138 NEUROPTERA. 



the veins closely spotted with dark brown; posterior 



wins:s hyaline, tinged with brownish, darker at the ptero- 



stigraa; veins pale brown, spotless, except the transverse 



costal veins, which are spotted as in the anterior wings. 



Exp. alar. 7 lin. 



I have taken this species early in the year by beating fir 



trees at West Wickham. Mr. Wormald has met with it at 



the same place, and also at Hampstead. 



Boreus hiemalis, Lin. Mr. Piftard gave me a 2 specimen 

 that he had taken with others from among moss that was 

 sent to him from the Lake District in the winter of 1860— 1, 

 for the purpose of obtaining small Coleoptera. It is possible 

 that Coleopterists in the north often find this insect on their 

 papers in winter, and throw it away as an Acarus or some 

 other queer creature they cannot understand. The produced 

 rostrum will readily distinguish it. 



Forest Hill, \¥M November, 1862. 



