Plate XXXIX. fig. 5.
ORDER: Orthoptera. SECTION: Cursoria. FAMILY: Mantidæ.
GENUS. MANTIS, _Linn._ SUBGENUS: Thespis, _Serville_.
MANTIS (THESPIS) PARVA. Pallidè olivaceo-fusca, prothorace longo
cylindrico, pedibus gracilibus simplicibus. (Long. Corp. 1 unc. 4½ lin.)
SYN. Mantis parva, _Drury, App. vol._ 2. _Oliv. Encycl. No._ 48.
_Serville Revis. Orthopt. p._ 28. (Thespis p.)
Mantis minuta, _Fabr. Ent. Syst._ 2. 24.?
HABITAT: America.
When this insect was living it was probably of a light green colour; but
it is now entirely of a dusky olive. Head small. Eyes round, and placed
at a distance from each other. Antennæ small, and thread-like, and about
half the length of the insect. Thorax long and slender. Tegmina thin,
narrow, and diaphanous, of the same length with the wings; but narrower,
and placed at a little distance from them. Wings also thin and
diaphanous, and when closed extending to the anus. Abdomen slender and
rounded. Legs small and long, the hinder ones being formed rather for
running than jumping; the fore ones having thread-like tarsi.