Spectrum; indeed, in the Regne Animal, it is 

 considered as a mere sub-genus of Mantis. 



But if we adhere rigidly to the characters of 

 the order He3iiptera, in which the superior 

 wings are stated to be coriaceous or of a different 

 consistence from the inferior pair, the genus 

 Mantispa, notwithstanding its acknowledged 

 affinity with Mantis, will be altogether exclud- 

 ed from that order. In construction, number, 

 and consistence of the wings, from which the 

 characters of these grand divisions are derived, it 

 is, beyond a doubt, a Neuropterous genus, and 

 we adopt Lamarck's arrangement in this respect. 

 It is distinguished from all the other genera of 

 this order, by the particular form of the anterior 

 feet. 



These insects are not quiescent in the nymph 

 state, or that condition which corresponds to the 

 chrysalis state of the butterfly, but they remain 

 active, as in the larva. 



plate XXV. 



