Plate XLIX. fig. 1.
ORDER: Orthoptera. SECTION: Cursoria. FAMILY: Phasmidæ.
GENUS. PHASMA, _Fabr._ Mantis, _Drury_. SUBGENUS: Platycrana, _Gray_.
PHASMA (PLATYCRANA) JAMAICENSIS. Linearis viridis, alis pallidè roseis
costâ tenui viridi. (Long. Corp. 3 unc. 6 lin.)
SYN. Mantis Jamaicensis, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 2.
15. 11. (Mantis J.) _Gray Syn. Phasm._ _p._ 38. (Platycrana J.)
HABITAT: Jamaica.
Head green. Eyes small and black. Antennæ filiform and long. Thorax and
abdomen green, long, and slender. Tegmina very small, and striped with
green, the anterior edges being yellow. Wings very thin and membraneous,
being of a pale blush or pink colour; but along the anterior edges are
thick and green. Legs green; but at the articulations are of a yellowish
hue. Femora furnished with spines; those on the fore ones being smallest.
Tarsi of the ordinary form.