IN CAMP. 



rarely since they are day-flying insects 

 preying upon other species of their class ; 

 and also by the fact that it does not 

 possess their enormous head consisting 

 almost entirely of two large eyes. 



This intruder is the * Ant Lion,' a 

 frequenter of our English lanes. Not 

 much of the lion about him you will say, 

 and correctly so ; for the winged insect is 

 harmless enough and only annoying 

 from the fact that his awkward ungainly 

 flight often brings him into one's face as 

 he undertakes unwieldy aerial move- 

 ments in the lighted room. He acquires 

 his carnivorous name owing 

 to the ferocious appearance 

 and predatory habits of the 

 grub or larva. 



Have you ever noticed on 

 a sandy path, in a sandy dry 

 nullah or in sandy patches of 

 the verandah of a much worn 

 and dilapidated rest-house 

 little inverted, cone-shaped 

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