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MANTIDAE 



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elongate and horn-like ; there may be a projection between them 

 bearing the ocelli, and attaining occasionally a great length ; the 

 scutellar space also may have a remarkable development, the 



FlO. 135. Deroplatys sarau-aca, female. Borneo. (After Westwood.) 



whole thus forming a peculiar ornamental structure, as in Fig. 

 136. 



The prothorax is elongate, but there are a few genera, e.g. 

 Eremiaphila, in which it is exceptionally short, and there are 

 several others in which the elongate form is more or less masked 

 by foliaceous expansions of the sides. The pronotum shows 

 near the front a transverse depression or seam, which marks the 

 position of an internal chitinous ridge. The anterior legs are 



