( 104 y 
where he eats the mcal and dough. cheminées & dans les fours des 
The ftnokc of charcoal deftroys boulangers, dont il mange la farine 
them. . & la pâte. La fumée de charbon 
les fait périr. 
GENUS 2. MANTIS. Tab. VIII. 
CHARACTER G E N E R I S. 
Caput nutans, maxillofum, palpis inftruétum. Antennæ fetaceæj 
alæ quatuor membranaceæ, convolutæ, inferiores plicatæ. Pedes antici 
compreffi, fubtus ferrato-dcnticulati, armati ungue fôlitario & digito 
fetaceo laterali articulato. Poftici quatuor læves, grefforii. Thorax 
linearis elongatus anguftatus. Linn. fyft. nat. p. 689. 
_ 2 d GENUS. The SOOTH-SAYER. PI. VIII. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS. 
The hcad'is unfteady, or appears, from its continuai nodding motion, 
to be flightly attached to the thorax. The mouth is armed wifh jaws, 
and furnhhed with palpi. The antennæ are fetaceous : the four wings 
membranaceous, and vvrapped round the body; the under onesare fold'ed, 
The anterior, or firft pair of feet, are compreffed, armed on the under 
lide with teeth like a faw, and terminated by a lingle nail or crotchet. 
The four hindermoft are grefforii, or formed rather for advancing flowly, 
than for performing quick movements. The thorax is extended to a 
confiderablc length, narrow, and throughout of equal fize. 
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