too R D E R II. Mantis. 



Scopoli has confounded this genus with the 

 Gryllus as Linnseus had done in the tenth editi- 

 on of his Syftema Nature. It differs chiefly 

 from that fofecT: in the number of articulations 

 of which its tarfi are compofed ; (thefe in the 

 Mantis are always five, but in the different fa- 

 milies of Grylli, are fometimes three, fome- 

 times four) and in its having only one crotchet 

 or nail, to thofe of the firft pair of feet. 



The eyes of the Mantis are prominent, and 

 its head perfectly refembles thofe of the fecond 

 family of the Linnsean Libellulas. 



The elytra are not much ftronger than the un- 

 der wings. 



The abdomen is terminated by little appen- 

 dices or horns, lefs ftiffthan thofe of the Blattas; 

 that part is not always long and narrow, as af- 

 ferted by Schseffer, but in fome fubjecls fiat and 

 very broad compared with its length. The laft 

 mentioned author calls the feet jaliaiorii made 

 for leaping, which they do not appear, nor are 

 obferved to be, by any other author I have met 

 with. 



This infect is, wkh us, called the 'Camel Cric- 

 ket. It is looked upon by the Africans as a fa- 

 ded 



