NATURAL HISTORY. 
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THE SECOND ORDER. 
Genus II. ' 
mantis. 
Chara8,er of the genus. 
TPhE head is unfteady, and has a nodding 
motion. The mouth is armed with porreft- 
ed^ jaws ; and the antenna:, or feelers, are 
bridly. They have four wings, which are 
membranous, and wrap round tlie whole 
body. The firrt: pair of feet have teeth like 
a faw : and the bread is narrow, and Extends 
to a confiderable length. 
MANTIS GANGYLODES. 
The WALKING LEAF. 
T 
X HIS infeft is remarkably fhaped. The 
head is joined to the body by a neck longer 
t i>»n the body itfelf. It has two poliflied 
eyes, and two fliort feelers. The bread is 
Jong, narrow, and margined. The elytra, 
which cover two thirds of the body of the 
infeft, are veined, and reticulated, or net- 
ted. The wings are veined, and tranfpar- 
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