British Central Africa : an attempt to give some account of a portion of the territories under British influence, north of the Zambesi (1897)
Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927 · New York : Arnold · leaf 416
in houses and on steamers. A cockroachy steamer is without excuse and indicates a careless and dirty captain. The mantises, or praying insects, offer a number of species, some of them very fantastic, others almost beautiful in their green colouring with large black and pink ocelli on the hinder… … A STICK INSECT This is a heart-shaped, grey papery structure from which the young escape when hatched. An excellent idea of the weapons with which this horrible insect is endowed may be obtained from an article on the mantises in the Cambridge Natural History} As will be seen the front pair of legs…
Natural history
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