AfANTIS, OR SOOTHSAYER. 409 



silrrioil facrccl ; and the injuring them is reckoned a crime, 

 of no fmali enormity f . 



The inre£lj of this genus are didinguillied by an un- 

 lleady noddiag motion of the head, v/hich gives it the 

 appearance of being flightly attached to the thorax. The 

 mouth is furniflied with jaws and palpi ; anjd the antennae 

 are fetaceous. The four wings are membranous, and 

 Wrapped clofc round the body. The anterior pair of 

 feet are coinprefled laterally, and ferrated on one fide, 

 their extremities tcrminatlna: in a finirle nail. The four 

 back, feet are fmooth and greiTory, being formed rather 

 for advancing (lowly than for performing quick move- 

 ments. The tjorax ic throughout of an equal fize, nar- 

 tow, and in fome fpecies extending to a difproportionate 

 length J. 



Tlie moPr remarkable of thefe animals is the mant:5 

 googyiodes of China. The thorax is uncommonly lonf^ 

 and narrow ; the head fmall and flat, with two fhort fili- 

 form ant!enna3 ; behind thefe, two large polifhed eyes are 

 placed ; the rottruxi has the (hape of an awl, but often 

 fplit towards the extremity into two points. The elytra, 

 which cover two thirds or the body of the infeft, are re- 

 ticulated, and croffed the one over the other ; the wings 

 wliicli they cover are veined and diaphanous. The four 

 hind legs have the appearance of being winged, gn ac- 

 count of thofe large membranous lobes v/hich emerge 

 from their joints. The anterior pair are armed wiiii 

 fpines at their firft articulation, and towards thiiir extre- 

 mities they are- ferrSted on one fide ^. 



Vol. Iir. 3 F 



•)■ Rcafnur, Tom. IV. \ Syftcma Nat. Ord. if. 



^ Vide Barbae'* Gen. IxScSt. Ord. II. Gep. %. ' 



