THE NEMOPTERA COA. 361 
Lion (Palpares libelluloides), 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 
Nemoptera coa AND Ascalaphus longicornis. 
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 Neuroptera belonging to the tribe 
