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almost equal facility, and manifesting no disposition when placed on sand 

 to construct a pitfall. 



Some Literature of the Myrmeleonid^e. 



Reaumur: Mem. des Insectes, vi, 1742, pp. S33-3^^^ P'^- 32-34 (habits 



and structure of ant-lions). 

 Latreille: Hist. nat. Crust, et Ins., xiii, 1805, p. 26. 

 Glilding: in Trans. Linn. Soc, xiv, 1825, p. 140 (describes eggs of 



Ascalaphus Macleayanus)\ in id., xv, 1827, p. 509 (additional 



characters of Ascalaphus). 

 Say: in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., viii, 1839, pp 44-45 (two species 



described; as Formicaleo)\ Compl. Writ. — LeCont. Edit., ii,, 



1883, pp. 413-414. 

 Westwood : Introduct. Class. Ins., ii, 1840, pp. 41-46, fig. 63 (structure^ 



habits, etc.) ; in Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1888, pp. 1-12, pis. 



I, II (notes on life-history of species oi AscalapJws). 

 Guerin-Meneville : in Bull. Entomol. Soc. Fr., 1846, p. cxv (habits of 



larva of Ascalaphus longicornis). 

 Kirby-Spence: Introduct. Entomol., 6th Edit., 1846, pp. 276-279 



(habits and duration of larval state). 

 Brauer: in Verhandl. des. k. k. zool. bot. Gesellschaft in Wien, iv, 1854, 



p. 462, 3 pis. (transformations of Ascalaphus niacaroiiius Scop. 



[A. hungaricus Ramb.] and Myrmeleon tetragrammicus); in id., 



V, 1855, p. 479, 1 pi. (describes pupa and cocoon of^. macaronius 



Scop. \a. JiU7igaricus Ramb.]). 

 Hagen: Neuropt. North Amer., i86i,pp. 223-240 (descriptions, habitat, 



distribution), pp. 324-327 (list South Amer. species); in Stett. 



Entomol. Zeit., Jahrg. 34, 1873, p. t^t, (larvse of 18 species of 



Ascalaphides noticed) ; in Canad. Entomol., xix, 1887, pp. 



89-93, 110-112, 133-136, 147-156, 209-217; in id., XX, 1888, 



PP- 34-38, 57-60, 72-74, 93-97, 185-191, 204-211 (seven new 



U. S. species and one new genus characterized). 

 Packard: Guide Study Ins., 1869, pp. 611-613, figs. 603, 604 (general 



account); in 3rd. Rept. U. S. Entomol. Comm., 1883, pp. 338- 



342, pi. li, figs. 1-4, pi. hii, figs. 3, 6, 8, ))1. !iv, figs. 1-9, pi. Ivi, 



figs. 1-7, pi. Ivii, figs. 6-10 (structural features); in Kingsley's 



Stand. Nat. Hist., ii, Crust. Ins., 1884, pp. 158-161, figs. 231— 



234 (general notice); Entomol. for Beginners, 1888, p. 87, fig. 



78 (mention). 

 Emerton: in Amer. Nat., iv, 1871, pp. 705, 708, figs, 159-162 (larval 



habits of Myrmeleon iminaculaius) 

 Figuier: Insect World, revised by Duncan, 1872, pp. 424-427, figs. 



401-407 (popular notice). 

 Moody: in Canad. Entomol., v. 1873, pp. 63-65 (note on Myrmeleon 



immaculatus). 

 BiRGE : in Amer. Nat., vii, 1873, p. 432 (habits of larvae); the same in 



Canad. Entomol., v. 1873, PP ^5<^-^59- 

 MacLachlan : in Jour. Linn. Soc , Zool. xi, 1873. pp. 219-276 (classifi- 

 cation oi Ascalaphidcr). 

 Pettit : in Canad. Entomol., vi, 1874, p. 45 [Dciulroleon obsoletus taken 



at Grimsby, Ont.). 



