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folded longitudinally, often very large and beau- 

 tifully coloured, sometimes wanting ; legs alike in 

 structure, not formed for leaping; tarsi five- 

 jointed ; prothorax short : diurnal ; feed on leaves. 

 No British genus. 



792. Walking-leaves {Mantites). Antennae 

 long, filiform, very slender, and composed of 

 many joints; fore wings coriaceous, horizontal, 

 generally covering the hind wings, which are 

 folded beneath them ; fore legs incrassated, and 

 armed with teeth, longer than the middle and 

 hind legs; tarsi five-jointed; prothorax long: 

 diurnal ; feed on other insects. No British genus. 



793. Cockroaches (Blattites). Antenna; very 

 long, filiform, tapering, and many-jointed; head 

 bending beneath the prothorax ; fore wings some- 

 what coriaceous, horizontal, one folding over the 

 other, covering the hind wings, which are folded 

 beneath them ; legs alike in structure ; tarsi five- 

 jointed : nocturnal ; voracious ; omnivoro\is ; run 

 rapidly ; fly badly ; do not leap. Blatta. 



