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shaped sensillfe (s'), the latter terminatmg in a broadly elliptical 

 chitinous plate, with a single pair of knob-shaped sensillse (s") and 

 the opening of the saHvary duct (d) near the middle of its anterior 

 border. The upper surface of the short, rounded cranium bears a 



Fig. I. Adult larvae of Alyniiccia sanguiiica Fabr. 



pair of minute antennal rudiments (n). When I collected this larva 

 in New South Wales I was unable to learn anything of its feeding 

 habits. Indeed, he who would make such observations would have 

 to don a suit of armor specially designed to ward off the stings of 

 tiiis powerful and ferocious ant or be able to keepi it in a large 

 artificial nest. As I was continually travelling about I was unable 

 to resort to the latter alternative. It is, however, not improbable 

 that the Myrmecia larva is fed on whole insects, since the small head 

 and very long mobile neck are very much as in certain solitary wasp 

 larvse {e. g., Spheciiis), which gnaw a small hole in their prey and 



