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from his description, I have little doubt \s flavomaculata^ 

 and one specimen of a smaller insect with a special small 

 label of its own — " subammta.'^ Of this latter insect I have 

 taken several specimens in Devonshire and elsewhere, and 

 it appears to me not to agree generically with the first 

 species. The antennae are not serrated ; the third joint of 

 the maxillary palpi is much longer than the second and 

 fourth ; and the head is furnished with ocelli, which are 

 difficult to see unless the hairy covering be removed. This 

 latter character will bring it close to Philopotamus and 

 near to H. occipitalis, Pict. Vide Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1860, 

 p. 279. 



Aphelocheira Jlavomaculata, Stephens, 111. p. 179—1, 

 pi. 32, fig. 3, var. ? Antennas annulated with brown; head 

 thickly clothed with greyish-brown hairs ; thorax dark 

 brown ; abdomen brown, with paler annulations; legs greyish- 

 ochreous ; tarsi reddish ochreous, with paler rings ; anterior 

 wings greyish- brovrn, obscurely spotted with yellow — in fresh 

 specimens the darker ground-colour stands out in the form of 

 dark spots, of which several form an ill-defined band in the 

 middle of the wing and a series of dark spots round the 

 apical margin ; posterior wings greyish-black, slightly trans- 

 parent. The last segment of the abdomen in the males is 

 rather produced, and has on its upper surface a triangular 

 deep black space. App. infer, long and thin, curved strongly 

 upwards and hairy ; penis sheaths (app. interm. ?) straight, 

 pointed, rather broad ; penis short and thick, much dilated at 

 the apex. I can discover no trace of app. sup. Exp. alar. 6 — 

 7lin. 



The so-called variety figured by Stephens is perhaps a 

 faded specimen, as the dai'ker ground-colour almost dis- 

 appears after a short time. Devonshire is the locality given, 

 and I have two specimens given to me by Mr. J. J. Weir, 



