They can be collected into a small tube on fences or tree trunks, or shaken into a net or umbrella; but they must be handled very gently, and are best placed in dry tubes, and killed and mounted at home. Many handsome species are found in Australia, and some probably have a wide distribution, as they are easily introduced into a new country with many kinds of produce. One dull winged species is very common on the foliage of the orange trees, where it lays its metallic green eggs in patches of 9 or 12 on the midrib of the leaf, covering them over with a delicate white silken sheet. A number of species were obtained in Australia by the Hungarian entomologist L. Biro, collecting for the Royal Museum of Hungary, chiefly captured in the neighbourhood of Sydney. In 1903 Dr. Enderlein classified and described these (Die Copeognathen des Indo-Australischen Faunengebietes), published in the Annals of the above Museum, and illustrated with many fine drawings. In this monograph he divides the family into 16 sub-families, 39 genera and 115 species, 15 of which are described from Australia. _Philotarsus froggatti_, a tiny creature 2⅓ millimetres in length, with clear wings, is found on the Blue Mountains. Family 6. Mantids. MANTIDAE. We have no exact popular name for these peculiar insects; some of the bush children call them “Forest Ladies,” on account of the dainty form and graceful motion of several of our smaller species, which is rather appropriate; but unfortunately several lace-wings go under the same fanciful name. In the United States the common species are called “Rear Horses” from the way they stand at rest with raised fore legs. The Romans called them “Soothsayers;” and at least two species are known as “Praying Mantis,” namely _Mantis religiosa_ in Europe, and _Mantis carolina_ in the United States, from their pious attitudes. They are most numerous in tropical countries, and are well represented in Australia; Westwood in his “Synopsis of the Species of Mantidae,” published in 1889, records 624 described species, only 30 of which come from this country. Kirby’s Catalogue (1904) brings the list up to about 843, and adds 5 more to our list of described species.