. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. to the latter dela meme maniere quun epi de seigle, a laide de barbes aergots, peut cheminer sur un morceau de drap soumis ades vibrations. Brongniart (1882, p. 450) denies this,and states that the spines on the body are confined to thecerci, and also remarks that the spines on the legs assistin the exit. Recent authors have unfortunately tended the Biology of Sphodromantis guttata. 89 to follow Brongniart, and his statement appeals in mosttext-books. We find, however, that the two formerwriters were correct, and that the tergites of the m
. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. to the latter dela meme maniere quun epi de seigle, a laide de barbes aergots, peut cheminer sur un morceau de drap soumis ades vibrations. Brongniart (1882, p. 450) denies this,and states that the spines on the body are confined to thecerci, and also remarks that the spines on the legs assistin the exit. Recent authors have unfortunately tended the Biology of Sphodromantis guttata. 89 to follow Brongniart, and his statement appeals in mosttext-books. We find, however, that the two formerwriters were correct, and that the tergites of the meso-and meta-thorax and of the abdomen are covered, exceptfor a narrow dorsal line; with a number of very minutebackwardly directed flattened spines. These are broaderand with an enlarged base towards the anterior margin ofeach tergite, particularly those of the thorax, and becomenarrower and longer towards the posterior margin (textfig. 1, A and B and PI. VIII). They are also present onthe labium. The spines are only 8-12 /.i long, and are best *?. TOW c 1. Spines on tergites of first larva. A. Near posterior margin of abdominal tergites. B. Near anterior margin of thoracic tergites. C. Portion of abdominal tergite less magnified. seen in stained preparations of the cast skin under a highmagnification. There are also four rows of much largerspines on the Bilk-producing papillae. These spines have been found in a number of otherspecies, including Man/is religiosa, Stagmomantis carolma,Stagmomantis limbata, and in several species of whichwe have been able to get a few dried cast skins still at-tached to old unidentified oothecae. There is no doubtthat they will be found in all Mantidae. We find also that all the distinctly visible spines onthe legs (PI. VII, fig. \<l) are beneath the first skin and areseen through it; they can therefore be of no service in 90 Messrs. C. B. Williams and P. A. Buxton on emergence. It is probable that the young larva movesalong the passage
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