CONTENTS, 



ORTHOPTERA. 

 CURSORIA. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE DEVIL'S RIDING-HORSE 



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" Devotional " attitude Legends and superstitions arising therefrom 

 Meaning of habit The tiger, not the saint of the insect world 

 Not only carnivorous, but pugnacious, and a cannibal Voracity 

 not limited to insects Modification of front legs Their principal 

 function Typical development of an insect's leg Modification in 

 detail of leg of Mantis The limb in repose Its secondary func- 

 tions The other legs Modification of prothorax Its remarkable 

 elongation and mobility Development shows importance Not 

 legs and thorax alone, whole organization in conformity with a 

 carnivorous life : head, sense-organs, etc., organs of flight Atrophy 

 of wings Coptopteryx females ... ... ... ... 3 



CHAPTER II. 



THE DEVII/S RIDING-HORSE (MANTID^E) continued. 



Egg-laying and the egg-capsules Capsule of Mantis religiosa; situa- 

 tion of eggs, subsidiary parts, consistency, explanation of manner 

 of formation Capsules of other Mantidae Parasites Metamor- 

 phoses of Mantis Emergence, appearance, and interesting life of 

 young Development of organs of flight Nymphs compared with 

 sub-apterous or apterous adults Latter with apterous Phasmidas 

 Protective and Aggressive resemblance Modifications of forms in 



