CHAPTER II. 



niE devil's riding-horse 

 (mantid/e) — continued. 



Fig. 6. — Egg-capsules of Mantidiv. 



}ying and the Egg-capstiles. 



In Europe the egg-laying of the mantidse occurs 

 in September. Among the kinds observed, the insect 

 discharges at the same time as the eggs, a mass of viscous 

 or gummy matter, which she affixes to the stems of 

 bushes or on stones, and, as it dries in the air, it assumes 

 the form of a fair-sized spherical or oval capsule or case, 



