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farther into the cavity of the abdomen, a great many more 
ova, exactly fimilar, were found, to the number of five or 
fix and twenty, fome ftill remaining in the upper part; 
thefe eggs are of a (lightly oblong fiiape, but flattened'at 
one end ; they are of a brown colour, and marked all over 
with numerous imprefled. points; and have on one tide a 
mark or double waved line, fo difpofed as to reprefent a 
kind of crofs, as if carved on the furface ; the flattened 
end is furrounded by a fmall rim or ledge, and feems to 
be the part which opens at the exclufion of the larva, 
fince it readily feparates from the reil. On immerfing 
fome of thefe ova in warm water, and opening them, the 
included yolk, of a deep yellow colour, and of tht appear¬ 
ance of a tranfparent gum, was difcovered 5 and this, when 
burned, afforded the ufual fmell of animal fubiiances, but 
in fome it was accompanied by a flight degree of fragrance. 
It is perhaps needlefs to obferve, that thefe mature ova 
clearly prove the infeft to be in its complete or ultimate 
date, and not that of a larva.” This very-curious gigan¬ 
tic inftft is (hown of its natural fize at fig. 3. the boat* 
fliaped organ on the lower fide of the abdomen, is (hown 
feparately at a ; an ovum of the natural fize at b ; the 
fame magnified at r. 
8. Mantis cylindrical thorax cylindrical 3 fore-legs 
united to the fore-part of the thorax 5 wing-cafes grey, 
the bafe and beneath rufous 3 the wings are brown dotted 
with white. 
9. Mantis phthifica : thorax roundifh, muricate ; wing- 
cafes very fliort; legs unarmed. Inhabits South America 
and India. 
10. Mantis necydaloides: thorax rough; wing cafes 
ovate, angular, very fliort 3 wings oblong. The wing- 
cafes have a raifed flexuous line down the middle 5 the 
wings are brown, and as long as the abdomen. It is found 
in many parts of Afia. 
11. Mantis atrophica 3 thorax four-fpined ; wing-cafes 
very fliort, mucronate at the bafe. The head is unarmed; 
the wing-cafes are ovate, truncate at the tip. It inhabits 
java. 
is. Mantis fpinofa: head and thorax fpinous; wing- 
cafes very fliort and acute. The antennse are as long as 
the body 5 the thorax is brown, rough, with a double fpine 
each fide on the fore-part; wing-cafes brown 3 wings 
brown, convolute, as long as the abdomen ; fore-thighs 
unarmed, the reft fpinous. Inhabits India. 
13. Mantis bifpinofai thorax rather round, with two 
fpines on the fore-part; wing-cafes very fliort; wings rofe- 
colour. The colours of this fpecies are very fine; the an¬ 
tenna are yellowifh; the head is green, with a fliort fpine 
each fide on the crown ; thorax green, yellowifh on the 
back; -wing-cafes green, ftriate with black3 wings large, 
rofy, the outer margin green 3 abdomen linear, yellowifh, 
green at the tip; the legs are fpinous. Inhabits Africa. 
: 14. Mantis Jamaicenfis 1 linear, green ; wing-cafes very 
fhort, the outer margin yellow ; no fpines on the thorax. 
Inhabits Jamaica, 
15. Mantis lateralis3 linear and black; wing-cafes 
very fliort, gibbous, and yellowifti at the fides. Antennae 
longer than the body, black; thorax yellowifh at the Tides ; 
wing-cafes with a raifed tooth in the middle; wings large, 
black, edged with yellow ; the legs are black. Inhabits 
Brafil. 
16. Mantis aurita: head and thorax brown and fpinous; 
wing-cafes with a fub-compreffed tubercle in the middle. 
The antenna are as long as the body, varied with black 
and white 5 wing-cafes concave, and very fliort; the wings 
are large and dufky, with abroad pale rufous border on 
the outer edge, fpotted with black, and marked with a 
broad white band. 
17. Mantis linearis s linear, brown ; wing-cafes very 
fliort, fubfpinous at the bafe. Antennae as long as the 
body ; wings long and brown; fore-thighs .membrana¬ 
ceous. It inhabits the Eaft Indies, with the preceding. 
18. Mantis rofea: -linear, green; front fulvous; wing- 
cafes very fhort; wings roly, with a green rib. An- 
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tennae longer than the body, brown, with three or four 
white rings; wing-cafes vaulted with a black thick fpine 
in the middle ; the wings are ftriate, and the legs yellow. 
19. Mantis fhbellicornis: thorax dilated and membra¬ 
naceous at the tip; fore-thighs terminating in a fpine, the 
reft in a lobe. Antennae peftinate, large, very much fea¬ 
thered, and fetaceous at the tip. The front is projecting, 
narrower in the middle, notched at the tip ; wing-cafes 
and wings longer than the body, dufky, fub-pellucid and 
dilated at the anterior margin. Inhabits Tranquebar. 
20. Mantis gonglyoides: thorax dilated each fide at 
the tip; fore thighs terminating in a fpine, the others lo- 
bate ; antennae fimple. This is one of the molt remarkable, 
of the Mantis genus; from the thinnefs of its limbs, and 
the grotefque form of its body, efpecially in its dried ftate, 
it feems to refemble the conjunction of feveral fragments of 
withered (talks ; which is the cafe alfo of the larvae of many 
of the genera, before the wings are formed. The thorax 
is uncommonly long and narrow ; the head is fmall and 
flat, with two filiform antennae; behind thefe, two large 
polifhed eyes are placed; the roll rum has the fhape of an 
awl, but it is often fplit towards the extremity into two 
points; the elytra, which cover two-thirds of the body 
of the infeft, are reticulated, and crolfed over one ano¬ 
ther ; the wings which they cover are veined and diapha¬ 
nous ; the four hind-legs, have the appearance of being- 
winged, on account of thofe large membranous lobes 
which emerge from their joints ; the anterior pair are 
armed with fpines at their firft articulation, and towards 
their extremities they are ferrated on one fide. It inha¬ 
bits various parts of Africa and Afia. 
21. Mantis pauperta: thorax linear and fpinulous ; 
fore-thigh terminating in a fpine, the others lobate. It 
is found in Coromandel; and alfo in fome parts of Por¬ 
tugal. 
22. Mantis mendica: thorax margined, toothed; wing- 
cafes varied with white and green, t'ne margin dotted with 
white. The head is yellowifti; front horned; legs yel¬ 
lowifh. Inhabits Alexandria. 
23. Mantis truncata: thorax dilated each fide at the 
tip, yellowifh ; the wings are black at the bafe, and tipc 
with white. This is a fmall infect, and inhabits Cayenne. 
The thorax is linear, rough, membranaceous, and (lightly 
crenate at the tip ; abdomen fhort, flat, dilated 5 wing- 
cafes as long as the abdomen, and yellowifh, with a brown 
callous dot in the middle. 
24. Mantis ftrumaria : green ; the thorax is much di¬ 
lated in its whole length ; wing-cafes and wings longer 
than the abdomen; the body is' fliort; and the abdomen 
yellowifti. It is found in South America, 
25. Mantis tricolor : fides of the thorax expanded, lo¬ 
bate; head horned ; fore-legs very broad. The eyes of 
this fpecies are very remarkable, terminating in (harp ear¬ 
like horns ; wing-cafes pale, fpotted with white ; wings 
red at the bafe, brown in the middle, and tipt with white. 
Inhabits India. 
26. Mantis cancellata j thorax dilated at the fides, 
membranaceous, and fiat. The body is of a dull brown 
colour. Inhabits India. 
27. Mantis ficcifolia, the walking leaf. This appears 
to be the infeft defcribed and figured under the name of 
Cimex paradoxa, vol, iv. p. 598. 
28. Mantis peftinicornis; thorax fmootli; crown Tubu¬ 
late , antennae peftinate, i. e. toothed like a fmall comb. 
The head is of a brown yellow; the upper part armed 
with a ftrong fpine, The eyes are black and round, 
placed at a diltance from each other. The antenna?, are 
ftrongly peftinated or combed, and about half the length 
of the thorax. The thorax, is long and (lender, flat on 
the under-fide, and rounding at top. The wing-cafes 
are very thin, green, and almoft tranfparent; extending 
when clofed, beyond the abdomen 5 the wings, are alfo 
green, and tranfparent, but towards the tips are brownifh, 
being near the fame length with their cafes. The abdo¬ 
men is about the length of the thorax, and near the ex* 
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