THE NEMOPTERA COA. 



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Lion {Palpares libelhUoides), and it is represented in the engraving 

 on the opposite page. One perfect insect is about to come to the 

 ground, a second is on the ground and is looking at a larva which 



Nemoptcra coa AND Ascalaphus loiigiconus. 



is nearly completely hidden in the sand, whilst another larva is 

 upon the sand. 



It is very remarkable that the larva of this kind should not, 

 like the others, make a funnel-shaped trap in the sand, and that 

 it should simply bury itself anyhow, leaving, however, its mandibles 

 in the open air. 



There is a little group of Neiiropten belonging to the tribe 



