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The Mymeleones feed.on other insects, which they are 
said to take whilst on the wing: they deposit their eggs in 
sandy places, and thé larvad, when hatched, are described as 
forming an ingenious kind of trap for the purpose of taking 
their prey, whichiconsists of stnall insects. 
For a minute detail of the economy of these interesting 
insects, I must refer to the elaborate works of Rosel and 
ws 
Reaumur. We have no* th cenous species. 
oe bee, DO. 
MYRMELEON ERYTHROCEPHALUM. 
M. nigricans; capite, collo, coxis, femoribusque qua- 
tuor anterioribus rufescentibus; alis hyalinis, indi- 
centibus fusco-maculatis, margine postico fusescente. 
Habitat in Australasia. 
Mus. Dom. Macleay, Brown. 
RED-HEADED MYRMELEON. 
Blackish ; head, neck, coxe, and four anterior thighs red- 
dish ; wings hyaline, spotted with fuscous brown, hinder 
margin brownish. 
This elegant species was discovered in New Holland by 
R. Brown, Esq.; it has since been once received by 
A. Macleay, Esq. from the same country, where it seems 
to be of rare occurrence. 
The spots on the wings of the same individual are subject 
to some variation; I suspect however, that three spots on — 
the hinder wings, will be found to be a tolerably constant 
character. 
