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122 Phyllium bioculatum, G.R. Gray. Male and female: abdomen very narrow at the base, widening to the fore part of the fourth segment, and then gradually decreasing to the commencement of the sixth, and suddenly narrowing to the tip. Femora of the fore legs dilated, the inner dilation moderate, with the inner margin curved and entire, and slightly dentated anteriorly; the outer dilation large, sub triangular, with the inner margin bluntly dentate, (see fig./", femur of female). Length of male, 2 inches 4 lines; female 3 inches 3 lines. Phyllium bioculatum, G.R. Gray in Griff. An. Kingd. ii. 191, fol. 63, f. 3, male; Id. Syn. of Phasm. 30; Burm. Handb. Entom. ii. 2, 590.

Inhabits the island of Mauritius. In the cabinet of the Rev. F.W. Hope.

Phyllium pulchrifolium, Serv. Female: abdomen nearly square, with the side strongly cut out in the form of a semicircle. Femora of the forelegs much larger, more angular, with the denticulated part of this membrane much stronger and more prominent than in Phyl. crurifolium, (see fig. g). Length 3 inches 1 line. Phyllium pulchrifolium, Serv. Orthopt. 292. Walking Leaf, Edw. Birds, t. 258?

Inhabits Java. In the cabinet of the British Museum.

''Phyllium Agathyrsus. Female:'' abdomen rather narrow at the base, widening to the apex of the third segment, the fourth to the seventh gradually narrowed, and the latter suddenly curved inwardly, with the rest of the segments much narrowed to the tip. Femora of the anterior legs greatly dilated; the inner dilation moderate, with the inner margin entire and curved and the outer acutely dentated; the outer dilation large, with the outer margin entire and advancing posteriorly much beyond the basal joint, the inner margin acutely serrated, (see fig. h).—Length of body 3 inches, breadth 1 inch 7 lines.

Inhabits Ceylon. In the cabinet of the British Museum.

''Phyllium Scythe. Male:'' abdomen very narrow at the base, first segment quadrate, second gradually enlarging to the middle of the third, the fourth, fifth and sixth of nearly equal width, and the seventh suddenly rounded towards the eighth and remaining segments; two oculated spots on the fourth. Femora of the fore legs dilated, with the inner dilation narrow, lengthened and