460 CLASS VIII. 
6) Feet winged or foliaceous. 
Sub-genera: Zropidoderus Gray, Hctatosoma Gray, Prisopus 
Serv., GRAY. 
Sp. Prisopus flabelliformis Gray, Phasma dracunculus LICHTENST., STOLL, 
Spectr. Pl. 18, fig. 65, from Surinam. Prisop. Horstokii DE Haan, 1. 1. 
Tab. 12, fig. 1; hab. Cape of Good Hope. In the shorter body and entire 
habit they somewhat approach the genus Phyllium. 
Phyllium Luuie. (species of genus Mantis L. and Fasr., species 
of Phasma Licutenst.) Abdomen oval, depressed. ~Prothorax 
scarcely longer than mesothorax, sub-triangular, posteriorly nar- 
rower. Antenne of males setaceous, pilose; of females very short, 
filiform. Elytra short and wings long in males; in females elytra 
large, membranous covering abdomen, wings very small. ‘Thighs 
dilated, alate. 
Sp. Phyllium siccifolium, Mantis siccifolia L., Fasr., Ras., Ins. 1. Loc. 
ind. Tab, xvii. f. 4, 5; Stotn, Spectr. Pl. vir. f. 24, 26; Dump. Cons. 
gén. s. l. Ins. Pl. 23, fig. 2 fem. &e.; the walking-leaf. This species is 
extended from the Sechelles over Java and Timor to New-Guinea. Some 
allied species are from the same regions and from China; none are known 
from the new world. 
Phalanx II. Mantides. Anterior feet raptorial, with coxe long 
and femora compressed, receiving the tibia beneath. Prothorax not 
shorter than mesothorax, mostly exceeding the mesothorax in 
length. Ocelli three. Antennz: mostly setaceous, moderate. La- 
brum entire, orbicular. Labium quadrifid, with lacinie equal. 
Elytra and wings in all. 
The anterior feet are situated close to the head, and are much 
stronger than the rest, usually very thin; they have large com- 
pressed thighs which are armed beneath with teeth or spines, and 
have a channel in which the tibiz can be lodged like a clasp-knife. 
With these fore-feet bent together and with head on high, these 
insects often sit long in an immoveable position. Hence the eastern 
people say that they are at prayers, and moreover, like true Ma- 
hometans, with the face and hands turned towards Mecca. With 
this pious deportment however, and the superstitious reverence 
which is in consequence conferred on these insects by different 
nations, their cruel worldliness is at variance; they live on other 
insects, and also mutually devour one another. See BLUuMENBACH, 
Abbild. natur-historischer Gegenstdnde, No. 88. 
