

NATURAL HISTORY. 169 
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_ SECOND ORDER. 
GENUS IT, 
~ MANTIS. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS. 
| “Vue head is unfteady, and has a nodding motion. 
The mouth is armed with porreéted jaws ; and the 
antennz, or feelers, are briftly. They have four 
wings, which are membranous, and wrap round the 
whole body. ‘The firft pair of feet have teeth like a 
faw : And the breatt is narrow, and extends to a con- 
§ ‘iderable length. : 
MANTIS GANGYLODES.—W ALKING 
| LEAF, 
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Unis infect is remarkably fhaped. ‘The head is 
joined to the body by a neck longer than the body 
itfelf. It has two polifhed eyes, and two fhort feelers. 
The breaft is long, narrow and margined. ‘The ely- 
tra, which cover me thirds of the body of the infect, 
