NEUROPTERA. 



these larvae is of such a nature that it can all be absorbed, and thus 

 the rectum is not needed for the passage of waste matter. 



Marlins. As already stated, this genus differs from the ant- 

 lions in the form of its antennae. The body is short, ami the wings 

 veined than in Mynneleon. Th tages of our 



have not been observed. In case of certain European 

 the eggs are laid upon the stems of grass; ami the larvae 

 live upon the ground, hiding under stones, and seizing, by s: 

 forward, insects that pass near them. 



Sub-family V. MAMIM r 

 (The Mantis-like Xenroptcra^) 



This remarkable sub-family is represented in our fauna by a single 

 genus, Mantissa. These insects present an unusual form of the 

 prothorax and the first pair of legs; a form that strikingly resembles 

 the >hape of these parts in the family Mantida? of the order Orthop- 



The prothorax is elongated, cylindrical, and more or 

 trumpet . The first pair of legs are enlarged and fitted for 



The wings are narrow, the two pairs similar ; and the 

 tl and subcostal veins are confluent near the middle of tl: 



.-l m - 



As indicated by the form of the gra the adult J /,//..- 



lie true Mantis in oufl habits. The trans- 



formations of ti are of unusual interest. It v, 



dentally discovered that the lar\ C in the egg-sacs of 



go*, 'i ; 



common unde: <1 which carry their i%; >ith 



them. Hrauer obt.i 



D Mlor, an<: tl upon 



1 he eggs \\< In July : 



later. The youi 



ith a long. r body, well-developed legs, and 1- 



anteiin;ir. They pan the winter without food. In 



find ti: into the egg-sa 'lie above-named 



<1 upn the V" ! the body 



bco tlie larva moults .uid un- 



dergoes i as 



U In this stage the !> 



bling in form th in 



ill. \\ 



