40 TRUE TALES OF THE INSECTS. 



Mantis religiosa, which has been often mentioned, a 

 sufficiently pretty, though not striking mantis, is full 

 of interest to us, as being the species best known near 

 home, across the Channel, to our neighbours in France. 

 In all the south of that country it is common, but is 

 rarer in the north, reaching Saintes, La Rochelle, Dijon, 

 and the coast of Normandy as far as Havre ; and it 

 has been taken occasionally near Paris, at Fontainebleau, 

 etc. It occurs in Spain, Italy, and Sicily, frequently in 

 the fields and gardens of Tuscany. Passing through 

 South and Mid Germany, Southern and Eastern Russia, 

 and South Siberia, it penetrates to the Orient shores 

 of Asia, at Ning-po, China. It is likewise abundant 

 in Algeria, and is found all along the northern coast 

 of Africa. 



