ENTOMOLOGY. 



Genus— MANTIS. Species— MANTIS FOLIA- 

 CEUS; or, WALKING LEAF. 



Character — The antennae filiform ; the head heartshaped ; 

 six legs, the foremost with falciform hands, and 

 a thumb of five joints ; the hemelytrae folded 

 crosswise of the length of the wings beneath 

 them. 



THE family of the Mantis differ from the insects 

 called the Phasmata, or Spectra, in having the antennae 

 placed on the forehead between the eyes ; whereas in the 

 Phasmata, or Spectra, they stand on the sides of the head, 

 far apart from each other. The legs of the Phasmata are 

 all formed for running, like each other, and are placed so 

 near to the head, that they are excavated near the base, to 

 make room for the head between them. The Mantis has 

 instead of fore legs, arms with scissar-formed hands ; the 

 upper arms and elbows are dentated or fringed. 



The Mantis may also be subdivided into two families ; 

 the gouty ones, which have leaves on their legs, and the 

 round-legged ones, which are without them. These also 

 may be divided again into two parties; those which 

 have round eyes, and those which have angular ones. 

 These distinctions have been ably elucidated by Dr. 

 Lichtenstein, in the Sixth Volume of the Linnaean Trans- 

 actions, and which agrees in the main with the learned 

 Fabricius. 



There is a remarkable difference also in the mode of 

 life of the Phasmata and Mantis ; the former live solely on 



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