MANTIS (THESPIS) PARVA.
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.