SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH PHRYGANID^l. 81 



18; L. obliquus, Steph. 111. 219, 20; L. luniger, 

 Steph. 111. 219, 21 ; L. variegata, Ramb. 



Reddish-grey ; antennae brown, with paler rings ; meso- 

 thorax paler in the middle, with the sides blackish ; 

 abdomen blackish, with a yellowish longitudinal 

 band below and on the sides; legs testaceous; an- 

 terior wings \ery narrow, whitish-grey, spotted with 

 black and brown, in such a manner that, especially 

 toward the posterior margin and the apex, numerous 

 brown and white spots alternate ; the fenestrated spot 

 is milk white; around the anastomosis there is an 

 irregular pale spot, which runs to the anterior margin 

 and there encloses the pterostigma; venation brown 

 and distinct. The described coloration is the ordinary 

 form of the female ; if the dark spots coalesce entirely, 

 the anterior wings become uniformly Mack ; only the 

 base of the marginal field, the fenestrated spot, and 

 the spot about the anastomosis, remaining white. The 

 males have the anterior wings for the most part uni- 

 formly brownish-grey, with a few scattered, small, 

 darker points on the posterior margin and at the 

 apex ; the fenestrated spot is narrower, and often in- 

 distinct ; the spot around the anastomosis is only 

 marked externally or not at all ; the pterostigma is 

 smaller, brownish. Between the colourings above 

 described there are innumerable intermediate steps. 

 Posterior wings pale grey, with the apex rather 

 darker. App. sup. $ spoon-shaped, yellow ; the 

 margin of the last segment cut off straight, smooth, 

 grey (vid. Brauer, N. A. fig. 76, 77). 



Length 5 lin. ; exp. 10 lin. 



Hab. England, near London, New Forest, Cambridge, 

 1859. q 



