MANTIS. MANTIS. 



Generic Character. 



Caput nutans, maxillosum, 

 paipis instructum. 



Antenna setaceae. 



Thorax linearis. 



Alts quatuor, membran- 

 aceae, convolutas; inferi- 

 ores plicatsc. 



Pedcs antici compress!, 

 subtus serrato-denticu- 

 lati, armati ungue soli- 

 tario et digito setaceo 

 Jaterali articulate; postici 

 quatuor Iseves, gressorii. 



Head unsteady, armed with 

 jaws, and furnished with 

 palpi or feelers. 



Antenna setaceous. 



Thorax linear. 



Wings four, membranace- 

 ous, convoluted ; the 

 lower pair pleated. 



Fore-legs, in most species, 

 compressed, serrated be- 

 neath, and armed with a 

 single claw and a setace- 

 ous, lateral, jointed foot. 

 Hind-legs smooth, formed 

 for walking. 



HIS is one of the most singular genera in the 

 whole class of Insects, and imagination itself can 

 hardly conceive shapes more strange than those 

 exhibited by some particular species. 



The chief European kind is the Mantis oratorio, 

 of Linnaeus, or Camel-Cricket, as it is often called. 

 This insect, which is a stranger to the British 

 isles, is found in most of the warmer parts of 



