hiiherlo confounded under the Nciwe of Mantis'. 5 



Befides thefc dIf{:in.6lioQs taken from tlie different parts of the 

 body, Stoll appeals, with reafon, to the remarkable diflerencc of the 

 mode of life. His SpeiSlres, which I name Phafnata, live folcly on ve- 

 getable food. They lay their eggs, like grailioppers, in the earth, the 

 females being furnifhed with a fmall ftile or inftrumeiit for depofitiiig 

 them, of anenfiform figure^ and covered by three leaflets, which are 

 found on the lafl divlfion of the abdomen. TheA/^«/t^j, on the contrary, 

 confine themfelves entirely to food taken from the animal kingdom; 

 their falciform hands ferving them to catch and carry to their mouths 

 .flies, and other infe6ls, which they devour. As to what concerns their 

 procreation and mctamorphofis — they never lay their eggs in the 

 earth, but fix them on a twig, ft raw, or blade ofgrafs, and this in 

 rows and regular mafTes, as Roefel has very corre6lly defcribed. In^ 

 feSienbel, pt. 4. p. 89. fq. and t. 12. Compare alfo Meriatu Surin^ 

 Inf p. 66. Geoffr. Inf. t. r. p. 399. and De? Guer Inf pt. 3. p. 399. 



It will not be fuperfluoiis to add fome remarks which Stoll has 

 omitted, and which fet the difference between the two genera ftill 

 more out of doubt. The antennae of the i'Z'j/^//^/-^ are fituatcd on 

 the fides of the head, far apart, and are infcrted near the eyes : thofc 

 of the Mantes^ on the contrary, are placed on the forehead near to- 

 gether, between the eyes. The difference of the organs of feeding 

 I fhall explain, more at large in the fyflematic defcription of the 

 genera. The thorax, in the firft fubdivifion or family of Phqfmafa, is 

 always extended and cylindrical : fometimes fet with little thorns, 

 fometimes without thorns ; but in the fecond family, which in ge- 

 neral more refembles the Mantes, it isfomewhat flattened, and almofl 

 marginated. The Mantes^ on the oth.,r banc, have all a more or lefs 

 carinated thorax : all thofe of the firfl family and fome fmall fpecies 

 of the fecond family have a roundifh thorax; but in mofl of the fecond 



family 



