30 NEUROPTERA. 



17. Ps. VARiEGATus, Lati'., Steph. 111. 118, 5(^); Ps. 



pilicortiis, Steph. 111. 117, 1 ( ,^ ) ; Ps. picicoimis, 



Steph. 111. 118, 2(?); Ps. fasciatus, Steph. 111. 



' 118, 3 ( ? ) ; P5. atomarius, Steph. 111. 118, 5 ( ? ). 



Yellow ; forehead striped with brown ; antennae yel- 

 lowish, of the ^ -with a long pubescence, basal joints 

 darker ; thorax yellow ; abdomen yellow above, with 

 a black longitudinal line, beneath blackish ; legs 

 brownish ; anterior wings brown, thickly spotted 

 with white ; veins brown, whitish in the middle ; the 

 veins here and there margined with brown, at their 

 apex a brown spot ; pterostigma triangular, yellow 

 within. 



Length 2^ — 3 lin. ; exp. 3^—4 lin. 



JSab. Common near London, in the summer, Suffolk. 



18. Ps. suBFASciATus, Steph. 111. 119, 7( ? ); Ps. macu- 



latiis, Steph. 111. 119, 6 (^). 



Loam colour ; crown yellow, maculated with brown ; 

 forehead brow^n, with darker stripes; antennae brownish, 

 pubescent ; thorax loam colour, spotted with brown ; 

 abdomen brown ; legs brownish, tarsi darker; anterior 

 wings hyaline, with a broad, much interi'upted, trans- 

 verse band, which is broken up into numerous patches ; 

 apical margin grey ; in each of the cells at the apical 

 margin a brown spot within a circle ; pterostigma 

 large, triangular, brown at both ends, whitish in the 

 middle ; veins mostly brown. 



Length 3 lin. ; exp. 4| lin. 



Mab. Near London, in June. 



19. Ps. BiFASciATUS, Steph. 111. 120, 11 ; Ps. contami- 



