Kellas and I had a praying mantis in a large tin box with gauze as a lid so that we might watch him at his devotions.
"The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde""
George Davidson
206. mantis of Khasia, ii.
"Himalayan Journals V2."
J. D. Hooker
See Pengolin, 46. mantis, 410. Massoudi, on the use of elephants in war, 211 n.
"Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon"
J. Emerson Tennent