26 NEUROPTERA. 



* * Last joint of the maxillary palpi little longer than the 

 penultimate. Marginal area narrowed at the base. 



Genus Micromus, Rambur. 



19. Micromus variegatus, F. ; Wesm. 

 Exp. 5 lin. 



Brown ; antennas and legs pale ; wings white, the fore 

 wings with black spots and transverse veins, the hind 

 wings with three black spots at the apex of the 

 outer margin. 



Habitat England. In the Stephensian collection there 

 is a specimen amongst H. hirtus (with a special 

 label H. fimbriatus). 



20. M. intricatus, Wesm. ; H. angulatus, St. 106, 2. 

 Exp. 7 lin. 



Ochre-coloured; thorax and abdomen spotted with 

 brown ; fore wings hairy, pale ash-coloured, sprinkled 

 with brown. 



Habitat England, Scotland, scarce. 



21. M. paganus, Vill. ; H. nemoralis, St. 110, 15. 

 Exp. 7 lin. 



Rust-coloured; antennas yellowish; wings broader, 

 ochre-coloured, with two brown fascice parallel to 

 the outer margin, the outer one intersected by tkree 

 shorter fascice. 

 Habitat England, not scarce. 

 B. The vein nearest to the thorax in the marginal area of the 

 fore wings recurrent and branched, 

 a. Outer margin of the wings rounded. 



Genus Hemerobius, L. 

 Larva aphidivorous, clothing itself with the empty skins 

 of its prey ; cocoon oval, of a gauzy silken texture. 

 * Two sectors. 



