SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH FHRYGANID^. / 



II. Spurs, 2, 4, 4. 



A. With three white ocelli. 



Genus Philopotamus, Leach. 



Antennae stout, shorter than the wings, basal articulation 

 more robust and longer than the others ; head large, with 

 three w'hite ocelli ; maxillary palpi very long, slender, the 

 two basal joints somewhat stouter, short, the third joint 

 almost as long again as the two first united, flat, fourth 

 joint a little shorter, apical joint thong-shaped, nearly as 

 long as the others ; thorax smooth ; wings rather narrow, 

 with the apex elliptical ; posterior wings somewhat shorter, 

 before the apex two and l)ehind it three forks, discoidal cell 

 closed. Legs long, with 2, 4, 4 spurs ; intermediate legs 

 of the females not dilated ; male, app. sup. short, flat ; app. 

 infer, long, spoon-shaped, bi-articulate, apical joint double, 

 dorsal plate beak-shaped ; app. intermed. two corneous 

 bristles; penis cylindrical, bent; female with the apex of 

 abdomen obtuse, ovipositor-valves triangularly divided. 



Case fixed, constructed of pebbles. 



* The first apical cell of the anterior wings does not reach 

 the anastomosis. 



96. P. vARiEGATus, Scop., Steph. 111. 169, 1. 



Black ; antennas yellow, not annulated ; legs fawn- 

 coloured ; anterior wings brow^n, with numerous round 

 yellow spots ; posterior wings grey, sometimes with 

 the edges alternately yellow. 



Male. App. sup. short, broad, spoon-shaped ; app. inf., 

 the upper portion of the apical joint bent under like a 

 hook, with several erect black bristles within ; dorsal 

 plate beak-shaped, the apex laterally compressed ; 

 penis terminating in a thin point. 



Length 9 hn. ; exp. 14— 161in. 



JIab. Devonshire in June, not common. 



