SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH PHRYGANID^. 75 



The coloration of the anterior wings varies considerably ; 

 either the spots disappear in part or entirely (the 

 wings are then of a uniform dingy brownish-yellow), 

 or the spots coalesce more and more (when the wings 

 are dark brown, sprinkled with pale round spots). 



Length 7 lin. ; exp. 13 lin. 



Hab. from May to September on marshes near London, 

 in Devonshire, New Forest, and near Carlisle; in 

 Scotland in July. 



Subgenus Ch2etotaulius, Kolenati. 

 Anterior wings narrow, dilated towards the obtusely trun- 

 cated apex ; a rhombic fenestrated spot in the middle ; pos- 

 terior wings in the $ with a black beard on the first sector 

 apicalis ; colour of the anterior wings yellow, with brown 

 spots. 



11. L. vitratus, De Geer; P. lunaris, Pict. ; L. nebu- 

 losus, Curt. Phil. Mag. 123; Steph. III. 215, 10; 

 L. apicalis, Curt. Phil. Mag. 123; L. lunatus, Curt. 

 Phil. Mag. 123; Steph. 111. 216, 11. 

 Testaceous; anterior wings yellow, their hinder half 

 brown ; an oblique but not interrupted band in the 

 middle of the wing, a round spot about the anasto- 

 mosis, and a semilunar spot on the truncated margin, 

 white and transparent ; all three stand half in the 

 anterior, yellow, and half in the posterior, brown 

 half of the wing; pterostigma pale brown; posterior 

 wings hyaline, their apex yellow ; in the $ the pos- 

 terior margin of the last segment of the abdomen is 

 produced into a lobe and bent inwards (Brauer, N. A. 

 fig- 86). 



