the Hydroiptilid(B. 135 
gent; penis extruded from a large subconical protuberance, 
and hooked like a crochet needle ; penis cover turned aside 
and curved downwards obliquely from near its flattened 
base, subulate with the extreme point slightly hooked. 
Length with closed Avings ^23 mm. 
Hah. — The lower pond in Battlesden Park, Bedfordshire. 
June. Konigsburg. 
Phrixocoma forcipata, nov. sp. 
PI. III. fig. 3—3 c, genitalia $. 
Head and prothorax whitish-yellow (the colour of tow), 
frons Avith some blackish hairs ; palpi brownish-white ; 
antenna3 black throughout, or with a broad white band 
beyond the middle before the tip, or in the female Avhitish 
with dark tips. Anterior wings black with glossy Avhite 
markings, viz. : some faint longitudinal streaks near the 
base, an almost oblique fascia before the middle Avhich 
enters both fringes, and is enlarged on the costa ; this is 
ibllowed by a faint dot in the middle of the disk ; this is 
succeeded by a conspicuous pair of opposite spots, of 
Avliich that on the costa is much the largest and brightest, 
and that on the inner margin contributes very little to the 
fringes ; after these come the apical markings, consisting 
of the edging of the extreme tip at the insertion of the 
fringes which forms Avith tAvo dashes in the fringes an ill- 
defined W, these dashes being not A^ery regular ; fringes 
Avith a pvirplish gloss. Posterior Avings dark gray. Legs 
testaceous, Avith glossy hair. Abdomen green, the tips of 
the segments and the subpyriform dorsal spots darker ; 
appendices inferiores connivent, slightly arcuate, flattened, 
Avitli the acute points tiu-ned upAvards, and AAdth a few stiff 
black hairs pointed backAvards on the outside ; appendices 
superiores fang-shaped, Avith expanded bases, arcuate, 
AA'ith their acuminate points connivent doAvnwards. 
The female appears to want the faint dot after the fascia 
of the anterior Aving. 
Length with closed Avings ^ 3, $ 4 mm. 
Hah. — Oakamoor, Staffordshire, and the Eiver Dove, 
near Norbury and Ashbourne, Derbyshire. June. Mr. 
M'Lachlan has a specimen from Ireland ; and also a series 
from Turin, Avhich I think are of this species. 
Phrixocoma occulta, nov. sp. 
PL III. 4 — 4 b, genitalia $ dried. 
Head and prothorax above Avith glossy whitish -yellow 
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