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AMERICAN NATURALIST. 
Vol. IV. — FEBRUARY, 1871. — No. 12. 
COEQORY 2. a 
THE ANT LION. 
BY J. H. EMERTON. 
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Ant Lion, adult. 
On the twenty-ninth of August, while hunting spiders 
among the rocks on the hill north of Bartholomew’s pond in 
South Danvers, Mass., I unexpectedly found the pit of an 
ant-lion ( Myrmeleo immaculatus De Geer), in a clear space 
under the shade of a large boulder. The pit (Fig. 160) was 
about two inches in Se and one deep. The insect him- 
self was hid at the bottom, but when I dropped bits of earth 
into the hole he showed his position by throwing up sand. 
I then dug him out and took him home with me, where I 
put him into a bowl of dry, coarse sand, such as is used by 
masons for mortar. He remained buried for several days, 
but ui came to the surface, dug his pitfall, and gave me 
Entered accordin 1470. be the P at ABLEEREE d ME M de Oak Fie E 
Ging the District 
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