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alter the appearance of the insect ; on the other hand 

 they are sometimes so numerous that the ground 

 colour of the wing appears to be light yellow; the 

 pterostigma also is sometimes wanting. 



Length 5 lin. ; exp. 9 lin. 



Hab. London, Hertford, New Forest, Devonshire, 

 North of England, Battersea, Coombe Wood, Ripley, 

 Dorset, Wiltshire and Suffolk ; common in June and 

 July. 



27, L. fumigatus, Germar ; Kolen. ; L.fuscicornis, Ramb. 

 Dark brown ; thorax clothed with rather long hairs ; 

 antennas rusty red ; lower surface rather paler ; legs 

 testaceous; anterior wings uniform smoky brown, 

 with the hinder margin darker ; thyridium whitish ; 

 posterior wings grey, hyaline, with the apex yellowish 

 grey ; the margin of the last segment in the male 

 rounded. 



Length 6j lin. ; exp. 12| lin. 



Hab. England ; British Museum. 



Genus Anabolia, Stephens. 

 Stathmophorus, Kolenati. 



Joints of the palpi cylindrical, thin ; wings naked, shilling, 

 the anterior with the apex parabolic; spurs 1,3, 4; tibiae 

 spinose. 



Case constructed of small stones, cylindrical, with the head 

 end a little widened ; one or two small twigs or fragments 

 of straw are attached longitudinally to the case as balances, 

 to lighten it in swimming and keep it in equilibrium. 



As already remarked by Stephens, this genus, which is 

 well marked in its habit, is difficult to distinguish from 



