Catalogue of the described Phasmidæ of Australia.

By W. J. Rainbow, Entomologist.

Records of the Australian Museum, 3(2), pp. 37-44.

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Family PHASMIDÆ.
Genus Bacillus, Latr.

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B. brunneus, G. R. Gray, Ent. Aust., pl. vii., fig. 3; Syn. Phasm., p. 21.
Burm., Handb. d. Ent. ii., 2, p. 562.
Westwood, Cat. of Orthop. Insects of the British Museum, Pt. 1, Phasmidæ, p. 12. London, 1859.
Hab. Perth, W. Australia.

B. australis, Charpentier, Orth. Descr. male et female., pl. lvii.
Westwood, loc. cit., pp. 12 and 179.
Hab. Australia.

B. dolomedes, Westwood, loc. cit., p. 13, p1. v., fig. 4.
Hab. Australia.

B. peristhenes, Westwood, loc. cit., p. 13, pl. vii., figs. 1, 1a., male, pl. viii., figs. 2, 2a., female.
Hab. Australia.

B. peridromes, Westwood, loc. cit., pp. 13-14, pl. viii., figs. 2b, 2c.
Hab. Australia.

Genus Pachymorpha, Gray.

P. squalida, female var., loc. cit., p. 15, pl. xxii., figs. 4, 4a, 4b.
Bacillus squalidus, Hope MS.
G. R. Gray, Ent. Aust., p. 3, fig. 2; Syn. Phasm., p. 21 (Pachymorpha squalida).
Seville, H. n. Orth., p. 260.
Burm., Handb. d. Ent., ii., 2, p. 562.
Hab. Australia.

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P. (?) simplicipes, Serville, H. n. Orth., p. 259.
Westwood, loc. cit., p. 15.
Hab. Australia.

Genus Bacteria, Latr.

B. eutrachelia, Westwood, loc. cit., pp. 32-33, pl. xxiv., figs. 11, 11a.
Hab. Perth, W. Australia.

B. cœnosa, female, Hope MSS.
G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr., pl. ii., fig. 2; Syn. Phasm., p. 18.
B. tenuis, male, Hope MSS.
Larva juvenis, B. fragilis, Hope MSS.
G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr., pl. vii., fig. 1; Syn. Phasm., p. 18.
Hab. Australia.

B. frenchi, Wood-Mason, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xx., p. 74.
Hab. Australia.

Genus Lonchodes, G. R. Gray.

L. nigropunctatus, Kirby, Trans. Lin. Soc. Lond., (2) vi., 6, pp. 453-454.
Hab. Lizard Island, Queensland.

Genus Bactridium, Saussure.

B. couloniamum, Saussure, Rev. et Mag. de Zool., 1868, p. 66.
Hab. Australia (Chili ?)

Genus Hyrtacus, Stål.

H. tuberculatus, Stål, Recensio Orthopterorum, p. 67.
Hab.Australia.

Genus Acanthoderus, G. R. Gray.

A. spinosus, G. R. Gray.
Westwood, loc. cit., p. 48.
A. spinosus, G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm., p. 14.
Phasma (Bacteria) spinosum, G. R. Gray, in Trans. Ent. Soc., i., 1836, p. 46 (nec. Bacteria spinosa, G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm., p. 43.)
Hab. Perth, W. Australia.

Genus Eurycantha, Boisd.

E. australis, Montrouzier.
Westwood, loc. cit., p. 65, pl. i., figs. 1, 1a, 1b. male, figs. 2, 2a. female
Karabidion australe, Mont., Ann. Sci. de Lyon, (2) vii., 1, p. 86.
Hab. Lord Howe Island.
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Genus Anophelepis, Westw.

A. telesphorus, Gray.
Westwood, loc. cit., pp. 69-70, pl. viii., fig. 3 male, figs. 7, 7a. female
Hab. Perth, W. Australia.

A. periphanes, Westwood, loc. cit., p. 70, pl. viii., figs. 2, 2a.
Hab. Australia.

A. rhipheus, Westwood, loc. cit., pp. 70-71, pl. viii., figs. 10, l0a, 10b.
Hab. Perth, W. Australia.

Genus Phibalosoma, G. R. Gray.

P. caprella, Westwood, loc. cit., pp. 76-77, pl. xxi., figs. 3, 3a.
Hab. Australia ?

Genus Lopaphus, Westw.

L. gorgus, Westwood, loc. cit., p. 102, pl. xi., figs. 4, 4a.
Hab. Richmond River, N.S.W.

Genus Xeroderus, G. R. Gray.

X. kirbii, G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm., p. 32.
Burm., Handb. d. Ent., ii., 2, p. 582.
Westwood, loc. cit., pp. 102-103, pl. xxxi., figs. 6, 6a. male, figs. 7, 7a. female.
Hab. Australia.

Genus Cyphocrania, Serville.

C. goliath, G. R. Gray.
Westwood, loc. cit., pp. 107-108.
Diura goliath, G. R. Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc., i., 1836, p. 45; Syn. Phasm., p. 39 (Acrophylla g.)
Phasma (Cyphocrania) Goliath, Audouin et Brullé, Hist. Nat. Ins., ix., p. 105, pl. vii.
De Haan, Orth. Orient, p. 128.
Hab. Java, Timor, New Guinea, Moreton Bay, and Northern parts of Australia.

Var. fœm. major, Cyphocrania versiruba, Serville, Orth., p. 235.
C. herculeana, Charpentier, Orth. Descr., pl. i.
Westwood, loc. cit., p. 107.
Hab. Australia.

Var. fœm minor, Cyphocrania versifasciata, Serville, H. N. Orth., p. 235.
Westwood, loc. cit., pp. 107-108.
Hab. ?

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C. enceladus, G. R. Gray.
Westwood, loc. cit., p. 108.
Acrophylla enceladus, G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm., p. 39.
Hab. Australia.

C. pasimachus, Westwood, loc. cit., pp. 109-110, pl. ix., figs. 5, 5a, 5b.
Hab. Australia.

Genus Lopaphus, Westwood.

L. macrotegmus, Tepper, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr., vol. ix., p. 112, pl. vi.
Hab. Mount Lofty Ranges, S. Australia.

Genus Ophicrania, Kaup.

O. striaticollis, Kaup, B.E.Z., p. 38.
Hab. Australia.

Genus Acrophylla, G. R. Gray.

A. titan, Macleay.
Westwood, loc. cit., p. 114.
Phasma titan, Macleay, in King's Survey of Australia, ii., p. 454.
G. R. Gray, Ent. Aust., i., p1. 4 (Diura titan); ejusd. Syn. Phasm. p. 39 (Acrophylla titan).
Servielle, H. N. Orth., p. 231.
Burm., Handb. d. Ent., ii., 2, 579 (Cyphocrania titan).
Laporte, H. N. Inst., v., pl. iv., male.
Phasma (Cyphocrania) titan, De Haan, Orth. Orient., p. 129.
Hab. Australia.

A. briareus, G. R. Gray.
Westwood, loc. cit., p. 114.
Diura briareus, G. R. Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc., vol. i., 1836, p. 45; Syn. Phasm., p. 40.
Hab. Australia.

A. chronus, G. R. Gray.
Westwood, loc. cit., p. 114.
Ctenomorpha marginipennis, male, G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr., i., pl. i., fig. 2; Syn. Phasm., p. 41.
Phasma (Cyphocrania) marginipennis, De Haan, Orthop. Orient., p. 131.
Diura chronus, female, G. R. Gray, Ent. of Austr., i., pl. v., fig. 2; Syn. Phasm., p. 39 (Acrophylla c.)
Servielle, H. N. Orth., p. 232.
Burm., Handb. d. Ent., ii., 2, p. 580 (Cyphocrania c.)
Hab. Australia.

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A. japetus, G. R. Gray.
Westwood, loc. cit., pp. 114-115.
Ctenomorpha spinicollis, male, G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr., i., pl. i., fig. 1; Syn. Phasm., p. 41.
Phasma (Cyphocrania) spinicollis, De Haan, Orth. Orient., p. 131.
Dairus japetus, female, G. R. Gray, Ent. Aust., i., pl. v., fig. 1; Syn. Phasm., p. 40.
Burm., Handb. d. Ent., ii., 2, p. 580 (Cyphocrania japetus).
Hab. Melville Island, N. Territory.

A. osiris, G. R. Gray.
Westwood, loc. cit., p. 115.
Diura osiris, G. R. Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc., i., 1836, p. 46; Syn. Phasm., p. 40.
Hab. Australia.

A. acheron, G. R. Gray.
Westwood, loc. cit., p. 115.
Diura acheron, G. R. Gray, Trans. Ent. Soc., i., 1836, p. 46; Syn. Phasm., p. 40.
Hab. Australia.

A. macleaii, G. R. Gray.
Westwood, loc. cit., p. 115.
Ctenomorpha macleaii, G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm., p. 41.
Hab. Australia.

A. tessalata, Curtiss.
Westwood, loc. cit., pp. 115-116, pl. xxxv., figs. 1, 1a, 1b. male, figs. 2, 2a. female.
Ctenomorpha tessalata, male, Curtiss MS.
G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm., p. 44.
Hab. Moreton Bay, Queensland.

A. Salmacis, Westwood, loc. cit., p. 116, pl. xxxvii., figs. 2, 2a.
Hab. Northern Australia.

A. violescens, Leach.
Westwood, loc. cit., p. 116.
MacCoy, Prodr. Z. Vict., Melbourne, 1885, dec. viii., pl. lxxix., Insects, pp. 33-34.
Phasma violescens, male, Leach, Zool. Misc., i., pl. ix.
G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr., pl. vi., fig. 1 (Diura v.); Syn. Phasm., p. 40 (Acrophylla v.)
Burm., Handb. d. Ent., ii., 2, 580 (Cyphocrania v.)
Diura roseipennis, female, G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr., i., pl. vii., fig. 1; Syn. Phasm., p. 41 (Acrophylla v.)
Burm., loc. cit. (Cyphocrania v., female)
Phasma (Cyphocrania c.) roseipennis, De Haan, Orth. Orient., p. 130.

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A. (Diura) virginea, Stål, Recensio Orthopterorum, Stockholm, 1875, p. 84.
Hab. Cape York, Queensland.

Genus Clemacantha, Rainbow.

C. regale, Rainbow, ante, pp. 34-35, pl. ix., figs. 1, 2, 3.
Hab. N. S. Wales and Queensland.

Genus Vasilissa, Kirby.

V. walkeri, Kirby, Trans. Lin. Soc. Lond., (2) vi., 6, pp. 468-469,
Hab. Queen's Islet, N.W. Australia.

Genus Podacanthus, G. R. Gray.

P. typhon, G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr., i., pl. ii., fig. 1; Syn. Phasm., p. 32.
Servielle, H. N. Orth., p. 230.
Brum., Handb. d. Ent., ii., 2, p. 581.
Westwood, loc. cit., p. 117.
MacCoy, Prodr. Z. Vict., dec. viii., Insects, pp. 35-36, pl. lxxx, figs. 1, 1a, 1b, 1c.
Var. maris, P. unicolor (totus viridis) Charpentier, Orthop. Descr., pl. lvi.
Hab. Sydney and Victoria.

P. viridi-roseus, Curtis, MS.
G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm., p. 43 (Podacanthus v.)
Westwood, loc. cit., p. 117.
Hab. In Australia, Moreton Bay.

P. Wilkinsoni, Macleay, Proc. Lin. Soc., N.S.W., vi., p. 538.
Hab. Westmoreland, N.S.W.

Genus Necroscia, Servielle.

N. carterus, Westwood, loc. cit., p. 138, pl. xv., figs. 5, 5a, 5b.
Hab. Australia.

N. sarpedon, Westwood, loc. cit., pp. 139-140, pl. xvi., figs. 1, 1a; pl. xxxii., fig. 5.
Hab. North Australia.

N. annulipes, Curtis, MS.
G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm., p. 37 (Platycrana ann.)
Westwood, loc. cit., p. 150.
Phasma (Necroscia) annulipes, De Haan, Orth. Orient., pp. 118-12 1.
Hab. East Indies; Malacca; Australia.
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Genus Tropidoderus, G. R. Gray.

T. childrenii, G. R. Gray.
Diura typhæus, male, G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr., i., pl. vi., fig. 2; Syn. Phasm., p. 40.
Trigonoderus childrenii, G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr., i., p. 26, pl. iii., fig. 1.
Tropidoderus childrenii, G. R. Gray, Syn. Phasm., P. 31.
Burm., Handb. d. Ent., ii., 2, p. 589.
De Haan, Orth. Orient., p. 125.
Westwood, loc. cit., pp. 165-166.
Hab. Australia.

T. iodomus, MacCoy, Prodr. Z. Vict., Melbourne, 1885, dec. vii., Insects, pp. 33-35, pls. lxix.-lxx., figs. 2 and 3.
Hab. Victoria.

T. rhodomus, MacCoy, loc. cit., pp. 35-37, pis. lxix.-lxx., figs. 1, 1a, 1b, 1c.
Hab. Inglewood, Victoria.

T. decipiens, Rainbow, ante, pp. 36-37, pl. x., figs. 1, 2, 3, 4.
Hab. Gordon and Ashfield, near Sydney.

Genus Lysicles, Stål.

L. hippolytus, Stål, C.R. Ent. Belg., xx., p. 65.
Hab. Peak Downs, Queensland.

Genus Extatosoma, G. R. Gray.

E. tiaratum, Macleay.
E. hopei, G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr., i., pl. viii., fig. 1; Syn. Phasm., p. 29 (Ectatosoma h.)
Seville, H. N. Orth., p. 285.
Westwood, loc. cit., pp. 170-171.
Phasma tiaratum, Macleay, in King's Survey of Australia, App. ii., p. 455, t. B., figs. 3, 4 female.
G. R. Gray, Ent. Austr., i., pl. viii., fig. 2; Syn. Phasm., p. 29 (Ectatos. t.)
Serville, H. N. Orth., p. 286.
Ectatosoma tiaratum, male et female, Burm., Handb. d. Ent., ii., 2, p. 576.
De Haan, Orth. Orient., p. 110, pl. x., fig. 2 female.
Hab. Australia, Tasmania, et New Guinea.

E. bufonium, Westwood, Thes. Ent. Oxon., p. 174, pl. xxxii., fig. 2.
Hab. Australia.

Genus Cladoxerus, Kaup.

C. insignis, Kaup, B.E.Z., p. 39.
Hab. Australia.
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Genus Ctenomorpha, Gray.

C. nigro-varia, Stål, Recensio Orthopterorum, p. 83.
Hab. Cape York, Queensland.

Genus Vetilia, Stål.

V. eurymedon, Stål, C.R. Ent. Belg., xx., p. lxiii.
Hab. Cape York, Rockhampton, Queensland.

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