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592. 

 PHRYGANEA MINOR. 



Order Trichoptera. Fam. Phryganidae. 



Type of the Genus, Pliryganea grandis Linn. 

 Phryganea Linn, &c. 



Antennte inserted in front of the forehead, approximating, as 

 long as the body, setaceous, composed of numerous short joints, 

 pubescent beneath (1, the base). 



Labrum elongated, pilose, subacuminate at the apex, but sur- 

 rounded by a membranous ovate pubescent membrane (2). 

 Mandibles small, soft, pubescent and trigonate (3). 

 Maxilla: small, terminated by an articulated, obpyriform pubes- 

 cent lobe (4, m). Palpi long, pubescent, pilose and 5-jointed, 

 basal joint ovate and bristly, 2nd the longest, stout and sub- 

 clavate, the remainder slightly decreasing in length, 5th joint 

 elliptic (4 $ ) : shorter and 4-jointed in the male (4 ^J). 

 Mentum small and transverse. Paljn long, porrected, pilose and 

 triarticulate, attached to large scapes, arising behind the men- 

 tum; basal joint the stoutest, ovate-truncate, 2nd smaller obo- 

 vate, 3rd the longest, subelliptic ( ? 5) ; shorter and stouter in 

 the male ((^5). Lip large, fleshy and ovate, much smaller in 

 the male. 

 Head transverse ovate : eyes lateral globose and very prominent : oceUi 

 3 forming a large triangle. Thorax orbicular. Abdomen short and 

 compressed in the male, the apex furnished with 2 long incurved 

 horny appendages with 2 short ones beloio them and a bilobed one 

 between them (A, the underside) : longer stouter and more conical at 

 the apex in the female. Wings somewhat deflexed ivhen at rest, 

 elongated and lanceolate in the female, more obtuse in the male. Legs 

 strong ; thighs velvety : tibiae spined ; anterior short and spurred 

 at the apex (8) ; intermediate (*) and hinder which are very long and 

 curved (f), spurred at the apex, with a pair also considerably below 

 the middle : tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint the longest, the remainder 

 gradually decreasing in length, the 4th being the shortest in the an- 

 terior pair : claws and pulvilli minute. 



Minor Curt, in Phil. Mag. — Guide, Gen. 750. 6. 



Subochreous, antennae annulated with brown, the base, crown 

 of head, and back of thorax greyish clothed with ochreous hairs; 

 base of abdomen brown, back fuscous : wings pubescent, ner- 

 vures brown; superior ochreous variegated and reticulated, Avith 

 a brown patch at the base, an imperfect fascia at the middle, 

 with a black lunate spot and a white dot on the disc, a brown 

 fimbria at the posterior margin bearing 2 round ochreous spots 

 on the costa, a distinct line formed of similar spots parallel to 

 the margin, which is broken by similar spots and the edges 

 spotted brown ; inferior wings iridescent, pale fuscous at the 

 apex ; palpi, anterior thighs and tips of tibiae brown. 

 In the Author's Cabinet. 



