HEMEKOBID.E.— HliMEROBlUS. 100 



Sp. 11. pereleganS. Piceus, f route thoracisque dorso testaceis, ttiitennisfulvis 

 fusco annulaiis, alis fuscis concinile albo variegatis et jmnctatis. (Ldtig. cOrp. 

 3 lin.; Exp. Alar. 7 lin.) 



He. perelegans- Sieph. Nomen- 2d edit. Appendix. 



Deep glossy piceous : the clypeus, forehead, and a line down the middle of the 

 thorax testaceous ; eyes deep fuscous ; legs pale testaceous ; antennae dull 

 fulvous, with fuscous annulations ; wings hyaline, deep fuscous, with darker 

 nervures, the surface very prettily varied with numerous zigzag whit6 

 streaks and larger marginal blotches, with an irregular band of the same, 

 following the course of the transverse nervures, which are broadly sufFuSed 

 with fuscous. 



Of this beautiful insect I possess one specimen only,which I beiievfe 

 was taken in the New Forest. 



Sp. 12. marginatus. Pullide ochraceus, oculis nigris, alis albis, nervis transversa- 

 libus, nebulisque aliquot ad marginem internum fuscis. (Long. corp. 3^ lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 9| lin.) 



He. marginatus. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 115. 



Pale ochreous : clypeus slightly glossy ; eyes black ; abdomen fuscescent on 

 the back ; wings very hyaline, white and iridescent, anterior with the 

 transverse nervures, a few irregular and very remote portions of the longi- 

 tudinal ones, and numerous larger irregular clouds on the inner margin 

 fuscous; posterior wings white; legs pale. 



Found near Newcastle and Edioburgh, in July. 



Sp. 13. lutescens. Flavescens, alis albis Jfusco-substrigosis. (Long. Corp. ^j lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. G— 7i lin.) 



He. lutescens. Fabricius.—Steph. Catal. Sll. JVb. 3466. 



Antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen yellowish, immaculate; legs also 

 yellowish, but paler ; wings whitish, with an opaline tinge, with very 

 indistinct fuscous streaks, and obscure dots of the same onthe nervures. 



Not uncommon, about Dover and Brighton, in June and July ; 

 found also near London, and in the New Forest. 



Sp. 14. affinis. Pallide ochraceus, thoracis lateribus abdominegue nigricantibus, 

 segmentorum marginibus alhidis. alis alhidis anticis dorso fusco subuebuloso, 

 venis pallidis . (Long. corp. 2 — 3 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 6 — 7^ lin.) 



He affinis. Leach MSS.— Steph. Catal. 311. No. 3467. 



Pale ochreous, with a luteous tinge on the head and collar, the sides of the 

 latter and of the thorax blackish ; abdomen blackish or fuscous, especially 

 beneath, with the margins of the segments broadly pale ; legs pale ; aiitenns 

 immaculate ; wings whitish opaline, the anterior faintly clouded with fuscous 



