l.'JO lìuìlciui de la Sociclé Entomotogique d'Egìjpte 



Summary 



1. The aiileniia of Enipiim poüsesst-s ,i far ,i:roat- 

 ter number of joints in the adult than in the newly 

 hatched larva. 



The following figures ha\e been obtained by 

 counting : 



Adult male 78 joints 



Adult female 53 » 



Newly hatched larva lîi » (after Adair) (7) 



(7) • The following figures ave taken from other spc^cies; 

 Mantis religiosa : 



Adult male 92 



Adult female 86 



Newly hatched 25 and 27 



(The number 27 probably indicates the male). 

 On the 15th of February 1918, an embryo 5 mm. long 

 was taken from the egg-case of a Mantis. The antennae 

 bent forward under the body, relatively slender and long 

 (2.5 mm.), were found to consist of a 7-jointed apical 

 portion, a 2 - jointed basal portion and between them an 

 undivided portion occupynig about two thirds of the total 

 length. 



Gongylus gongyloides ; 



Two adult males 117 — 135 



Adult female 82 



Larva with wing stumps .... 71 

 Prriplaneta americana : 



Adult male 178 



Adult female 1 72 



Newly hatched 47 



Phyiliuv) bioculatiim Gray, of Ceylon : 



Adult male 24 



Adult female 9 



Newly hatched 9 both sexes. 



(After l'Abbé Foucher : « Etudes biologiques sur 



