The different habitats given of this insect by Drury, leads to believe that he had confounded several closely allied species under one name, Americanus; which I should have adopted, but for its inapplicability for the individuals of the Old World. It is also on the like account that I have given the reference to Linnæus with doubt, although Fabricius cites Drury's figure under Gryllus tartaricus without any hesitation.
PLATE L.
EMPUSA PENNICORNIS.
Plate [L]. fig. 1.
Order: Orthoptera. Section: Cursoria. Family: Mantidæ.
Genus. Empusa, Latr. Serv. Gongylus, Thunberg. Mantis, Fabr. Drury.
Empusa Pennicornis. Capite subulato, prothorace longissimo, femoribus anticis fusco trifasciatis, alis virescentibus. (Long. Corp. 2 unc. 1½ lin.)
Syn. Mantis pectinata, Drury, App. vol. 2.
Empusa pectinicornis, Fabr. Ent. 2. 25. Oliv. Enc. Méth. No. 32. Serville Revis. Orthopt. 21. (nec Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 2. 691. No. 10.)