1872.] z 943 [Hagen, 
death in this manner, and that this information induced him to try 
the experiment. 
“ Perhaps it would not be out of place for me to state that I have 
often brought these birds to ground from a great height with a small 
fowling piece and very fine shot, and have at times wondered at the 
absence of blood on the feathers, or sions of a shot-hole. May it not 
be possible that the report of the piece alone caused their death ? ” 
Section of Entomology, October 23, 1872. 
Mr. P. S. Sprague in the chair. . Seven members present. 
The Secretary stated that three field-meetings had been 
held during the summer, which were fairly attended. The 
vicinities of Dorchester, Peabody, and Waverly were ex- 
plored and many captures made. 
The following paper was read: — 
On THE LARV#@ OF THE HEMEROBINA. By Dr. H. A. Hacen. 
The following communication I beg to be considered as a prelimi- 
nary report on the history of the immature states of the Neuroptera, 
belonging to the family of the Hemerobina, intended to be published 
as a part of the illustrated Catalogue of the Museum of Comparative 
Zoology in Cambridge. The plates are finished by Mr. Konopicky; 
preliminary descriptions have been sent for publication to Europe, 
with the invitation to communicate to me the material scattered in 
European collections, so that I can use all material known for the 
illustrated catalogue. I nowintend to report on two groups only, 
viz., the Ascalaphina and Myrmeleonina. There are published satis- 
factory descriptions of only two species of Ascalaphus, Ulula Mac- 
Leayana, by Landsdown Guilding, 1827, and Ascalaphus Macaronius, 
by Brauer, 1854. Of four other species short notices are given. I 
am able to describe sixteen species, ten of which I have before me, 
belonging to eight genera. Of Myrmeleon five species are described 
besides the well known M. formicarium, four by Brauer (Myrmeleon 
 formicalynz, Formicaleo tetragrammicus, Dendroleon pantherinum, 
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