240 Forty-ninth Keport on the State Museum 



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

 to construct a pitfall. 



Some Literature of the Myrmeleonid^. 



Reaumur: Mem. des Tnsectes, vi, 1742, pp. 333-386, pis. 32-34 (habits 



and structure of ant-lions). 

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

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



AscaIaphi4S Macleayanus); in id., xv, 1827, p. 509 (additional 



characters oi Ascalaphiis). 

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



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



1883, pp. 413-414. 

 Westwood : Introduct. Class. Ins., ii, 1840, pp. 41-46, fig. 6t, (structure,. 



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



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

 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 macaro?nus Scop. 



[A. hungaricHS Ramb.] and Myrmekon tetragrammiciis) \ in id.^ 



V, 1855, p. 479, I pi. (describes pupa and cocoon of ^. macarouius 



Scop. \a. hungariciis Ramb.]). 

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



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



Entomol. Zeit., Jahrg. 34, 1873, p. t^T) (la^rvae 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 anil one new genus characterized). 

 Packard: Guide Study Ins., 1869, pp. 611-613, ^gs- 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, pi. liv, figs. 1-9, pi. Ivi,. 



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



Stand. Nat. Hist., ii, Crust. Ins., 1884, pp. 1 58-161, figs. 231- 



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



78 (mention). 

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



habits of Myrmeleoti i/fimaciilatits) 

 Figuier: Insect World, revised by 13uncan, 1872, pp. 424-427, figs. 



401-407 (popular notice). 

 Moody: in Canad. Entomol., v. 1873, ])p. 63-65 {noie on My nnc/eon 



iin?tiaculatiis). 

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



Canad. Entomol., v. 1873, pp 158 159. 

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

 cation oi Ascahiphidiv). 

 Pettit: in Canad. Entomol., vi, 1874, p. 45 [Dc/id/v/coN obsoletus taker> 



at Grimsby, Ont.). 



