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16. Predators, Stinging. —A peculiar class are those insects 
which sting insects to paralyse them and lay them up for their young ; 
they include only Eumenidce, Pompilidce, Sphegidce , Scoliidce. 
17. Predators, Biting and Sucking.— It is impossible to indicate 
with any accuracy the families containing predaceous insects ; probably 
a very large number of insects living in soil and under bark are predaceous, 
notably beetles and smaller bugs, 
with remarks. 
Forficulidce; ? 
Mantidce; all. 
Locustidcc ; some. 
Gryllidce ; some, e.q., Schizodactylus. 
Odonata ; larvae and imagines. 
Raphidiides ; imagines. 
Panorpides ; imagines. 
Myrmeleonides ; larvae all ; ima¬ 
gines ? 
Ascalaphides; ,, ,, ,, 
Mantispides ; some. 
IIenterobiides ; larvae. 
Chrysopides; larvae ? imagines. 
Coniopterygides ; larvae. 
Eumenidce ; the wasps eat insects. 
Vespidce ; 
Cicindelidce ; all. 
Carabidce ; practically all. 
Silphidce ? 
Staphylinidce ; probably all. 
Histeridce ; some, under bark. 
Trogositidce ; some. 
Colydiidce ; some. 
Cucujidce. „ 
Coccinellidce; nearly all. 
Malacodermidce ; larvae all ; ima¬ 
gines ? 
Cleridce ; all. 
We tabulate a number of families 
Anthribidce ; some. 
Brenthidce ; imagines, larvae ? 
Lijcaenidce. (Spalgis). 
Noctuidce ; \ A few species feed 
Phycitince ; ) on Coccids. 
T ineidce. (Hypatim a ). 
Some Culicid larvae. 
Blepharocerids ? 
Therevids ; fly and larvae. 
Muscids (Ochromyia). 
Some Anthomyiids & Ephydrids. 
Some Scatomyzids. 
Leptidce ; larvae and flies. 
Tabanidce; ,, 
Asilidce ; all. 
Empidce. 
Dolichopidce. 
Phoridce; larvae. 
Syrphidce; ,, 
Bombyliidce ? 
Pentatomidce ; some. 
Lygceidce ? many. 
Aradidce ? 
Henicocephalidce. 
Reduviidce. 
Phymatidce. 
Saldidce, 
