"Z ' NEUROPTERA. 



neath an acute projection of the last dorsal segment ; penis 

 cylindrical, with its apex cleft, and spoon-shaped sheaths. 

 Females : apex of abdomen obtusely truncate, with two 

 widely separated narrow ovipositor valves. 

 Case fixed. 



87. P. coNSPERSUS, Curt. Phil. M. 213; P. senex, Steph. 

 111. 168, 1 ; Pict. 

 Ashy grey, maculated with brown; antennge fawn- 

 coloured, with darker annulations; palpi and legs 

 fawn-coloured; head and thorax laterally with dark 

 brown, the disc with long silvery white pubescence ; 

 abdomen black above, fawn-coloured beneath; ante- 

 rior wings ashy-grey, spotted with brown ; round the 

 apical margin a somewhat regular row of alternating 

 spots, the disc with larger irregular spots, sometimes 

 in the form of two oblique interrupted bands; posterior 

 wings ashy-grey, with fawn-coloured veins; fringes 

 whitish. 

 Length 7 lin. ; exp. 12 lin. 



Hah. Rare near London, commoner in Devonshire in 

 July. 

 The size, the peculiarly robust form, the strong silvery 

 white pubescence, in conjunction with the undilated interme- 

 diate legs of the female, preclude this species from being con- 

 founded with any other. 



B. Intermediate legs oe the females dilated. 



Genus Polycentropus, Curtis. 



The characters of this genus are almost entirely those of 

 the preceding ; the antennae, however, are stouter and shorter; 

 the apex of the wings more rounded ; the last joint of the 



