PHASMA. PHASMA. 



Generic Character. 



Caput grande. Antenna 

 filiformes. Oculi parvi, 

 rotundati. 



Stemmata tria inter oculos. 



Al<e quatuor, membrana- 

 ceae ; superiores abbre- 

 viate, inferiores plicatae. 



Pedes ambulatorii. 



Head large. Antenna fili- 

 form. Eyes small, round- 

 ed. 



Stemmata three, between 

 the eyes. 



Wings four, membranace- 

 ous; the upper pair abbre- 

 viated ; the lower pleated. 



Feet formed for walking. 



HIS, which is not, strictly speaking, a Linngean 

 genus, being formed from some of the Linnaean 

 Mantes, differs from the genus Mantis in having 

 all the legs equally formed for walking, or without 

 the falciform joint which distinguishes the fore-legs 

 in the genus Mantis. The antennae are setaceous, 

 and the head large and broad: to these characters 

 may be added the shortness of the upper wings or 

 hemelytra, which scarcely cover more than about 

 a third part of the body, while the lower wings are 

 often very large and long. In their mode of life 

 the Phasmata differ from the Mantes ; feeding 

 entirely on vegetable food. In the extraordinary 



