LEPTOCERID.E.— LEFTOCERUS. 195 



§ A. Apical areolets of anterior wings formed by a slightly curved line of 

 transverse nervures: — Mystacide, Latr. 



Sp. 1. ochraceus. Pallide ochraceus, oculis atris, thorace ferrugineo, lineis 3-bus 

 longitudinalibics ohscuris, alls posticis hyalinis. (Long. corp. 3^ — 4 lin. j 

 Long. Antennarum 15 — 16 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 12 — 13 lin.) 



Le. ochraceus. Curtis, v. ii./. 57. — Steph. Catal. 319. No. 3636. 



"Pale dull ochre colour: eyes black ; antennae towards their apex and annu^ 

 lations fuscous ; head and thorax ferruginous, the latter with three longi- 

 tudinal fuscous obscure stripes ; abdomen cinereous ; superior (anterior) 

 wings long, lanceolate, rounded ; cilia fuscous ; inferior (posterior) wings 

 Semitransparent ; legs pale." — Curtis, i. c. 



Found on palings in the Regent's Park, and at Eenacre, in Suffolk, 

 by Mr. Curtis. 



f-Sp. 2. testaceus. Rufescente-othraceus, oculis nigris alis posticis hyalinis apice 

 subfusco. (Long. corp. — lin. ; Exp. Alar. 8 lin.) 



Lep. testaceus. Phil. M^g. {^Curtis) v. iv. p. SI*. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. 

 Appendix. 



*' Reddish-ochre, very pubescent : antennas long ; eyes black ; cilia fuscous ; 

 inferior (posterior) wings transparent, subfuscous at their tips/' — Curtis, I. c. 



Locality not known to me. 



Sp. 3. obtusus. Niger nitidus, antennis pedibusque brunneis, alis fuscis, anticis 

 rotundato-obtusis. (Long. corp. 3 — 3k lin.; Long. Ant. 8 — 9 lin.; Exp. 

 Alar. 7i— 8 lin.) 



Lep. obtusus. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 120. 



Shining black : eyes dull black ; antennae very long, brown, with the base and 

 upper surface dusky ; wings somewhat hyaline, fuscous, with dusky ner- 

 vures, the anterior pair very obtuse at the apex; legs brown; tibiae and 

 tarsi with an ochreous tinge on the outer edge. 



Not common ; found, occasionally, within the metropolitan district, 



in July. 



Sp. 4. nigricans. Niger nitidus, antennis albo annulatis, alis fuscis, pedibui 



brunneis, tarsis ochraceis. (Long. corp. 3§ lin.; Long, Ant. 7§ lin.; Exp. 



Alar. 9 Im.) 

 Lep. nigricans. Steph. Catal. 320. No. 3648. 

 Blackish and shining: eyes black; antennae annulated with white; wings 



fuscous, with darker nervures, the anterior pair obtuse at the apex ; legs 



brown ; tarsi ochreous. 



Found, in June, near London. 



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