INSECTS. HEMIPTERA. 59. Mantis. 
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Thorax linear, triangular, llightly ferrate on the fore-part : 
wing-cafes greenilh; rib of the wings tranfverfely 
ftriate. 
Inhabits Africa •, large. 
Thorax rough on the fore-part, fmooth behind : nxiings whitilh, 
the rib with tranfverfe raifed brown lines. 
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Thorax carinate, grey : wings white with black waves. 
Inhabits Tranquebar ; large. 
Antenna filiform pale : thorax filiform triangular rough : nxings 
lliorter than the abdomen : thighs lobatc at the tip, JJjanks at 
the bafe : abdomen long filiform. 
Thorax fmooth fubcarinate : wing-cafes green with Matter- 
ed ferruginous dqts. 
Inhabits America. Wing-cafes fliorter than the wings. 
Thorax carinate and flightly ferrate at the fides : wing- 
cafes obfcure hyaline ftriate with brown and fhorter 
than the wings. 
Inhabits Italy, larger than the following ones. 
Head grey; antennae fimple : lod^ brown. 
Thorax fmooth: wing-cafes green immaculate. 
Degeer, Ins, 3. tab. 37. fg. z. 
Inhabits the East and Southern Europe. 
M. reiigiofa with dnzthorax fubcarinate is a mere variety. 
Thislnfefl relb fometimes on its 4 hind-legs, and ftretches the 
fore-legs out to the right or left, and for this rcafon has been 
fuppofed to point out the way to llrangers, when alked. 
Thorax ciliate with fmall fpines : wing-cafes green with a 
divided white and brown fpot. 
Inhabits Africa. Naturalist’s Mifcell. iti. plate 327. 
Head ani thorax yellowifh-green : etes ferruginous ; fore-legs 'ctith 
a ferruginous fpot: njoing-cajes longer ttian the body; nuings 
hyalinefpotted with green. 
This has been fuppofed to be the Idol of the Hottentots. 
Thorax flightly ferrate, yeUowifli-green : wing-cafes green 
immaculate : wings hyaline. 
Inhabits the South of France ; thrice as fmall as the laft. 
iisngs greenifh at the iypt fore-f tanks with z black Ipots beneath. 
Vol.~II 3 Y 
Simulacrum, 
