Order: Orthoptera. Section: Cursoria. Family: Phasmidæ.
Genus. Phasma, Fabr. Mantis, Drury. Subgenus: Platycrana, Gray.
Phasma (Platycrana) Jamaicensis. Linearis viridis, alis pallidè roseis costâ tenui viridi. (Long. Corp. 3 unc. 6 lin.)
Syn. Mantis Jamaicensis, Drury, App. vol. 2. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. 15. 11. (Mantis J.) Gray Syn. Phasm. p. 38. (Platycrana J.)
Habitat: Jamaica.
Head green. Eyes small and black. Antennæ filiform and long. Thorax and abdomen green, long, and slender. Tegmina very small, and striped with green, the anterior edges being yellow. Wings very thin and membraneous, being of a pale blush or pink colour; but along the anterior edges are thick and green. Legs green; but at the articulations are of a yellowish hue. Femora furnished with spines; those on the fore ones being smallest. Tarsi of the ordinary form.
MANTIS CINGULATA.
Plate [XLIX]. fig. 2.
Order: Orthoptera. Section: Cursoria. Family: Mantidæ.
Genus. Mantis, Linn. &c.