Myrmelion. NEUROPTERA. x e 



genus are deflected, and the tarfi compofedof 

 five articulations. 



The laft mentioned author has given the gene- 

 rical name of IJbelloirfcs to another fpecies, in 

 which the tail is forcipated, and the antennse as 

 long as the body, and the abdomen as broad as 

 the thorax. 



The Myrmeleon differs chiefly from the He- 

 merobius, under which Genus Linnaeus had 

 arranged it in the tenth edition of his Syftema 

 Natural in the form of the antenr.se, which 

 are much (horter than thofe of the Hemerobius, 

 in which Genus they are lifcewife fetaceous : the 

 mile Hemerobius alfo wants the forceps which 

 terminates the tail of the Myrmeleon. 



The larva of the Myrmeleon lives chi:fiy 

 upon ants ; the perfect inlect is very rare, but i* 

 fometimes met with in Candy places, and near 

 rivulets. 



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