HEMEROBIDf-. HEMEROBIUS. Ill 



pair also faintly clouded with fuscous at the tip, the nervures immaculate 

 and pale. 



Found at Coombe and Darenth woods, in June. 



Sp. 18. punctatus. Ochraceo-rvfus, coUaris laieribus piceis, oculis brunneis, 

 alls opalinis, anticis venis longitudinalibus albis,fuscescentepunctatis, trans- 

 versalibus fuscis immaculatis. (Long. corp. 2lin.; Exp. Alar. 6^ lin.) 



He. punctatus. Leach MSS.—Steph. Caial. 311. No. 3472. 



Ochreous-red, the back of the thorax pale ; the sides of the collar pitchy, 

 fuscescent towards the head; abdomen with its sides also slightly pitchy; 

 legs pale; eyes brown ; antennae short, slender, and not annulated; wings 

 rather narrow, opaline, immaculate ; anterior with the longitudinal nervures 

 whitish, minutely, but regularly, dotted with fuscous, the transverse ones 

 wholly fuscous ; posterior pair immaculate. 



Taken, in June, near Dover, and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 19. subfasciatus. Pallide ochraceus, thoracis lateribus, abdominisqut dorso 

 fuscis, alis attenuatis, opalinis, anticis fasciis interruptis transversis atomisque 

 fuscis. (Long. corp. 2| lin.; Exp. Alar. 6^ lin.) 



He. subfasciatus. Steph. Catal. 312. No. 3474. 



Pale ochreous : antennse very pale and immaculate ; eyes greenish ; sides of 

 the thorax and back of the abdomen, especially towards the apex, fuscous, 

 the edges of the segments palish; legs pale; wings long and narrow, 

 opaline, the anterior with pale nervures, thickly dotted with fuscous, most 

 of the transverse ones, and some short irregular transverse streaks fuscous; 

 posterior wings paler, longitudinal nervures pale, transverse ones fuscous. 

 Also taken in June, near London. 



Sp. 20. irroratus. Ochraceo-rufus, antennis fusco annulatis, alis opalinis, anticis 

 crebre fusco irroratis, posiicis immaculatis. (Long. corp. 2§ — 3 lin.; Exp. 

 Alar. 6^ — 7^ lin.) 



He. irroratus. Leach MSS.—Steph. Catal. 312. No. 3475. 



Ochreous-red, the sides of the thorax brighter ; eyes brownish ; antennse rather 

 long, each joint with a fuscous ring; abdomen immaculate; legs pale, with 

 the tips of the tarsi fuscous ; wings opaline, rather narrow, the nervures 

 whitish, thickly dotted with fuscous, and the transverse ones, especially 

 those towards the apex, wholly of that colour ; posterior wings paler, with 

 whitish immaculate nervures. 



Not uncommon, in woods and shrubby places, within the metropo- 

 litan district ; also taken near Dover, and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 21. Pini. Testaceus, pedibus pallidioribus, abdomine nigro out piceo, 

 anfrnnis fusco annulatis, alis hyalinis, anticis fusco-lutescentibus margine 



