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ORTHOPTERA. 
insect, a graceful creature coloured in tints of yellow and brown and 
commonly found in jungles and woods. 
Fig. 15— Gongylus gongyloides. 
Collecting .—The great number of mantids are found upon bushes, 
in grass, on the bark of trees. They are most abundant upon bushes, 
rare upon small crops. A number will be found in the bag when it is 
used to sweep insects on grass. These insects should never be included 
with others in a box or bottle while alive, but should be confined sepa¬ 
rately or at once killed. They are best pinned through the right wing case 
or prothorax, the left wings being set. Bearing is exceedingly difficult 
in most cases, though the eggs hatch readily, as the special food of the 
young cannot be ascertained or easily procured. What is now specially 
required is careful observation of the food of these insects ; we are not 
aware of any definite observations on the food of individual Indian 
species and no proper estimate of their economic value can be made 
until we have such facts. 
