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1. Two egg masses of Chinese mantis, Tcnudrid uridifolia sinensis, set'tioned to 

 show structure. Left: Lengthwise section cut from front, showing side 

 view of eggs in center and parallel emergence passageways leading upward 

 aTid to the left. Hight: Lengthwise section cut from .side, showing front 

 view of eggs surrounded l)y fil)rous protective material. X 1'4. 



Egg masses of three common mantids. Left: Eluropean mantis, Mantis 

 religiosa, removed from a board. Center: Carolina mantis, Siagmomantis 

 Carolina, with parasite emergence holes on side. Right: Narrow-winged 

 mantis, Tinodera angustipennis, showing the characteristic elongate streaks 

 of darker color. X IH- 



(Photographs by Floyd B. Kestner.) 



