22 IIAUSTELLATA. 
Plate XLIII. fig. 3. 
Limnobia xanthoptera. 
Li. Ferruginca ; thorace glabra, nitido, Uneis duabus longitudinaJibus 
atris ; abdomine maculis dorsalihus fuscis ; alls flavicantihus, lined 
transversali vndulatd atrigdque pullide fuscis. (Long. Corp. $ o ; 2 
7 lin.) 
Li. xanthoptera, Meigen. — Steph. Cat. No. 7930. 
Ferruginous; head inclined, the nose and palpi dusky; thorax glabrous, 
shining, with two, sometimes interrupted, deep black lines, and occa- 
sionally with one or two spots of the same behind ; abdomen with a 
trigonate brown spot on the back of each segment ; tips of the thighs 
black ; wings bright yellow, with a waved brown stripe over the 
transverse nervures, and one or two spots of the same hue on the 
margin : — or sometimes (as in the figure), the waved streak is shortened, 
and forms a sort of stigmal spot only. 
Rather uncommon ; found at Hastings, in Devonshire, and at 
Harrietsham, in Kent, in June. 
Plate XLIIL fig. 4. 
Symplecta ? marginata. 
Sy ? Cinereo-fusca, abdominis incisuris pallidioribus, alis fumosis, nervis 
satu7afioribus ; pedibus pilosis. (Long. Corp. 4 lin.) 
Sy. ? marginata, Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. 
Dark ashy-brown ; with the edges of the abdominal segments paler ; legs 
pale brown, densely clothed with long hairs, especially the femora and 
tibiae ; wings dark-brown, with the nervures da;ker, the transverse ones 
edged with a deeper shade. 
Not common ; found occasionally in mndows, in London, espe- 
cially towards Burton Crescent, where I have repeatedly taken 
specimens. 
