Volume 1
Natural history of Victoria : prodromus of the zoology of Victoria; or figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorian indigenous animals / by Frederick McCoy.
- Frederick McCoy
- Date:
- [1885-90]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Natural history of Victoria : prodromus of the zoology of Victoria; or figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victorian indigenous animals / by Frederick McCoy. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![Plate 79, Figs. 1 and 2. ACROPHYLLA VIOLASCENS (Leach sp.). The Violet-winged Phasma. [Genus ACROPHYLLA (Gray). Sub-kingd. Articulata. Class Insecta. Order Orthop- tera. Section Ambulatoria. Family Phasmidae. Sub-fam. Pteropbasmina.) Gen. Char.—Body elongate, abdomen slender and cylindrical in the males, broader, fusiform and depressed in the females; ovipositor of female boat-shaped, keeled below, not exceeding the end of the abdomen; anal styles long, those of males often narrower than of females. Thorax long, cylindrical ; mesothorax about three times as long as the prothorax, usually spined; metathorax shorter than the mesothorax. Head small, elongate, gibbous behind ; antennae long, setaceous, many jointed, pubescent in the males ; eyes globose, prominent; three ocelli or none. Tegmina ovate, about half or one-third as long as the wings ; wings moderate in both sexes, longer in the males. Legs long, slender (longer in the males), dentated, anterior pair largest, simple; femora narrow, not membranous, anterior pair notched on inner edge to fit head ; hind tibiae not strongly dentate within. Tarsi with 1st joint much longer than the others, the three next gradually diminishing, 5th longer than the 4th; claws strong, with large pad. Australia.] Description.—Male: Colour: Dull-g’reen, the anterior portion of tegmina and anterior margin of costal area bright-green; posterior of tegmina and costal area, abdomen, and femora yellowish-brown; membranous portion of hind wings violet- purple, with the veins of a stronger shade of the same colour. Mesothorax above, and under-side of meso- and meta-thorax rough, with close small granular tubercles. Anterior legs simple, femora of middle pair with two denticulated lateral ridges, and a median granular keel below; hind femora with two denticulate lateral ridges, the median angular ridge only slightly serrated, but with two large, slender, conical spines nearly as long as width of thigh, and dividing the length into thirds. First joint of tarsi nearly as long as all the others; antennse 21-jointed slightly pubescent, anal styles moderate, flat, narrow. Length from base of antennae to tip of abdomen (excluding anal styles) 3 inches 3 lines. Proportional measurements to length, taken as 100:—Length of head, ; antennae, ; prothorax, Tgg ; mesothorax, ; metathorax, ; abdomen, ; width of abdomen, x^g ; anal styles, T{J-g ; tegmina, x^-; width of tegmina, -j-gg ; length of one wing, x3^-; width of costal area, -pfg ; greatest width of wing, x25g ; length of anterior femora, x^-; of second pair, Xgg ; of hind femora, x2g% ; width of hind femora, x^g. Female: Colour: Whole body, legs, tegmina, and costal area of wings bright pea-green, except the under-sides of the legs, which are dull reddish; membrane of wings pale rose pink, veins more strongly tinted with the same colour; a whitish or pinkish band along each side of mesothorax and metathorax below the keel of the wings; mesothorax rough with small granules, and with a narrow median keel, narrow in front; under-side of meso- and meta-thorax granular; antennae short, 21-jointed, smooth; abdomen large, broad in the middle, tapering, granular, carinated; tegmina and costal area of wing broad ovate, wide in the middle, tapering to a distal point; anal styles moderately small; denticulation of two hind pairs of femora nearly as in the males, but smaller. Length from base of antennm to tip of abdomen (excluding anal styles) 3 inches 2 lines. Proportional measurements to length, taken as 100:—Length of head, x|gj antennse, Xg5x; prothorax, x§g; mesothorax, ; metathorax, ; abdomen, ; width of abdomen, ; anal styles, x\fx ;](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24757469_0001_0501.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
