hiiherio confounded under the Name rf Mantis. agr 



2» iV. capcnftSy ?j, 46. 3. M. angufij^ n. 50. 4. M.fdvr'tca^ ?!. 51. and 

 5. A/, bracbyptem^ «. 5^2. 



The new fpecies, which I here defcrihe for the firft time, with the- 

 addition of coloured plates, are the following: 



1. Phafma heSi'icum, Tab. I. Jig, 2. 



2. Phafma Ohrtmanni^ ^A'Q. II. Jig. 1. 



3. Mantis FUum^ Tab. II. fig. 1. 



■ The Phafma be^icum, which is an inhabitant of China, I de- 

 fcrihe from a fpecimcn in the collection of Mr. Holthuyfen ; it is of 

 the male fex, and refembles the Phafma Gigas; but does not feem to 

 be the male of that fpecies, although its female muft be of the fize 

 of the Pb. Gigas. 



The head is- oblongo-ovate, highly vaulted, and covered with a 

 fhagreen-like fkin. The forehead is elongated into a fliarp por- 

 reeled horn, which is excavated in the middle with a deep furrow ; 

 the margins are bent round and ferrato-dentated. It confifts of two 

 leaflets, comprefled from the fides, which the infect, v/hen alive, 

 can probably, feparate at pleafure from each other, and move either 

 of them apart. The organs of feeding are of the fame nature with 

 the others of this genus and family. The eyes are fituated under the 

 forehead, and are fmall, round, and black. The antennse are feta- 

 ceous^ originate between the eyes, and have, at the bafe, two thick 

 divifions 5 the reft are longilh, and become, by degrees, nairowcr and 

 narrower*. 



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