21. It has a flattened body to long with a prominent yellow-orange stripe behind the black prothorax . 22. The prothorax is small and is flattened dorsally into a shield-like disc which has two transverse ridges. 23. Females prothorax shields end in a sharp pointed curve on each side while the males have a rounder shape. 24. The head, posterior part of the prothorax across the full width, and the scutellum are all black. 25. These snakeflies have long prothorax , hyaline wings with a distinct pterostigma and a long ovipositor in the females. 26. The beetle is pitch black in colour with the front border of the prothorax being a dull brick red. 27. At this point the jaws begin to orient downward and ridges start to appear on the top of the prothorax . 28. One is the instance among all species of Phasmatodea of a pair of exocrine glands inside the prothorax used for defense. 29. The head and dorsal portion of the prothorax are dark in colour, the rest of the body is whitish cream. 30. It is formed by the prothorax , mesothorax and metathorax and comprises the pleuron, a lateral sclerite of the thorax. 