Note (return) — THE NATURALIST.

The Mantis is a species of cricket, and belongs to the Hemiptetera, or second order of insects. Blumenbach1 enumerates four varieties:—1. the Gigantic, from Amboyna, a span long, yet scarce as thick as a goose-quill, and eaten by the Indians. 2. Gonglyodes, from Guinea. 3. the Religious Mantis, or Praying Cricket. 4. Another at the Cape, and considered sacred by the Hottentots. The cut represents the third of these varieties.