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13. Stagmomantis Carolina (Liiinaeiis). The Carolina Mantis. The 

 Rearhorse. 

 Gn/Ilm carolimm L. , 80, 1763, 13. 

 Mantis Carolina L., 8 1 , 11, 17f57, fi91 ; Rathv. ,109, 1862, 376, Figs. 8-10; 



Riley, 1 13, I, 1869, 165), Figs. S)i, 95; Id., 2 16, m, 1883, 37, 



Figs. 19ab; Id., 12 4, X, 1887, 44, Figs. 20ab; Glov., 62, 



1872, Plate II, Figs. 1-16. 

 Sfaf/momanlia caroliiid Sauss., 130, m, 1869, 65; Id., 13 1, 1871, 46; 



Id., 132, VI, 1872, 247, Plate V, Fig. 5; Plate VI, Fig. 12; 



How., 74, IV, 1892, 243, Figs. 29, 31; Id., 76,1901, 326, Figs. 



215, 216; Scudd., 173, XXVIII, 1895, 210; Id.. 188, 1900, 12; 



BL, 13, XXVIU, 1896, 265; Id., 16, 1899, 209, Fig. 46. 

 Phasmomantis cawJina Riley, 12 2, 11, 1884, 173, Fig. 249. 



Color: Male, grayish brown. Tegmina semi-transparent, grayish, 

 more or less mottled with smoky brown; sometimes almost wholly 

 of the latter color. Body and feet often greenish yellow. Female, 

 either wholly green or of the color of the male; the stigmatic patch 

 black bordered with pale yellow, more distinct in the green form. 



Fig. 32. Stagmomantis cnrolina L. Female. 



Measurements: Length of body, male, 49 mm., female, 52 mm.; 

 of pronotum, male, 17 mm., female, 20 mm.; of tegmina, male, 32, 

 mm., female, 23 mm. 



This mantid is a species of southern range and in Indiana occurs 

 only in the south half, being quite common in the counties bordering 

 the Ohio Eiver. It extends as far north as Marion and Putnam 

 counties, where it is found sparingly. I have taken it in Floyd, 

 Perry and Lawrence counties, and have had a dozen or more speci- 

 mens brought to me in Indianapolis, all of them females. Mr. S. G. 

 Evans, of Evansville, in a letter says: "The Mantids are found here 

 of all sizes and colors, the eggs and young being almost as common as 

 mosquitoes. I have, on several occasions, placed male and female 

 together in a glass jar, and the female always devoured the male, and 

 generally while in the act of copulating, the bodies remaining to- 

 gether until the male was almost consumed." At Indianapolis the 

 females evidently reach maturity about September 1st, most speci- 

 mens being brought in about that date or later. The green and 



