ENTOMOLOGY. 



PLATE CXXXIX. 



MYRMELEON LIBELLULOIDES 

 CAPE MYRMELEON 



OR 



LION ANT 



Neuroptera. 



generic character. 



Mouth with a horny acute mandible and jaw : feelers six : steni- 

 mata none : antennas thicker at the tip : wings deflected : tail of the 

 male armed with a forceps composed of tvvo straight filaments. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 AND 

 SYNONYMS. 



Wings gre}^, with fuscous spots : body bhick and yellow varied. 



