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and at the sides yellowish ; first joint of the antennas 

 yellowish ; transverse veins of the wings black, the 

 marginal veins reddish. 

 Habitat England, local and scarce, June. 



16. C. capitata, F.; St. 102, 2; Schn. Mon. 144, 46. 

 Exp. 16 lin. 



Brown ; head, prothorax, and the two first joints of the 



antennce, orange ; legs reddish, with brown knees. 

 Habitat England ; June, scarce. 



-ft Antennas moniliform. 



* Last joint of the maxillary palpi four times as long as the 



penultimate. 



Genus Sisyra, Burmeister. 



Larva lives in water (JBranchio stoma Spongillce, Westw.) ; 



cocoon ? 



17. Sisyra fuscata, F. ; Henier.fuscatus,St. 114, 29; IT. 



nitidulus, St. 30; H. conjinis, St. 31. 

 Exp. 5| lin. 

 Black; wings shining, brownish, with few transverse 



veins ; antennce black. 

 Habitat England ; June, not scarce. 



18. S. terminalis, Curtis. 

 Exp. 5| lin. 



Pale brown; crown of the head reddish; wings pale 



ash-coloured, less shining, with few transverse veins ; 



legs pale yellow ; antennce dark brown, the tip pale 



yellow. 

 Habitat England. (Lakes of Killarney, Ireland.) 



[A. H. H.] 



