SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH PLANIPENNES. 27 



22. Hemerobius pygm^eus, Rambur; H. elegans, St. 113, 



27; H. Marshami, St. 114, 28. 

 Exp. 4j lin. 

 Small, rusty-brown; head black; legs pale; wings 



grey, at the hinder margin with faint brown spots. 

 Habitat England in June, not common. 

 * * Three sectors. 



23. H. Humuli, L. Wesm. ; H. nebulosus, St. 107, 5 



H. Humuli, St. 108, 7 ; H. obscurus, St. 108, 8 

 H. lutescens, St. 109, 13 ; H. affinis, St. 109, 14 

 H. paganus, St. 110, 16; H. apicalis, St. 110, 17 

 H. sub-fasciatus, St. Ill, 19; H. irroratus, St. Ill, 

 20 ; H. marginatus, St. 109, 12. 

 Exp. 6—8 lin. 



Yellow; thorax and abdomen above on each side 

 spotted with brown. Wings yellowish-white, fore 

 wings sparingly spotted with brownish-grey, more so 

 towards the hind margin; the veins dotted with 

 brown ; near the base of the fore wings a distinct 

 black dot. 

 Habitat England, common in June. 

 This species varies much in the colour of the fore wings ; 

 sometimes the spots unite to form fasciae, as in H. margina- 

 tus, St. It may always be easily recognized by the black 

 dot near the base of the wings. 



24. H. micans, Wesm. ; H. punctatus, St. Ill, 18 ; H. pah 



lidus, St. 112, 24. 



Exp. 6g lin. 



Yellow; prothorax with a rust-red stripe at the side; 



wings yellowish, the veins spotted with brown. 

 Habitat England, June, July. 



