SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH PHRYGANID^E. /I 



above greyish brown. App. inf. $ bent upwards like 

 a hook, with a long thin tooth articulated to the 

 thickened base. 



Length 5h lin. ; exp. 10 lin. 



Hab. near Yarmouth. 



The type from which Curtis's description was drawn up 

 appears to have been accidentally pressed flat ; besides this 

 (which is now in the British Museum) I have seen two 

 other specimens in Curtis's collection. In repose the wings 

 lie flatter and in a less tectiform position than in the other 

 genera. 



A. picta, Kolen. ; Walk. Cat. 12, 2 ; like the preceding 

 in form, greyish brown, with the legs testaceous ; the 

 anterior wings very pale grey, with darker brownish 

 dashes. Length 5| lin. ; exp. 10 lin. Hab. Sweden, 

 Germany. 



A third species, very similar in colouring to A . Pagetana, 

 is found in Iceland. 



Sub-family 2. Limnophilides. 

 Maxillary palpi of the males three-jointed; ocelli present; 

 spurs variable in number (1, 3, 4 ; 1, 3, 3 ; 1, 2, 4 ; 1, 2, 2), 

 the anterior leg never with more than one spur ; antennas as 

 long as the wings. 



Genus Limnophilus, Leach. 



Joints of the palpi cylindrical and thin; wings sparingly 

 clothed with hairs, the anterior narrow, ouliquely truncated 

 at the apex; spurs, 1, 3, 4; tibiae spinose. 



Case of the larvae composed of vegetable fragments dis- 

 posed, like the tiles of a roof, of small shells, sand or small 



