1972] 
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Figure 8. Detail of eggs of Ascaloptynx furciger, three to four days old. 
longicornis Linnaeus (Ragonot, 1878) ; Indian Helicomitus insimu- 
lans (Walker) (Westwood, 1888) and H. dicax (Walker) (Ghosh, 
1913) >’ Central and South American Colobopterus sp. (Withycombe, 
1925) and C. dissimilis McLachlan (New, 1971); American 
Ululodes (various species, described by Guilding, 1827; McClendon, 
1901; New, 1971); Madagascan Balanopteryx umbraticus Fraser 
(Fraser, 1957) ,* and Brazilian By as sp., Episperches arenosus 
(Walker), Ascalorphne impavida (Walker), and Cordulecerus 
alopecinus (Burmeister) (New, 1971). Those of Ascaloptynx 
furciger seem to be larger and more colorful than most, rivaling 
in size the eggs of the neuroptyngine genus Byas (New, 1971) 
and in color the yellowish eggs of Ascalaphus (Brauer, 1854; 
Ragonot, 1878; Navas, 1915). The structure and placement of the 
micropyles observed in both Arizona species are basically the same 
as in other species of Ascalaphidae and Myrmeleontidae (Withy- 
