104 NEUROPTERA. 



hairs, especially the veins; the anterior wings of the female 

 have a fork less than those of the males ; spurs 2, 4, 4 ; tibiae 

 without spines. 



Case conical, somewhat curved, constructed of sand. 



48. Mormonia hirta, F. ; M. nigromaculata, Steph. 111. 



189, 1, tab. 32, 2 ( $ ) ; M. hirta, Steph. 111. 189, 

 2 ( $ ) ; M. immaculata, Steph. 111. 189, 3 ( 2 rubbed); 

 G. hirta, Curt. Phil. Mag. 215 ( $ ) ; M. gracili- 

 cornis and M. immaculicornis, Curt. Phil. Mag. 

 21 5 ( $ ) ; Lep. squamulosum, Ramb. ( $ ) ; G. hirta, 

 Kolen. 



Ashy grey ; antennae pale yellow, annulated with brown, 

 with the basal joint darker ; wings grey, clothed with 

 light brown hairs ; legs testaceous ; the anterior wings 

 and the basal joint of the antennas in the male are 

 strongly clothed with black, clavate hairs, so that 

 their covering resembles the scales of the Lepidoptera ; 

 the first apical cell in the anterior wings is as long 

 as the others. 



Length 3| lin. ; exp. 1\ lin. 



Hab. London, Devonshire, Hertford, Ripley, New 

 Forest, Oxford, in June ; not uncommon. 



49. M. irrorata, Curt. Phil. Mag. 215; Steph. 111. 



188, 4; M. minor, Steph. 111. 189, 4. 



Greyish-yellow; basal joint of the antennae darker; an- 

 terior wings ochreous, densely clothed with long hairs ; 

 legs testaceous ; first apical cell of the anterior wings 

 much longer than the others. 



Length 2 lin. ; exp. 4 lin. 



Hab. Devonshire, in June. 



