tegminibus pallidioribus; alis pallide
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Phasma, MacL.
Mas, Tegmina parva, ovalia; Alæ abdominis longitudine; Abdomen subfiliforme, articulis quinto ad septimum dilatatis, apice subcompressum, recurvatum; Pedes mediocres, trigoni, marginibus, præsertim exterioribus, dilatatis; Pro- mesothoraxque angustati, spinosi, hoc spinis duabus magnis prope prothoracem; Caput parvum, pyramidatum, spinosum; Antennæ sublongæ, setaceæ, hirsutæ.
Fœmina subaptera; Abdomen latius; Pedes magis dilatati;
Antennæ breves, hirsutæ.
Habitant in Australiâ.
E. Hopii*, n.
| * I am unacquainted with the female of this species, but no doubt it may be easily distinguished, by wanting the two rows of dentated laminæ on the upper surface of the abdomen, as in the subsequent species; and also by the length of the first joint of the anterior tarsi. |
E. tiaratum†, n.
| † The above description is taken from a male pupa, which is represented in the `Entomology of Australia,' as I have not yet met with the perfect state of that sex: the larva of the same sex is about two inches in length, and of a light reddish brown, covered with tubercles. The imago female is figured by Mr. MacLeay, as referred to above: it is about four inches and seven lines in length, of the same colour as my figure, but much more covered with spines, especially on the under surface. |
Gen. XX. PHYLLIUM, Illig., Latr., Lep. et Serv., Serv.
Mantis, Fabr., Oliv. Pteropus, Thunb. Phasma, Stoll, Licht.
Mas, Tegmina subbrevia, subhyalina; Alæ lineares, abdominis
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| See addenda for correction: "for conspicuæ read nullæ" |
Habitant in Indiâ Orientali.
P. siccifolium,
Latr.
Viride; (capite thoraceque brunneis); alis albido-hyalinis.
- Long. ant. male corp. 2'' 8'''. Exp. alar. 3'' 8'''.
female Long. corp. 4'' 2'''. Exp. corp. 4½'''.
- Long. corp. 3'' 5'''. Exp. corp. 1'' 2'''.
- Long. corp. 3'' 3'''. Exp. corp. 1'' 6'''.
- Long. corp. 3'' 2''' *. Exp. corp. 1'' 7½'''.
|
* As the specimens and figures which I have examined, vary much
in size and outline, I am induced to consider that there probably
exist two species, which have hitherto been confounded under one
denomination.
Thus, the Ceylonese specimen above referred to and also the figure in Dumeril's `Considérations' are probably distinct, on account of their being shorter and much broader in proportion than the figures in Stoll and Donovan and several specimens, which I have examined, which are longer and not so broad by several lines; as may be seen by referring to the measurements given above. |
P. bioculatum, n.
Viride; tegminibus alisque hyalinis, linearibus; abdomine maculis duabus
nigro-ocellatis rotundatis, medio hyalinis.
- Long. ant. male ? corp. 2'' 4'''. Exp. alar. 3'' 3'''.
Long. corp. female 3'' 2'''. Exp. corp. 1'' 7'''.
Phyllium bioculatum,
G. R. Gray, in Griff. An. Kingd. ii. 191. pl. 63. f. 3.
Habitat in Indiâ Orientali. In coll. Mus. Brit. et D. Hope.
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| * A pupa; and as this state in the Phasmidæ is always equal in size to the imago of the same species, I am induced to consider this as distinct, on account of its small size in comparison with the others. |
P. chlorophyllium†, n.
| † Considered as the male of a distinct species by Latreille, in the `Regne Animal'. |
P. Gorgon‡, n.
| ‡ A specimen agreeing with the figure referred to was in the collection of the late Mr. Haworth; I have therefore thought it right to form it into a species. |
Trigonoderus, G. R. Gray.
Tegmina longa, abdominis dimidium æquantia; Alæ in utroque
sexu æquales, areâ costali latâ, subarcuatâ;
Abdomen latum, apice attenuatum, supra convexum, subtus planum, apice
foliolis duobus brevibus, ovipositore brevi, gibboso; Pedes mediocres,
anteriores longi, lineis elevatis striatis, femoribus quatuor
posticis externè dilatatis, margine dentatis; Mesothorax
brevis, subtriangularis, in medio carinatus, lateribus declivibus;
Caput subplanum, oblongum; Antennæ breves, setaceæ, maris
longæ.
Habitat in Australiâ.
T. Childreni, n.
Capite prothoraceque albidis; mesothorace scabro, subflavo; tegminibus
viridibus; alis hyalinis, albis, nervis flavescentibus; areâ costali
viridi juxta basin flavâ, basi violascenti; abdomine sulphureo,
marginibus lateralibus viridibus; pedibus glaucis.
- Long. ant. female 10'', corp. female 5'' 5'''. Exp. alar. female 7'' 5'''.
Trigonoderus Childreni,
G. R. Gray, Ent. of Austr. 1. pl. 3. f. 1.
Habitat in Australiâ. In coll. DD. Children et Hope.
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Tegmina longa, alarum dimidium æquantia; Alæ in utroque sexu
æquales; Abdomen cylindricum, fœminæ paulum incrassatum,
apice attenuatum, foliolis duobus longis, angustatis, ovipositore brevi,
gibboso; Pedes subbreves, anteriores lineis elevatis striatis, quatuor
posticis subtus dentatis; Mesothorax brevis, angustatus, spinosus;
Caput subquadratum, anticè planum, posticè gibbosum;
Antennæ subbreves, setaceæ.
Habitat in Australiâ.
P. Typhon, n.
Viridi-flavus; tegminibus viridibus, subtus basi roseis; alis
hyalinis albis, nervis roseis; areâ costali viridi, basi et
subtus roseâ; abdomine flavo; pedibus carneis.
- Long. ant. male 1'' 9'''. female 1'' 6'',
corp. male 4'' 1'''. female 5'' 4'''.
Exp. alar. male 5'' 9'''. female 8'' 6'''.
Podacanthus Typhon,
G. R. Gray, Ent. of Austr. i. pl. 2. f. 1.
Habitat in Australiâ. In coll. DD. Children, Hope, et Mus. Brit.
Tegmina parva, ovalia, in medio elevata; Alæ in utroque sexu
abdominis fere longitudine; Abdomen maris subfiliforme, fœminæ
paulum incrassatum, basi depressum, apice attenuatum, segmenti cujus
vis in utroque sexu, lateribus in processum subtriangularem productis;
Pedes breves, spinosi, præsertim intermedii; Mesothorax longus,
maris angustatus, fœminæ vix longior quam latus, supra spinosus,
subtus lævis; Caput quadratum, planum; Antennæ mediocres,
setaceæ.
Habitat in Australiâ.
X. Kirbii, n.
Cinereus; thorace depresso, spinoso; tegminibus areâque costali
nigro-reticulatis, basi nigris; alis purpurascenti-coccineis, margine lato
nigrescenti.
- Long. ant. male 1'', corp. male 2'' 8'''. female 4''.
Exp. alar. male 3'' 5'''. female 5'' 6'''.
Habitat in Australiâ. In coll. D. Hope.
Phasma, Shaw.
Mas ignotus.
Fœmina, Tegmina magna, subovalia; Alæ brevissimæ,
subsecuriformes; Abdomen subplanum, apice attenuatum, ovipositore longo,
cymbiformi; Pedes anteriores breves, posteriores longiores, femoribus
crassis, tibiis gracilibus, spinosis; Pro- mesothoraxque subquadrati
spinosi; Caput quadratum, spinosum.
Habitat in Indiâ Orientali.
H. dilatata, n.
Mesathorace abdomineque brunneis; tegminibus viridibus; alis pallide
coccineis, hyalinis, apice viridibus, nervis brunneis; pedibus
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Mantis, Gmel., Fabr., Drury, Latr. Phasma, Fabr., Licht., Pal. Beauv. Cyphocrana, Lep. et Serv., Serv.
Mas. Tegmina brevia, ovalia, in medio obtusè elevata;
Alæ longæ, sublineares, abdominis ferè longitudine;
Abdomen subfiliforme; Pedes mediocres, lineis elevatis striatis, femoribus
quatuor posterioribus angulatis; Mesothorax longus, spinosiusculus; Caput
parvum, posticè gibbosum, cornutum; Antennæ longissimæ,
setaceæ.
Fœmina, subaptera; Tegmina brevia sed majora alis, quæ
rudimentales; Abdomen incrassatum, apice attenuatum, ovipositore longo,
cymbiformi; Mesothorax fortiter spinosus; Pedes plùs minùs
angulati aut serrati.
Habitant in Indiâ Occidentali.
D. Gigas, n.
Mas, olivaceus; prothorace mesothoraceque scaberrimis; tegminibus
juxta basin elevatis; alis albis, areâ costali brunneâ,
apice pallidiori, nervis nigro-brunneis; pedibus anticis lineis elevatis
striatis, femoribus quatuor posterioribus subtus angulatis, omnibus
serratis.
- Long. ant. 2'' 9''', corp. 5''. Exp. alar. 4'' 4'''.
Fœmina, prasina; thorace spinoso, spinis lateralibus nigris;
tegminibus viridibus; femoribus crassis, posticis subtùs angulatis.
- Long. ant. ? corp. 7'' 9'''.
Mantis gigantea, Gmel. Syst. Nat. ed. xiii. p. 2055.
Mantis angulata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 13.
Phasma angulata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 187.
Latr. Gen. Crust. Ins. iii. 87.
Mantis Gigas, Drury, Ins. ii. pl. 50.
Phasma angulatum, Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 11.
Cyphocrana cornuta, Lep. et Serv. Ency. Meth. x. 445.
Cyphocrana angulata, Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 61.
Habitat in Indiâ Occidentali, (St. Vincent). In coll. D. Children.
Larva, Antennis brevibus, crassis, brunneo flavoque annulatis;
capite gibboso, flavo, brunneo-maculato; abdomine flavo, lineâ
longitudinali brunneâ; pedibus brevibus, crassis, lineis elevatis
striatis, flavis, apice brunneis.
- Long. 8½'''.
D. glabricollis, n.
Mas, incognitus.
Fœmina, viridis; mesothorace dorso glabro, anticè
spinis quatuor, marginibus scabro; tegminibus alisque viridibus; pedibus
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D. spinipes, n.
Maris pupa, viridis; corpore pallidiori; capite thoraceque
scaberrimis; femoribus posteriorbus quatuor
angulatis. - Long. ant. 2'', corp. 5''3'''.
Phasma angulata, Pal. Beauv. Ins., pl. 14, f. 4,
Ency. Port. Ins. Orth., pl 27, f. 2.
Habitat in Indiâ Occidentali, (St. Domingo.)
D. pulverulentus, n.
Mas, incognitus.
Fœmina, brunneo-nigra, pulvere albo superinduta; thorace
scaberrimo; pedibus brevibus, intermediis paulò dilatatis, femoribus
posticis abgulatis. - Long. ant. ? corp. 4''9'''.
Habitat - ? In coll. Mus. Brit.
D. scabricollis, n.
Maris pupa, flavescens; lateribus fasciis albis interruptis;
pro mesothoraceque spinis nigris, acutis; pedibus subtùs omnibus
angulatis.
Fœmina, subcylindrica; pro mesothoraceque spinis
minoribus. - Long. ant. male, female, corp. male, female.
Habitat - ? In coll. Soc. Linn.
D. dubius, n.
Mas, ignotus.
Fœmina, cylindrica, nigrescens, pulvere albo superinduta; pro
mesothoraceque spinis minoribus. - Long. ant. , corp. .
Habitat in Cayenne. In coll. Soc. Linn.
Phasma, Stoll. Cyphocrania, Serv.
Mas, ignotus.
Fœmina. Tegmina minora, ovalia; Alæ breves, abdominis
segmentum primum tantum æquantes; Abdomen longum, cylindricum,
ovipositore longo, cymbiformi; Pedes mediocres, subdentati;
Mesothorax longus, vix spinosus; Caput subgibbosum, cornutum;
Antennælongæ, setaceæ.
Habitat in Indiâ Orientali.
A. micropterus, n.
Mas, ignotus.
Fœmina, flavescens; capite bicorni; thorace scabro;
tegminibus alarumque areâ costali nigrescentibus, ultimâ
maculâ juxta basin albá alis flavescentibus, nigro-fasciatis;
pedibus quatuor posterioribus dentatis.
- Long. ant. 2'', corp. 5''4'''. Exp. alar. 1''3'''.
Phasma angulata, Stoll, Spectr, pl. 21, f. 77.
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Mantis, Linn., Fabr. Phasma, Stoll, Fabr.
Tegmina longa, alas semitegentia; Alæ in utroque sexu ferè
abdominis longitudine; Abdomen longum, cylindricum, (apice foliolis tribus
brevibus); Pedes mediocres, dentati; Mesothorax longus, cylindricus,
plus minus spinosus; Caput magnum, posticè gibbosum; Antennæ
subbreves, setaceæ.
Habitant in Indiâ Orientali.
C. Beauvoisi, Serv.
Fusca; thorace scabro; tegminibus elongatis, viridibus; alis hyalinis;
areâ costali abdomineque viridibus, ultimo nigro reticulato;
pedibus spinosis.
- Long. ant. , corp. 7'' 1'''. Exp. alar. 7'' 6'''.
Phasma Gigas, Pal. Beauv. Ins. Am. et Afr. 109. pl. 13. f. 1.
Cyphocrana Beauvoisi, Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 60.
Habitat - ?
C. Gigas, Serv.
Viridis; mesothorace teretiusculo, scabro; tegminibus areâque
costali viridibus, planis, ovalibus; alis obscurè testaceis,
fusco-undatis; pedibus spinosis, flavo-viridibus.
- Long. ant. , corp. 6'' 7'''. Exp. alar. 7''.
Mantis Gigas, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 689.
Fabr. Ent. Syst. 274.
Oliv. Ency. Méth. vii. 625.
Shaw, Misc. pl. 43.
Phasma Gigas, Stoll, Spectr. pl. 2. f. 5.
Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 187.
Donov. Ins. Ind. pl. . f. .
Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 11.
Spectrum Gigas, Lam. An. sans Vert. iv. 254.
Cyphocrana Gigas, Lep. et Serv. Ency. Méth. x. 445
Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 60.
Le Géant, Stoll, p. 6.
Great Mantis, Shaw.
Habitat in Amboinâ.
C. Empusa, n.
“Mesothorace tereti granulato; tegminibus medio gibbis dente
elevato, obtuso, dilutè testaceis, basi et apice fuscis; pedibus
spinulosis.” (Licht.)
- Long. ant. , corp. 7''. Exp. alar. 7''.
Phasma Gigas, Stoll, Spectr. pl. 1. f. 1.
Phasma empusa, Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 12.
Cyphocrana Gigas, Lep. et Serv. Ency. Méth. x. 445.
Le Géant, Stoll, p. 1. - Pl. enl. t. 65. f. 1.
Habitat in Indiâ Orientali.
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Mantis, Linn., Fabr., Drury, Oliv. Phasma, Stoll, Fabr., Latr., Licht., Pal. Beauv., Curtis MSS. Cyphocrana, Lep. et Serv., Serv.
Tegmina parva, ovalia; Alæ maris longæ abdominis ferè
longgitudine, fœminæ abdomins dimidium subæquantes; Abdomen
maris subfiliformé, fœminæ cylindricum; Pedes mediocres, plus
minus dentati; Mesothorax cylindricus, plus minus spinosus,
Caput parvum, quadratum, subplanum; Antennæ longæ, setaceæ.
Habitant in utroque Continente.
P. viridana, n.
Viridis; mesothorace tereti, maris scabro, fœminæ glabro;
tegminibus areâque costali viridibus, basi coccineis; pedibus
brevibus, submuticis, femoribus posticis spinosis.
- Long. ant. male , female ,
corp. male 3''5'''. female 6''1'''. Exp. alar. male 5'', female 5''8'''.
Mantis Gigas, Linn.,
Houtt. Nat. Hist., x. pl 79, f. 1.
Phasma Jamaicensis, Stoll,
Spectr., pl. 6, f. 20, 21.
Mantis viridana, Oliv.,
Ency. Méth., vii. 636.
Mantis viridis, Donov.,
Ind. Ins., pl. , f. .
Phasma edule, Licht.,
Linn. Trans., vi. 13.
Cyphocrana viridana, Serv.,
Ann. des Sci. Nat., xxii. 60.
Le Spectre verd, Stoll,
p. 15.
Habitat in Indiâ Orientali.
P. maculata, n.
Viridis; mesothorace cylindrico, maris glabro, fœminæ scabro;
tegminibus ovatis angulatis; alis fuscis, hyalino fenestratis, basi
rubris; femoribus omnibus nigro-spinosis. - Long. ant. male 2''2''',
female 1''6''', copr. 5''2''', female 6''6'''. Exp. alar. 6''2''',
female 6''4'''.
Mantis cylindrica,
Linn., Syst.Nat. Ed. Gmel., p. 2048.
Oliv., Ency. Méth. vii. 626.
Mantis maculata,
Oliv., Ency. Méth. vii. 636.
Mantis Necydaloides, Fabr.,
Ent. Syst. 274.
Oliv.,
Ency. Méth. vii. 625.
Phasma Necydaloides, Stoll,
Spectr., pl. 4, f. 8, 11.
Fabr., Ent. Syst. Suppl., 188.
Latr., Gen. Crus. Ins., iii, 87.
Lep. et Serv., Ency. Méth., x, 101.
Spectrum Necydaloides, Lam.,
An. sans Vert., iv, 254.
Phasma nævium, Licht.,
Linn. Trans., vi. 13.
Cyphocrana maculata, Lep. et Serv.,
Ency. Méth., x, 445.
Serv., Ann. des Sci. Nat., xxii, 61.
Le Spectre à Aîles tachetées,
Stoll, pp. 8 et 10.
Habitat in Amboinâ.
P. hectica, n.
“Mesothorace tereti, scabriusculo; tegminibus juxta basin
spinosis; alis hyalinis, fusco-maculatis; pedibus angulatis, anticis,
spinosis.” (Licht.)
- Long. ant. , corp. 4''11'''. Exp. alar. 3''6'''.
Phasma hecticum, Licht., Linn. Trans., vi, 14, pl. 1, f. 2.
Habitat in Chinâ.
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P. affinis, n.
Mas, viridis; thorace scabriusculo; tegminibus lineâ
mediâ et maculâ flavis; alis albido-hyalinis, areâ
costali lineâ flavâ; pedibus viridibus; antennis
flavescentibus, nigro-annulatis.
- Long. ant. 2'' 6''', corp. 2'' 7'''. Exp. alar. 2'' 9'''.
Habitat in Indiâ. In coll. D. Children.
P. Rafflesii, n.
Cœrulescenti-viridis; maculâ inter oculos flavâ;
mesothorace longo, gracili; tegminibus maculis duabus in medio albis;
alis hyalinis, albis, coccineo-marginatis; abdomine basi sulphureo,
apice cœruleo-viridi; (pedes carent sed basi flavi).
- Long. ant. , corp. 2'' 2'''. Exp. alar. 2'' 7'''.
Habitat in Sumatrâ. In coll. Soc. Zool.
P. rosea, n.
Viridis (aut rufescenti-brunnea); mesothorace tereti, glabro; tegminibus
lanceolatis; alis roseis; areâ costali viridi; capite maculâ
magnâ frontali fulvâ; pedibus flavis, femoribus dentatis.
- Long. ant. 1'', corp. 3''. Exp. alar. 3'' 9'''.
Phasma rosea, Stoll, Spectr. pl. 5. f. 17.
Mantis rosea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 16.
Phasma rosea, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 190.
Latr. Gen. Crust. et Ins. iii. 87.
Lep. et Serv. Ency. Méth. x. 101.
Mantis erythroptera, Oliv. Ency. Méth. vii. 636.
Phasma roseum, Licht. Linn. Trans. vi. 14.
Phasma rosea, Serv. Ann. des Sci. Nat. xxii. 58.
Le Spectre à Aîles rouges, Stoll, p. 13.
Habitat in Indiâ Orientali.
P. annulipes, n.
Antennis nigrescentibus, albo-annulatis; capite flavo, nigro-lineato;
thorace suprà rufo, nigro-lineato, scabro, subtùs
viridi-flavo; tegminibus viridi-flavis, margine interiore rufo-brunneo,
in medio maculâ flavâ; alis pallidè roseis;
areâ costali viridi-flavâ, lineis tribus longitudinalibus
rufo-brunneis; abdomine lurido; pedibus flavis, quatuor posterioribus
annulis rufo-brunneis.
- Long. ant. 2'' 7''', corp 2'' 6'''. Exp alar. 3'' 1'''.
Phasma annulipes, Curtis MSS.
Habitat in Indiâ Orientali.
In coll. D. Curtis.
“A Dominâ Murchison communicata.”
P. curvipes, n.
Cinerea, gracilis; mesothorace tereti, glabro; tegminibus ovatis,
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P. Jamaicensis, n.
Viridis; tegminibus margine exteriori flavo; alis pallidè
roseis. - Long. ant. , corp. 3''3'''. Exp. alar. 3''7''.
Mantis Jamaicensis,
Fabr., Ent. Syst., ii, 346.
Oliv., Ency. Méth., vii, 634.
Drury, Ins., ii, pl. 49, f. 1.
Phasma Jamaicensis,
Fabr.,
Ent. Syst. Suppl., 188.
Lep. et Serv.,
Ency. Méth., x, 101.
Phasma edule, var. b., Licht.,
Linn. Trans., vi, 13.
Cyphocrana Jamaicensis, Lep. et Serv.,
Ency. Méth., x, 445.
Habitat in Indiâ Occidentali.
P. reticulata, n.
Viridis; mesothorace teretiusculo scabro; tegminbus ovalibus, viridibus,
fusco-undatis; areâ costali viridi, basi rubrâ alis hyalinis
fusco-reticulatis; pedibus tarsisque spinosis, femoribus anticis lineis
elevatis striatis. - Long. ant. 1''7''', corp. 6''6'''. Exp. alar. 5''3'''.
Phasma reticulata, Pal. Beauv. Ins. Am. et Afr.,
pl. 14, f. 5.
Habitat - ?
P. Stollii, n.
Fusca; alis fasciis pallidioribus interruptis,
basi nigris. - Long. ant. 1''18''', corp. 3''8'''. Exp. alar. 5''2'''.
Phasma reticulata,
Stoll,
Spectr., pl. 23, f. 85.
Habitat - ?
P. rugicollis, n.
Pallidè flavescenti-brunneus; pro et mesothorace scberrimis,
tuberculis nigris; tegminibus basi lineis brevibus duabus nigris; alis
flavo-albis, fasciis interruptis et nervis juxta basin nigris, basi
coccineis; abdomine nigrescente; pedibus lineis elevatis striatis,
subhirsutis. -- Long. ant. 2''6''', corp. . Exp. alar. 4''1'''.
Phasma rugicollis, Curtis MSS.
Habitat in Rio Janeiro. In coll. D. Curtis. ``A Dom. Harris
comunicatus.''
Phasma, MacL., Leach. Diura, G.R. Gray.
Tegmins parva, aliquando in medio elevata; Alæ in utroque sexu æquales, abdominis dimidium longitudine æquantes, aliquandò longiores; Abdomen longum, cylindricum, foliolis duobus plùs minùs longis, ovipositore brevi; Pedes mediocres, plùs minùs dentati, spinosi;
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A. Goliath, n.
Cœrulescenti-viridis; mesothorace scabriusculo, flavo, lineâ
mediâ cœrulescenti-viridi; tegminibus magnis, viridibus,
maculâ lineâque rubro-albis, margine interiori sanguineo; alis
hyalinis, glaucis, basi nervis sanguineis; areâ costali viridi, basi
lineâ mediâ et subtùs sanguineis; abdomine flavescente
viridi, articulis flavis, nigro-marginatis, foliolis brevibus, in medio
carinatis, litteram V inversam referentibus.
- Long. ant. , corp. 8½''. Exp. alar. 8''.
Diura Goliath,
G. R. Gray,
Trans. Ent. Soc., part i. p. 45.
Habitat in Australiâ. In coll. DD. Dunn et Curtis.
A. Titan, n.
Mas, subfiliformis; mesothorace scaberrimo.
Fœmina, cylindrica; mesothorace scabro. Subcinereo-fusca;
tegminibus nigro-viridibus, testaceo-maculatis, maris margine anteriori
albido, fœminæ maculâ in marginis antici medio magnâ,
albidâ; alis nigro-fuscis, albo-maculatis; areâ costali
nigrâ, testaceo-maculatâ; pedibus albo-cinereis, anticis
trigonis angulo inferiori dentibus magnis rufis, superiori vix dentatis;
foliolis duobus longis, trigonis, dentatis.
- Long. ant. male 1'' 7''', female 1'' 9''',
corp. male 5'' 9'', female 9'' 7'''.
Exp. alar. male 6'', female 7'' 6'''.
Phasma Titan,
MacLeay,
in King's Survey of the Coast of Australia,
ii. 454.
Diura Titan,
G. R. Gray, Ent. of Austr. i. pl. 4.
Habitat in Australiâ. In coll. D. Children, &c.
A. Enceladus, n.
Mas, subfiliformis; prothorace scabro; mesothorace scaberrimo.
Fœmina, cylindrica; pro et mesothorace scaberrimis; maris
tegminibus brunneis in medio nigro-maculatis, margine anteriori
flavo-viridi, fœminæ flavescenti-viridibus, margine posteriori
nigro; alis nigrescentibus, albo-maculatis; areâ costali
viridescenti-testaceâ, maculis nigris; foliolis duobus brevissimis,
latis, apice dilatatis; pedibus anticis lineis elevatis striatis,
quatuor posterioribus subtùs spinosis.
- Long. ant. male , female , corp. male 5'' 5''', female 7''.
Exp. alar. male 6'' 6''', female 6'' 7'''.
Habitat in Australiâ. In coll. D. Hope.
A. Chronus, n.
E flavescente subnigro-viridis; maris mesothorace scaberrimo,
fœminæ vix scabro; tegminibus flavo- aut brunneo-viridibus,
nervis flavescentibus; alis nigris, obscurè albo-maculatis;
areâ costali brunneo-viridi, basi nervisque flavescentibus,
lineis irregularibus nigris; foliolis duobus longis apice latioribus;
pedibus mediocribus, quatuor posterioribus dentatis; pedum lateribus
griseo-reticulatis.
- Long. ant. male , female 11''', corp. male , female 6'' 11'''.
Exp. alar. male , female 2'' 11'''.
Diura Chronus,
G. R. Gray, Ent. of Austr. i. pl. 5. f. 2.
Habitat in Australiâ. In coll. D. Children, &c.
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A. Japetus, n.
Flavo-viridis; pro et mesothorace scaberrimis; tegminibus mediocribus;
alis nigris, albo-maculatis; areâ costali viridi; foliolis
duobus brevibus, latis; pedibus mediocribus, dentatis. - Long. ant. female
9''', corp. 5''9'''. Exp. alar. 3''1'''.
Diura Japetus,
G. R. Gray,
Ent. of Austr., i, pl. 5, f. 1.
Habitat in Australiá (Melville Island). In coll. D. Hope.
A. Osiris, n.
Pupa, pallidè brunnea; mesothorace scaberrimo; foliolis
duobus brevissimis, trigonis; pedibus (anticis casu deficientibus)
dentatis, intermediis et posticis brevibus, lineis elevatis striatis; tibiarum
apice et basi parùm dilatatis. - Long. ant. , corp. 4''6'''.
Exp. alar. .
Diura Osiris,
G.R. Gray,
Trans Ent. Soc., part i, p. 46.
Habitat in Australi^aacute;. In coll. D. Hope.
A. Acheron, n.
Larva, Albida, brunneo admixta; thorace subglabro; foliolis
longis, sublatis; pedibus brevioribus, anticis foliato-compressis,
intermediis et posticis femoribus subcrassis, ultimis spinosis; tibiis
internè spinis in medio duabus latis armatis; tarsorum articulo
primo erecto dilatato.
- Long. ant. , corp. 4''8'''. Exp. alar. .
Diura Acheron,
G. R. Gray,
Trans. Ent. Soc., part i, p. 46.
Habitat in Australiá. In coll. D. Dunn.
A. Typhæus, n.
Brunnea; mesothorace scabriusculo; tegminibus posticè
olivaceis, disco antico albo, extrorsùm viridi-marginato,
introrsùm rufo-marginato; alis hyalinis albidis, nervis
brunneis, basi violascentibus, areâ costali olivaceâ
margine anteriori juxta basin albo, hoc internè rufo-marginato;
foliolis duobus longis, subfiliformibus; pedibus anticis longioribus,
quatuor posterioribus mediocribus, dentatis.
- Long. ant. 1''7'', corp. 4''10'''. Exp. alar. .
Diura Typhæus,
G.R. Gray,
Ent. of Austr., i, pl. 6, f. 2.
Habitat in Australiá. In coll. Mus. Brit.
A. violascens, n.
Prasina; mesothorace scabro; tegminibus areâque costali margine
anteriori, albis; alis maris violascentibus, fœminæ pallidioribus;
foliolis duobus filiformibus; pedibus anticis longioribus, intermediis
brevibus, dentatis, posticis longis, femoribus mariscrassis, angulatis,
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A. roseipennis, n.
Viridis; mesothorace scabro, anticè angustato, in medio
subcarinato, lineis tribus flavis; tegminibus viridibus; alis
minoribus, roseis; areâ costali viridi, basi flavâ, apice
attenuatâ; abdomine longo, crasso, viridi, lineis longitudinalibus
tribus subflavis; foliolis duobus brevibus subfiliformibus; pedibus
mediocribus, dentatis; antennis brevibus.
- Long. ant. 3'' 6''', corp. 3'' 9'''. Exp. alar. 1'' 1'''.
Diura roseipennis,
G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr. i. pl. 7. f. 1.
Habitat in Australiâ. In coll. Mus. Brit.
Tegmina minima, ovalia; Alæ in utroque sexu æquales,
ferè abdominis longitudine, lineares; Abdomen subfiliforme,
maris apice recurvatum, foliolis duobus brevissimis; Pedes mediocres,
subæquales, plùs minùs dentati; Mesothorax filiformis,
longus, aliquandò spinosus; Caput parvum; Antennæ
longæ, setaceæ.
Habitant in Australiâ.
C. marginipennis, n.
Olivacea; mesothorace maris annulis parvis nigris, fœminæ scabro;
tegminibus brunneis, margine anteriori albis; alis subhyalinis,
albo-brunneis; areâ costali brunneâ juxta basin
albo-marginatâ; pedibus spinosis.
- Long. ant. 2'', corp. 4''. Exp. alar. 3'' 9'''.
Ctenomorpha marginipennis,
G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr. i. pl. 1. f. 2.
Phasma brachyptera, Westw. MSS. (Pupa).
Habitat in Australiâ. In coll. D. Hope, Mus. Brit., et D. Westw.
C. spinicollis, n.
Brunnea; mesothorace scaberrimo; tegminibus brunneis, juxta apicem
albo-marginatis; alis hyalinis basi flavo-albidis, margine exteriori
nigrescentibus; areâ costali brunneâ, basi subhyalinâ,
flavo-albidâ, apice nigrescenti; pedibus brevibus, dentatis.
- Long. ant. 1'' 10''', corp. 4''. Exp. alar. 4'' 3'''.
Ctenomorpha spinicollis,
G. R. Gray, Ent. of Austr. i. pl. 1. f. 1.
Habitat in Australiâ (Melville Island). In coll. D. Hope.
C. Haworthii, n.
Brunnea; cornubus inter oculos duobus longis, compressis; thorace rugoso;
alis brunneis, margine exteriori nigrescentibus, basi nigris, nervis
obscuris et albo-maculatis; tegminibus in medio paulùm elevatis;
pedibus longis, gracilibus, simplicibus, hirsutis.
- Long. ant. , corp. 4'' 3'''. Exp. alar. 5'' 4'''.
Habitat in Australiâ. In coll. D. Hope.
C. MacLeayi, n.
Rubro-brunnescenti-nigra, nigro-fasciata; tegminibus areâque
costali pallidioribus, albido-maculatis; alis hyalinis pallidè
brunnescenti-nigris;
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Gen. XXXI. CLADOXERUS, Lep. et Serv., Serv.
Phasma, Stoll.
Tegmina minima, ovalia; Alæ breves, abdominis dimidium longitudeine
æquantes; Abdomen filiforme, longum, apicesubdilatatum; Pedes
anteriores longissimi, graciles, dentati, quatuor posteriores breves,
dentati; Thoraxabdominis ferè longitudine, mesothorax longus,
lævis; Caput parvum; Antennæ longissimæ, setaceæ
Habitat in utroque Continente.
C. serratipes, n.
Fusco-cinereus; tegminibus areâque costali cinereis, margine
anteriori flavescenti-albis, internè nigro-marginatis; alis cinereis;
pedibus anticis femoribus serratis, posticis dentatis. - Long. ant. 3''10''',
corp. 6''6'''. Exp. alar. 3''2'''.
Habitat in Malabariâ. In coll. D. Children.
C. longipes, n.
Brunneus; capite, mesothorace juxta basin, tegminibus areâque
costali, albo-marginatis.
- Long. ant. 3''9''', corp. 4''5'''. Exp. alar. 2''3'''.
Habitat in Demerarâ. In coll. D. Children.
C. gracilis, Serv.
"Fuscus, lævis; capite pallido-lineato; elytris fuscis, exterius
viridi-albido-marginatis; alis hyalinis."
Lep. et Serv. - Long. ant. , corp. ? Exp. alar. ?
Claxoderus gracilis, Lep. et Serv.,
Ency. Méth., x, 445.
Serv.,
Ann. des Sci. Nat., xxii, 59.
Habitat in Brasiliâ.
C. filiformis, ?
Larva, brunnea. - Long. ant. 4''3''', corp. 5''6'''.
Phasma filiformis, Stoll,
Spectr., pl. 22, f. 81.
L'Escogriffe maigre, Stoll, p. 64.
Habitat - ?
Tegmina minima in medio elevata; Alæ lineares, abdomine tertiâ
parte breviores; Abdomen filiforme,apice gibbosum, ovipositore
longo, cymbiformi; Pedes mediocres vix dentati; Mesothorax
longissimus, filiformis, glaber; Caput minimum; Antennæ longæ,
setaceæ, hirsutæ
Habitat in Brasiliá.
P. Lepelletieri, n.
Cinereum; mesothorace tuberculis parvis nigris, lineis lateralibus
pallidé roseis; alis linearibus, albo-hyalinis.
- Long. ant. 2''6''', corp. 5''2'''. Exp. alar. 4''3'''.
Habitat in Brasiliá. In coll. D. Children et D. Hope.
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ADDENDA.
Page 16, after Bacteria arumatia add
B. simplicitarsis, n.
Præcedenti affinis; pedibus gracilibus, tarsorum articulo primo
longo, simplici.
- Long. ant. , corp. .
Habitat in ? In coll. Mus. Brit.
After Bacteria filiformis add
B. spinosa, n.
E viridi flavescenti-brunnea; capite, pro et mesothorace, singulis spinis
duabus acutis; pedibus simplicibus, longis; antennis longissimis.
- Long. ant. , corp. .
Habitat in Brasiliâ. In coll. D. Children.
After Bacteria Indica add
B. Samouellei, n.
Flavo-brunnea; antennis brevibus juxta basin canaliculatis; capite
elongato, cœlato; thorace præsertim anteriori tuberculato;
abdomine brevi, apice pluri-sulcato; pedibus gracilibus, lineis elevatis
striatis.
- Long. ant. 1'' 2''', corp. 3'' 3'''.
Habitat - ? In coll. Mus. Brit.
Page 27, for the description of Dinelytron grylloides read
Pallidè brunneum; tegminibus areâque costali brunneo-griseis, obscuro-maculatis, hâc basi pallidiori; alis albido-hyalinis, apice obscuris. - Long. ant. , corp. 1'' 9'''. Exp. alar. 2'' 5'''.
Add after it
D. Shuckardii, n.
Brunneum; alis obseuro hyalinis, nervis brunneis.
- Long. ant. , corp. . Exp. alar. .
Habitat in Brasiliâ. In coll. Soc. Zool.
Page 28, after Prisopus Nympha add
P. cornutus, n.
Pupa, capite bicorni; obscurè brunneus, obscuro-maculatus.
- Long. ant. 9''', corp. 2'' 3'''.
Le petit Dragon curnu, Stoll, Gryll. pl. 20, b. f. 79.
Habitat in Indiâ.
Page 30, line 5, for conspicuæ read nullæ
Page 32, after Podocanthus Typhon add
P. viridiroseus, n.
Præcedenti affinis, sed multò minor; viridis; alis roseis,
nervis suturatioribus, basi violascentibus.
- Long. ant. , corp. 3'' 9'''. Exp. alar. 5'' 9'''.
Phasma viridirosea, Curtis MSS.
Habitat in Australiâ. In coll. D. Curtis.
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Page 42, after Ctenomorpha MacLeayi add
C. tessulata, n.
Albido-brunnea; mesothorace spinoso; tegminibus areâque
costali flavescenti-brunneis, flavo-albo-marginis; alis hyalinis,
nigro-reticulatis; pedibus gracilibus, quatuor posterioribus dentatis.
- Long. ant. 1'' 8''', corp. 3'' 6'''. Exp.alar. 3'' 6'''.
Phasma tessulata, Curtis MSS.
Habitat in Australiá. In coll. D. Curtis.
DOUBTFUL SPECIES, &c.
Phasma acicularis, Stoll, Spec., pl. 25, f. 97, belongs to Mantis.
Phasma vermicularis, Stoll, pl. 23, f. 88, probably belongs to the subgenus Anisomorpha.
Phasma Nympha, Stoll, pl. 10, f. 39.
Mantis labiata, Gmelin, is supposed by Lichtenstein to belong to this family.
Phasma baculus,
Latr., Hist. Nat. des Crust. et des Ins.,
xii, p. 104, pl. 94, f. 2.
Spectrum baculus, Lam. Anim. sans Vert., iv, 254.
"Corpore cinerascente, tuberculato, aptero; pedibus abgulatis.
Antilles, Il a les antennes courtes; seraitce une femelle."
The figure referred to above represents a pupa of a true Mantis.
Cladoxerus roseipennis, Guer. Iconog. Ins., pl. 53, f. 5, known only by the dissection of the Trophi, as given by M. Guerin.
Figures will be found in the following works, which are so incorrect that it is impossible to refer them to any of the species mentioned in this list.
Seba (Albert), Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri accurata Descriptio. 4 vols. folio, 1734-1765.
Renard, Poissons des Moluccques. fol. 1754.
Petiver, Gazophytacium Naturæ et Artis.
Edwards, Birds, pl. 288, f. 4. Walking stick from the Cape of Good Hope. A pupa of a species, probably belonging to Platycrana.
De Geer, Mém. des Insectes, ii, 403, pl. 36, f. 1.
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INDEX.