. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 258 ORTHOPTERA produced by other species, and "Wood-Mason has suggested ^ that a special structure exists on the tegmina for the purpose. There are probably about 600 species of ]\Iantidae known; they are distributed over all the warmer parts of the earth, but there are none in the cooler regions. Europe possesses some twelve or fourteen species, most of them coniined to the Mediterranean sub-region ; a single species, Ilantia religiosa, is frequently found in Central France, and has been recorded as occurring as far north as Havre. Although no sp
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 258 ORTHOPTERA produced by other species, and "Wood-Mason has suggested ^ that a special structure exists on the tegmina for the purpose. There are probably about 600 species of ]\Iantidae known; they are distributed over all the warmer parts of the earth, but there are none in the cooler regions. Europe possesses some twelve or fourteen species, most of them coniined to the Mediterranean sub-region ; a single species, Ilantia religiosa, is frequently found in Central France, and has been recorded as occurring as far north as Havre. Although no species is a native of Britain, it is not. Fig. 147.—Stenoijhylla cornigera. Brazil. (After Westwood.) difftcult to keep them alive here. Denny records ^ that an egg- case of a Mantis was sent from Australia to England, and that the hatching of the eggs was completed after its arrival. The young fed readily on flies, and v/e are informed that in the neighbourhood of Melbourne, where this Mantis is plentiful, specimens are placed by the citizens on the window-lDlinds of their houses, so that the rooms may be cleared from flies by means of the indefatigable voracity of the Mantis. The geological record as to Mantidae is very meagre and unsatisfactory. The genus Mantis is said to occur in amber, and Heer has referred to the same genus an ill-preserved fossil from the upper Miocene beds of Central Europe; a fragment 1 Tr. ent. Soc. London, 1878, p. 263. - Ann. Nat. Hist. 3rd ser. xix. 1867, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862- ed; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. ed. [London, Macmillan and Co. , Limited; New York, The Macmillan Company
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