INSECTA. 461 
STOLL gives to these insects the name of walking-leaves, by which how- 
ever is usually understood the preceding genus Phyllium. 
Mantis L. (in part), Fasr. (exclus. Mant. siccifolia). 
a) Antenne of males pectinate, of females setaceous. Head produced 
upwards into a horn. 
Empusa Iie. 
Sp. Mantis gongylodes L. and Fase, (fem. Mantis flabellicornis FABR. male) ; 
Reset, Ins. 11. Locust. Tab. vit.; Stony, Spectr. Pl. 16, figs. 58, §9. Pl. 
17, fig. 61; Bengal, Ceylon;—Mantis pauperata Fasr., Cuv. R. Ani. éd. 
ill., Ins. Pl. 78, fig. 2; south of Europe, north of Africa, &c. 
Sub-genus Blepharis SERV. 
b) Antenne in both sexes simple; head very often transverse, broad. 
Mantis Iuu1c. 
Sp. Mantis religiosa L., Rasen, Jns. 11. Locust. Tab, 1. 1. Tom. tv. Tab. 
xi1.; Panzer, Deutschl. Ins. Heft 50, Tab. 8; Cuv. R. Anz. éd. ill., Ins. 
Pl. 78, fig. 1; in south of Germany, in France, and other parts of the 
south of Europe, and also in Africa;—Mantis oratoria L., Mantis bella 
SaLzMAN, GERMAR, Faun. Ins. Europ. Fasc. vi. Tab. 16, South of 
Europe, &c._ 
Note.—Several sub-genera, founded on the form of the prothorax, the 
eyes, the feet, and other characters, are recorded by SERVILLE and Bur- 
MEISTER, not always well defined: Hremophila Burm. (Eremiaphila LEFEs.), 
Metalleutica WEStW., Cheeteessa BurM., Tarachodes BurM., Theoclytes SERV. 
(Vates Burm.), Harpax Serv., Acanthops SeRv., Schizocephala Surv., and 
others; for which consult the authors cited above. 
Mantis strumaria L. (Rasen, Jns. 11. Locust. Tab. 111.), and similar 
species with prothorax dilated, partly covering head, form the transition to 
the Blatte. 
Family XLII. Slattarie. Tarsi with five joints. Head in- 
ferior, covered by prothorax clypeiform. 
Blatta Li. Body oval or orbicular, depressed. Antenne long, 
setaceous. Ocelli obsolete. Maxillary palps elongate, with last 
joint hatchet-shaped. Feet all similar, long, tibia provided with 
spinules moveable. Abdomen posteriorly supplied with two ap- 
pendages conical, articulate. 
a) Lach sex apterous. 
Sub-genus: Polyzosteria Burm. (Species of Blatta Srrv.) 
b) Male winged, female apterous. 
Sub-genera: Pertspheria Serv., Burm., Heterogamia Burm. 
(Species of Blatta SERVILLE.) 
