SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH PHRYGANID^E. 1\) 



The only specimen before me (Ranibur's type, which I 

 have compared with Stephens's types) has no ptero- 

 stigma- This and the somewhat longer and narrower 

 wings form almost the sole differences between L. 

 stigma, Steph., and L. impura, Ramb. {stigmaticus, 

 Kolen.) The latter species, which is very abundant 

 on the Continent, and variable in colour, was not 

 noticed by me in the English collections. It now 

 appears to me that a further examination must prove 

 whether the two species should not be reduced to one. 



Length 6 lin. ; exp. 11£ lin. 



Hab. near London and in the New Forest, in June. 



16. L. affinis, Steph. Cat. 3700. 



Reddish-yellow ; abdomen greyish-brown ; anterior 

 wings of a fine brownish-yellow, with a strong pitchy- 

 brown pterostiyma; along the truncated margin of 

 the apex of the wing is a narrow whitish crescent, 

 internally margined with brown; sometimes, espe- 

 cially in the females, faint, reddish, freckle-like spots 

 occur in the posterior half and in the apical portion, 

 where there also appears a rhombic, narrow spot in 

 the middle and a round spot about the arculus ; both 

 these, however, are always indistinct, and but little 

 paler than the ground colour of the wing. 

 Length 6 lin. ; exp. 11 lin. 

 Hab. England. 

 In the British Museum this species is marked as above. 

 Subsequently, in the " Illustrations/' p. 215, Stephens has 

 erroneously united it with L. vitratus {nebulosus). 



17. L. elegans, Curt. Phil. Mag. 123; B. E. 488; Steph. 



111.215,9; Walk. Cat. 22, 14. 



