SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH PHRYGANIDiE. 69 



brownish, with the thighs of the anterior and inter- 

 mediate legs paler at the knees ; posterior tibiae yellow, 

 with the base brown ; tarsi black ; posterior tibiae 

 almost without spines. App. sup. <? small, coalescent 

 with a pyramidical process arising from the margin 

 of the last segment ; App. inf. oval, foliaceous ; at 

 the apex with a long, thin, movable spine, articulated 

 backwards. 



Length 7 lin. ; exp. 121in. 



Hab. near London, in the summer, rather rare. 



The nearly allied species of Holostomis, H. reticulata, 

 clathrata (in the British Museum without habitat, from 

 Children's collection) and plialcenoides (indicated by Turton 

 as British) will probably occur in England : even H. atrata 

 (Altaica, Fischer) might be met with in the north of Scot- 

 land. These species are usually local, and often do not 

 appear for a long time. Ii. phalcenoides was only re- 

 discovered in Sweden fifty years after Linne's death. 



Holostomis reticulata, L. : Walk. Cat. 7, 1. Black; 

 wings yellow, the anterior checkered with black, the 

 posterior bordered with black, with a black curved 

 line in the middle; legs black ; posterior tibice yellow. 

 Length 5 lin. ; exp. 11 lin. Hab. Sweden, Germany, 

 France. 



H. clathrata, Kolen. ; Walk. Cat. 7, 2. Very like the 

 preceding ; posterior wings with diffused black spots 

 from the base to the curved line, and all the tibia 

 yellow. Length 5 lin. ; exp. 11 lin. Hab. Sweden, 

 Germany. 



