PLATE 3 



EXPLANATION OF FIGURES 



1(3 Embryos hatching from an ootheca. At first they hang suspended by the 

 threads attached to the hypodermis but ahnost at once undergo their first ecdysis 

 which frees them. (Natural size.) 



17 First nymphal stage with first ecdysis almost completed. Removal of the 

 epidermis from the metatarsi seems to be most difficult. X 4. 



18 The adult female mantid, Paratenodera sinensis. (Natural size.) 



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