Leach, W.S. (1814) Phasma Violescens In The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals, Vol 1. London. Pp. 25-26.
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PHASMA.
PHASMA, Lecht., Fabr., Latr.
MANTIS, Linn., De Geer, Oliv.
SPECTRUM, Stoll., Lam.
CHARACTER GENERICUS.
Antennæ ante oculos ferè insertæ; labrum emarginatum; palpi breves.
Corpus cylindricum, lineare, alatum; alæ membranaceæ, reticulatæ, margine costasli latè coriaceo; elytra brevissima; pedes simplices; tarsis quinque-articulatis; pulvillis solidis.
Thorax cylindricus, segertento secundo, antico maximè longiore.
PHASMA.
GENRIC CHARACTER.
Antennæ inserted almost before the eyes; labrum notched; palpi short.
Body cylindric, linear, and winged; wings membranaceous, reticulated, the anterior margin broadly coriaceous; elytra very short; legs simple, feet five-jointed, with the pulvilli solid.
Corselet cylindric, the second segment very much longer than the first.
Mantis gigas, and bispinosa of Shaw's Naturalist's Miscellany, Plates 43 and 323, are referable to this genus, of which the following species is a very good example.
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TAB. IX.
P. viridis, elytrorum latere externo flavescenti; alis violescentibus,
costa viridi; femoribus quatuor posticis subtus spinulosis.
Habitat in Australasia.
Mus. Dom. Macleay.
VIOLET-WINGED PHASMA.
Green, with the external edge of the elytra yellowish; the wings, with the exception of the coriaceous margin, purplish; the four hinder thighs spiny beneath.
Inhabits New Holland, and is figured from the splendid collection of Mr. Macleay. It is more nearly allied to Phasma Rosea of Fabricius, than to any other species with which I am acquainted; but it may be readily distinguished by the colour of the wings, and by the long tooth under the middle part of the hinder thighs. See Stol. Spec. Tab. 5, fig. 17.
[Plate IX.]