Annual report of the Regents . Other remedies are named in the notice of this insect contained inthe Sixth Report on the Insects of New York p. [52] 148. .rrrfS^m^. ? Myrmeleon immaculatus (De Geer).A Strange Habitat for the ant-lion, apparently about half-grown, was received June 3d,from Mrs. E. B. Smith, of Coeymans, N. Y., who had found it beneath a carpet in her house. Itdiffered so much in itscolors and in structuralfeatures from the onlyspecies with which I amfamiliar, M. immaculatus,(often observed and col-lected by me beneaththe overhanging lime-Fig. 36.—The spotless ant-lion
Annual report of the Regents . Other remedies are named in the notice of this insect contained inthe Sixth Report on the Insects of New York p. [52] 148. .rrrfS^m^. ? Myrmeleon immaculatus (De Geer).A Strange Habitat for the ant-lion, apparently about half-grown, was received June 3d,from Mrs. E. B. Smith, of Coeymans, N. Y., who had found it beneath a carpet in her house. Itdiffered so much in itscolors and in structuralfeatures from the onlyspecies with which I amfamiliar, M. immaculatus,(often observed and col-lected by me beneaththe overhanging lime-Fig. 36.—The spotless ant-lion MTBMEiiEON immacula- stone rocks of the Hel-Tus. (After Emerton.) derbergs, and reared in a few instances) that I had no thought of its being, by any possibility,that species. Added to this, when placed upon the table it traveledboth forward and backward with almost equal facility, and whenlaid on sand, it manifested no disposition to run a circular furrow orto construct a pitfall. Its habitat seemed also most remarkable for. Report of tee State Entomologist 319 an ant-lion. Finding no mention of similar habits pertaining to anyof our species, the insect was sent to Dr. Hagen, of Cambridge,Mass., who has made special study of the Myrmeleonidce, for its deter-mination. To my great surprise it came back to me as probably From that time to the present it has been kept in a jar with sand,in which it has partially buried, but has never made a pitfall. Atfirst, most of its body was concealed beneath the sand, leaving itshead exposed and jaws extended with which to seize any small insectplaced within its reach. It was occasionally given young caterpillers,but most of its food has been the smaller flies taken from the win-dows. Later, it was content to have but a portion of its body in thesand — a few of the terminal segments. For perhaps a month pastit hag declined taking food, and has only occasionally changed itslocation. At the present time, November 15th, it sho
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