Plate L.
ORDER: Orthoptera. SECTION: Cursoria. FAMILY: Phasmidæ.
GENUS: PHASMA, _Fabr._ Mantis, _Drury_. SUBGENUS: Diapherodes, _Gray_.
Cyphocrana, _Serville_.
PHASMA (DIAPHERODES) GIGAS. Aptera, capite thoraceque spinosis, hoc
lateribus serratis, elytris brevissimis, femoribus subtus angulatis.
(Long. Corp. 7 unc. 9 lin.)
SYN. Mantis gigas, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. (1773.) (nec _Fabr. Ent. Syst.
Suppl. No._ 6. _Oliv. Encyl. No._ 2. _Serv. Rev. Orthopt. p._ 33.) _Gray
Syn. Phasm. p._ 33. (Diapherodes G.)