CAMEL CRICKET. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Head unsteady, armed with jaws, and furnished with palpi 
or feelers. 
Antennae setaceous. 
Wings membranaceous and wrapped round the body. 
Two fore legs compressed ; armed on the under side with 
teeth like a saw, and terminated by a single nail or 
crotchet. 
Thorax narrow, and extended to a considerable length. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Mantis oratoria. M. thoracelaevi, elytris viridibus immacula- 
tis. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. 1. p. 2050. 
Thorax smooth 3 wing-cases green and 
without spots. 
Mantis. Geoff. Ins. 1. p. 399. no. 1. 
pi. 8. f. 4. 
Camel Cricket. . Seh. Mus. 4. pi. 67 . f. q, 10. Shaw Gen. 
Zool. 6. p.118. pi. 42. 
These singular insects are known only in the 
warmer parts of the world, where they have be- 
come celebrated for their peculiar manners and 
quarrelsome disposition. When at rest, they are 
