. The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization; forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. Order 6. ORTHOPTERA. 559 Biatta lapponica, devours the cured tish which the Laplanders have provided for their sustenance, in lieu of bread. In our country it inhabits woods, [which leads to the suspicion that the species thus named are not identical], M. Hummel has publisbed a series of very interesting observations on Biatta germanica, iii lua Essais Entomologiques. The third genus, that of Mantis, Linn.,— Has also five joints in all the tarsi, an
. The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization; forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. Order 6. ORTHOPTERA. 559 Biatta lapponica, devours the cured tish which the Laplanders have provided for their sustenance, in lieu of bread. In our country it inhabits woods, [which leads to the suspicion that the species thus named are not identical], M. Hummel has publisbed a series of very interesting observations on Biatta germanica, iii lua Essais Entomologiques. The third genus, that of Mantis, Linn.,— Has also five joints in all the tarsi, and the wings simply folded longitudinally, but the head is exposed, and the body long and narrow ; the palpi are also short and pointed, and their tonguelet quadrifid. These insects are found only in temperate or hot climates, and reside upon trees or plants, often resembling their leaves or twigs in the form and colour of the body, and seeking the full sun-light. Some are rapacious, whilst the others are herbivorous. The eggs are ordinarily inclosed in a capsule of a gummy secretion, which hardens in the air, and is divided internally into a number of cells, and is sometimes in the form of an oval cocoon, sometimes like a pod with angles, and sometimes spined. The female fastens it to plants, or other substances elevated from the ground. Some have the two fore-legs much larger and longer than the others, with the coxae long, the thighs very strong, compressed, and armed beneath with spines, the tibiae curved, and terminated by a strong hook ; they have ocelli distinct, and close together in a triangle ; the first segment of the thorax is very large ; the four lobes of the tonguelet of nearly equal length ; the antennae inserted between the eyes, and the head triangular and vertical. These species are carnivorous, seizing their prey with the fore-feet, which they elevate in front of the body, and quickly folding the tibi;e upon the under-side of the femur [which thus becomes a
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