94 AN INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY. 



dally at the base, are lighter than the discal portions. The 



adult measures to the tip of the wings 25 mm. i i 

 inch) or more. Although this is a native spcv 

 living in our fields, it is often found in our dwell i: 

 being attracted by lights at night. 



Among our species of cockroaches are many 

 wingless forms. One of these is represented in 

 Fig. 88. 



Family III. MAM m.E.* 

 FIG. 88.-A wing- Soothsayers or Praying Mantes.} 



less Cockroach. 



The members of this family have received many 

 popular names in the regions where they occur, owing to their 

 tesque forms and strange attitudes. Among these are Rear-hoi 

 Race-horses, Camel-crickets, Praying Mantes, and Soothsayers. The 



FlC. fy.Pkasmomamtit Carolina. 



spec usually of considerable size, so that they are conspicuous 



objects. We have no representative of the family at the North; 

 and there are but i in our Southern States, they be 



ly inhabitants of tropical countn 



The most strikiiu; characters of these insects are the great length 

 of the prothorax, it being the longest segment of the body, and the 

 enlarged front le->. which a 1 for grasping. With some 



the wings resemble leaves of plants in form and coloring. This 

 resemblance is protective, causing the insects to resemble t\\ i;. 



* Maniid.x, Mantis: mantis (;mrn?), a prophet; also the Greek name for th 

 sects. 



