90 NEUROPTERA. 



Limnophilus. To the characters above given may be added 

 (Brauer, N. A.) that the fourth apical cell of the posterior 

 wings is as broad as the second; in Limnophilus it is 

 narrower. 



The coloration is uniform brown. 



28. Anabolia nervosa, Steph. 111. 230, 1; A. lurida, 



Steph. 230, 2; P.fusca, Pict. ; Ramb. 



Brown ; head reddish yellow ; legs testaceous ; anterior 

 wings yellowish brown, the marginal vein surrounded 

 by a darker tint; thyridium whitish ; posterior wings 

 hyaline, with the apex yellowish grey. App. sup. $ 

 broad triangular, with the apex curved inwards. 



Length 5J lin. ; exp. 10 lin. 



Hab. London, Hertford, Dover, Ramsgate,.New Forest, 

 Scotland; common in August and September. 



29. A. destituta, Kolen. ; A. nigricornis, Steph. 111. 



232, 6. 



Testaceous ; antennas piceous ; head and thorax reddish 

 brown ; anterior wings ochreous, with the thyridium 

 and a spot on the inner margin white ; posterior wings 

 hyaline. App. anal. $ spoon-shaped, long, pointed. 



Length 4 lin. ; exp. 6| lin. 



Hab. London in June; not common. 



30. A. dubia, Steph. 111. 232, 7. 



" Reddish-ochreous ; antennae annulated with brown ; 

 anterior wings very pubescent, slightly granulated, 

 ochreous-brown, with a few paler dots ; posterior 

 wings hyaline, with the apex distinctly ochreous ; legs 

 pale ochreous." 



