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NEUROPTERA. 427 
The Hemerobeuses, to which are given by the French the 
name of Demoiselles terrestres, or Land dragon-flies, are very small 

Fig. 404.—TLarva of Fig. 405.—Larva Fig. 406.—Ascalaphus meridionalis. 
Myrmeleo libelluloides. of Ascalaphus. 
delicate insects, of an apple-green colour, with golden red eyes. 
These insects leave on the fingers, when seized, an offensive odour. 

Fig. 407.—Nemroptera Coa. 
Réaumur calls them Lions des pucerons (plant-lice lions), because 
their larvae, which resemble the larvze of the Ant-lions, and which 
live on plants, feed on plant- 
lice. They attack also cater- 
pillars. Their mandibles are 
provided with a canal for suc- 
tion, like those of the foregoing 
species. 
The insects of the genus ee ke ea ee 
Osmylus (Fig. 408) are rather rare; but may be found in the 
month of August in the shrubs which border ponds. They also 
belong to the Hemerobide. Their larve live in wet ground. 


