_Eighth Impression_ 1916

_Ninth Impression_ 1917

_Tenth Impression_ 1918

_Eleventh Impression_ 1918

_Twelfth Impression_ 1919

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[Illustration: 1. THE MANTIS. A DUEL BETWEEN FEMALES.

2. THE MANTIS DEVOURING A CRICKET.

3. THE MANTIS DEVOURING HER MATE.

4. THE MANTIS IN HER ATTITUDE OF PRAYER.

5. THE MANTIS IN HER "SPECTRAL" ATTITUDE.

(See p. 76.)]



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