PH ASM A. PH ASM A. 
Generic Character, 
Caput grande. Antenna 
filiformes. Oculi parvi, 
rotundati. 
Stemmata tria inter oculos. 
Ala quatuor, membrana- 
cese ; superiores abbre- 
viatiE, inferiores plicate. 
Pedes ambulatorii. 
Head large. Antenna fili- 
form. small, round- 
ed. ' 
Stemmata three, between 
the eyes. 
Wings four, membranace- 
ous; the upper pair abbre- 
viated ; the lower pleated. 
Feet formed for walking. 
This , which is not, strictly speaking, a Linnsean 
genus, being formed from some of the Linnaean 
Mantes, ditf'ers from the genus Mantis in having 
all the legs equally formed for walking, or without 
the falciform joint which distinguishes the fore-legs 
in the genus Mantis. The anteniicB are setaceous, 
and the head large and broad: to these characters 
may be added the shortness of the upper wings or 
hemelytra, which scarcely cover more than about 
a third part of the body, while the lower wings are 
often very large and long. In their mode of life 
the Phasmata differ from the Mantes ; feeding 
entirely on vegetable food. In the extraordinary 
