Phyllium

Ceylon and of Java, species of Phyllium, are so wonderfully coloured and veined, with leafy expansions on the legs and thorax, that not one person in ten can see them when resting on the food-plant close beneath their eyes.

Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

Phyllium, it is the female only that so marvellously imitates a green leaf; and in all these cases the difference can be traced to the greater need of protection for the female, on whose continued existence, while depositing her eggs, the safety of the race depends.

Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

This is carried to the furthest possible extent in the wonderful genus, Phyllium, the "walking leaf," in which not only are the wings perfect imitations of leaves in every detail, but the thorax and legs are flat, dilated, and leaf-like; so that when tho living insect is resting among the foliage on which it feeds, the closest observation is often unable to distinguish between the animal and the vegetable.

Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

Like the _Phyllium_, the _Phasma_ lives exclusively on vegetables, and some attain the length of several inches.

Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836

Like the _Phyllium_, the _Phasma_ lives exclusively on vegetables, and some attain the length of several inches.

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836

Eggs of the Leaf Insect (_Phyllium siccifolium_) 410

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836

[Footnote 1: Phyllium siccifolium.] [Illustration: STICK INSECT AND MANTIS]

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836