INSECTS. HEMIPTERA. 59. Mantis. 



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Superftithfa Thorax linear, triangular, (lightly ferrate on the fore-part : 

 wing-cafes greenifh: rib of the wings tranfverfely 

 ftriate. 



Inhabits Africa ; large. 



Thorax rough on the fore-part, fmooth behind : iv/ffg; whitifh, 

 the rib with traniverfe raifed brown lines. . 



Thorax carinate, grey : wings white with black waves. 

 Inhabits Tranquebar ; large. 



Antenna filiform pale: thorax filiform triangular rough : •wings 

 fhorter than the abdomen : thighs lobate at the tip, f. yanks at 

 the bafe : abdomen long filiform. 



Thorax fmooth fubcarinate : wing-cafes green with flutter- 

 ed ferruginous dots. 

 Inhabits A?nerica. Wing-cafes fhorter than the wings. 



Thorax carinate and (lightly ferrate at the fides : wing- 

 cafes obfeure j hyaline ftriate with brown and fhorter 

 than the wings. 

 Inhabits Italy; larger than the following ones. 

 Head grey j, antennae fimple : body brown. 



Thorax fmooth: wing-cafes green immaculate. 



Degeer. Ins. 3. tab. 37. fg. 2. 



Inhabits the East and Southern Europe. 



M. religiofa with thethorax fubcarinate is a mere variety. 



This Infect refts fometimes on its 4 hind-legs, and Wretches the 

 fore-legs out to the right or left, and for this reafon has been 

 fuppofed to point out the way to ftrangers, when afked. 



recaria. 



Thorax ciliate with fmall fpines : wing-cafes green with a 

 divided white and brown fpot. 



Inhabits Africa. . "Naturalist's Mifcell. ix. plate 327. 



Head and thorax yellowifh-green : eyes ferruginous : fore-legs With 



a ferruginous fpot :- <v/ing-cajes longer than the body : wings 



hyaline fpotted with green. 

 This has been fuppofed to be the Idol of the Hottentots. 



Thorax flightly ferrate, yellowifh-green : wing-cafes green 

 immaculate : wings hyaline. 

 Inhabits the South of France ; thrice as fmall as the lafl. 

 Wings greenifhat the tipiforefltanh with 2 black fpots beneath. 



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