114 MANDIBUI.ATA. XEUROPTERA. 



alts abbreviatis, fusco-hyalinis, anticis albo perlepide irroratis, nervisfutcis, 

 immuculatis. (Long. corp. 1|— 2J Hn. ; Exp. Alar. 4j — 5^ lin.) 



He. elegans. Steph. Catal. 312. No. 3483. 



Head deep shining black : palpi and antennae pitchy-black ; thorax the same 

 and glossy ; abdomen pitchy-red ; legs pale ; wings short, hyaline, fuscous ; 

 anteiior with immaculate darker nervures, the spaces between them very 

 ■ prettily and thickiy irrorated with white or clear dots; posterior immacu- 

 late, more transparent and iridescent. 



Taken, but not very commonly, within the metropolitan district, 

 at Coombe and Darenth woods, &c. in June. 



Sp. 28. Marshami. Piceus, nHidus, ahdomine palUdiore, alis abbreviatis, rotun- 

 datis, J'usco-hyalinis, anticis concinc albo puncfatis,/'asciis<jue ^-bus fuscescen- 

 tibus, nervis fuscis immaculatis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.; Exp. Alar. 5 lin.) 



He. Marshami. Sttph. Catal. 312. No. 3484. 



Pitchy and shining : antennae short and stout, pitchy-black, with the base pale ; 

 abdomen pitchy-testaceous; legs pale testaceous ; wings short and rounded, 

 hyaline, fuscous, posterior palest, with the margin dusky ; anterior with the 

 nervures fuscous, the transverse ones surrounded by a cloud of the same, 

 and forming two bands ; the spaces between prettily marked with very 

 numerous small transparent, or white, dots. 



From the Marshamian collection : I am not aware of its locality. 



C. Anterior wings with the costal jiervures simple, few in number; discoidal 

 nervures not arising from the longitudinal rib, but running nearly parallel 

 thereto from their origin at the base. 



Sp. 29. fuscatus. Plate xxx. f. 4. — Niger, alis fusco hyalinis, nitidissimis, 

 nervis atro-fuscis, pedibus testaceis. (Long. corp. 2i lin.; Exp. Alar. 5 — 5 J 

 lin.) 



He. fuscatus. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. 312. No. 3486. 



Deep black : head and thorax immaculate ; mouth obscure testaceous ; legs 

 testaceous, with the femora more or less obscure; wings hyaline, very 

 glossy, deep fuscous and immaculate, the nervures darker. 



Found, not uncommonly, at Hertford and Ripley, in June and 

 July. 



Sp. 30. nitidulus. Testaceus, alis cinereo-hyalinis, nitidulis, nervis obscurioribus, 

 pedibus pallidis, antennis fuscis. (Long. corp. 2§— 3 lin.; Exp. Alar. 5 — 

 5| lin.) 



He. nitidulus. • Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. 312. No. 3487. 



Head testaceous ; eyes brown-black ; thorax and abdomen testaceous-imma- 

 rulate ; legs pale ; antenna? as long as the body, fuscous ; wings ashy- 



