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NEUROPTERA. 



Synopsis of the British Phryganidjs. 

 By Dr. Hagen. 



[Continued from the Annual for 1859, p. 109.] 



Division II. Isopalpi, Kolenati. 

 Maxillary palpi of the males and females with five joints. 



Sub-Family 5. Leptocerides. 



Maxillary palpi long, hairy, with the last joint cylin- 

 drical; ocelli wanting ; spurs variable in number (2, 4, 4; 

 2, 2, 4 ; 2, 2, 2 ; 0, 2, 2 ; 1, 2, 2) ; antennce usually thin and 

 longer than the wings; anterior wings narrow. 



Case composed of fine sand, conical, straight or somewhat 

 curved, swimming freely ; the larvae live in running and 

 standing waters. 



Genus Odontocerus, Leach. 

 Antennae somewhat longer than the wings, rather stout, 

 serrated internally, the basal joint thicker, as long as the 

 head ; maxillary palpi densely clothed with long hairs ; long, 

 the first three joints thicker, the first short; anterior wings 

 much dilated towards the elliptical apex, anterior margin 

 curved ; posterior wings folded ; the anterior branch of the 



