hitherto confounded under the Name of Mantis. <^ 



Z. M. capen/tSy n. 46. 3. M. angujla, n. cp. 4. M.fibirica, n. 51. and 

 5. M. brachyplerOy k. 52. 



The new ipecies, which I here defcribefor the firft time, with the 

 addition of coloured plates, are the following : 



r. Phafma heclicum. Tab. I. fg. 1. 



2. Phafma Ohrtuianni, Tab. II. fg. I. 



3. Mantis Filum^ Tab. II. fg. 2. 



The Phafma heSl'icum, which is an inhabitant of China, I de» 

 fcribe from a fpecimen in the colle£lion of Mr. Holthuyfen ; it is of 

 the male fex, and refembles the Phafma Gigas ; but does not feem to 

 be the male of that fpecies, although its female mufl be of the fize 

 of the Ph. Gigas. 



The head is oblongo-ovate, highly vaulted, and covered with^ 

 (hagreen-like (kin. The forehead is elongated into a fharp por- 

 re6led horn, which is excavated in the middle;- with a deep furrow ; 

 the margins are bent round and ferrato-dentated. It confifts of two 

 leaflets, comprcfTcd from the fides, which the infetSl, when alive, 

 can probably feparate at pleafure from each other, and move either 

 of them apart. The organs of feeding are of the fame nature with 

 the others of this genus and family. The eyes are fituated under the 

 forehead, and are fmall, round, and black.. The antennae are feta- 

 Geous, originate between the eyes, and have, at the bafe, two thick 

 divifions j the reft are longifh^ and become, by degrees, narrower and 

 narrower.. 



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