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INSECTS. NEUROPTERA. 78. Myrmeleon. 
JjheUuloi- 
des. 
Pmdalii 
Panthcri- 
nus. 
Lyncctn. 
*Formice- 
rius. 
The animals' of this family prey with the moll favage fcroci'^y j,) 
on ants and lefl'cr infefts; and for thepurpofe of enfnaring'!|j|i 
finkt itfcll into the fand and forms a kind of funnel or V j- 
which it lies buried, the head only appearing above the 
in this hollow, luch infcflsas wander near it are fure W 
and not being able to crawl vipthe fidesof loofcfano, ^ 
zed and devoured by the lion-ant. But if the fides 
pit do not give way, or the unlucky infefl appears to 
to make its efcape, its mcrcilefs enemy, by throwing uP (i 
its head repeaded Ihowcrs of fand, forces it down till it ® .fj 
w ithin its reach. Larva 6 footed ovave hairv, wdth Ijti 
toothed jaws ; pupa cnclofed in a ball compofed of aggliitiV 
fand or earth. 
hf^' 
A. Hind-feelers much longer \ jaw i-toothed ; lip 
naceous Jquare truncate emarginate. 
Wings grey fpotted with brown : body fpotled with 
and yellow. 
Inhabits the Cape of good hope, Degeer. 3. fai. zi, fg' 9 ‘ 
Wings white with fcattcred black dots : thighs ycllo"^ 
Inhabits Coro 7 na 7 tdel. In the mufeum ofSiryo/. Banks 
Head znA thorax varied black and yellow . abdomen yello' 
ted with black .• legs black, thighs yellow, 
W^ings white fpotted with black : body yellow ; 
variegated with black. 
Inhabits - 
Head ytWo'f/, front between the antennx black. 
Wings hyaline with a black marginal fpot at the tipi 
middle of which is a fnowy one. 
Inhabits Sierra Leona. j,, 
Antennae black, ferruginous at the tip ; body above bro 
neath yellowilh. 
ot 
Wings clouded with brown, wikh a white marginal p 
6 > 
Inhabits Reautn. 4, tab. 14./". iP, 19. 
and tab. 32, 33, 34. Roef.lnf. 3. tab. 17—20. 1 
fpOl'^ 
Wings hyaline with faint brown fpots, the nerv'cs 
with black. 
Inhabits Madeira. In the raiifeura offiir_ 7 e/- 
Body brown fpotted tvitli ycllowj legs yellow,’ hind-t ' 
a black rinz. a! 
Catta. 
