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brown, the rest inclining to reddish-brown, variegated 

 with transverse rays and spots of dull-white. The 

 male is much smaller, and of a deeper brown. 



PHYLLIUM SICCIFOLIA. 

 PLATE XII. 



Mantis siccifolia, Linn Roesel II. Gryll. PI. XVII. figs. 4-5. 



Stall, Spectres, PI. VII. figs. 24-26. 



This genus has the antennae inserted before the 

 eyes ; no distinct ocelli ; palpi compressed ; pro- 

 thorax nearly as long as the mesothorax; body 

 broad and flat ; the tegmina dilated and veined like 

 leaves ; all the thighs compressed, and having a 

 broad membranous appendage before and behind; 

 the tibiae, when at rest, applied to the thigh beneath 

 the dilated membrane ; tarsi five-jointed. 



Of the few species known, that represented on the 

 adjoining plate is the largest and most beautiful. The 

 female has the tegmina and upper portion of the 

 abdomen of a fine green ; the antennae in this sex 

 are short and obtuse. In the male the tegmina are 

 comparatively small ; the wings large and transpar- 

 ent, green on the anterior edge ; the body narrow ; 

 the antennae rather long and setaceous, composed 

 of numerous cylindrical joints. 



It is a native of Eastern Asia, Java, and the ad- 

 joining islands. 



Having thus detailed the leading peculiarities of 

 the first great division of this order, we now proceed 

 to the second, containing the families of Crickets, 





