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TRANSFORMATIONS OF INSECTS. 
unfortunate moths that may admire it on account of its attitudes 
of supplication soon find out that instead of saying “ Let us pray,” 
it says “ Let us prey.” 
The Empusce are much handsomer than the insects of the 
metamorphoses of Empusa panperata. 
genus Mantis. They have a long, leaf-shaped projection on 
their heads, short antennae, a very thin thorax, and their legs are 
ornamented with curious leaf-like expansions. There is a very 
pretty Empusa , which lives in the Maritime Alps, and which is 
