o NEUROPTERA. 



97. P. MONTANus, Don., Steph. 111. 170, 3 ; P. variegatus, 



Rbr. 



Black; antennas dark brown, annulations yellowish, 



' sometimes nearly uniform red- brown ; legs fawn- 

 coloured ; wings brown, with yellow spots ; posterior 

 wings with a yellow spot at the pleurostigma. 



Male. App. inf., the upper portion of the apical joint 

 strongly bent upwards, within a border of dense 

 prostrate black bristles. 



Length 5 — 6 lin. ; exp. 9 — 11 lin. 



Hah. Devonshire, in July ; South Wales ; Ireland. 



* * The first apical cell of the anterior wings reaches 

 the anastomosis. 



98. P. scopuLORUM, Leach; Steph. 111. 169, 1; P. ti- 



grinusj Brauer ; P. montana^ Pict. 

 Black; antennae yellow, with grey annulations; legs 

 fawn-coloured ; anterior wings brown, strongly macu- 

 lated with yellow ; posterior wings grey, with yellow 

 spots on the anterior margin. 

 Male. App. inf., the upper portion of the apical joint 

 as in P. variegatus, wider at the apex, dorsal plate 

 beak-shaped, with a broad flat end ; penis with a stout 

 corneous hook at the tip beneath. " 

 Length 6—8 lin. ; exp. 9—15 Hn. 

 Hab. Mountains of England, Scotland and Ireland, in 

 June. 

 Ohs. When I investigated the Stephensian type I was not 

 thoroughly acquainted with the distinctive characters of the 

 three species. I looked upon them all as P. variegatus; 

 for, contrary to the descriptions, the antennae of the types 

 of all three species are annulated with brov/n. At the present 

 moment I have no English examples to refer to, but the 



