the British Ne^iroptera-Planipenma. 169 



Abdomen fuscescent ; in the male there are two short 

 and obtuse blackish appendices ; the ventral plate short 

 and broad, pale. 



Length of body 2 lines, expanse of wings 5^-6 lines. 



Taken by Mr. Dale at Ambleside, and also in Dorset- 

 shire. I once found it sparingly, in June, on the banks 

 of the Mole, near Reigate, Surrey. 



3. SiSYKA TERMINALIS, Curtis. 



Sisyra terminalis, Curt. Tr. Ent. Soc. N. S. iii. 56 

 (1854) ; Hag. Ent. Ann. 1858, p. 25. 



Testaceous or fuscescent, with golden pubescence ; 

 antennae black, the apical fourth pale yellowish. 



Legs pale grayish yellow, with yellow pubescence. 



Wings pale cinereous, shining ; the posterior ivings 

 paler and iridescent ; neuration pale grayish-fuscous, 

 with pale ciliation ; in the anterior wings only one trans- 

 verse veinlet in the middle, one near the apex, and four 

 or five at the base (PI. IX. fig. 3) . 



Abdomen fuscescent ; in the male the appendices are 

 small and scarcely evident ; the ventral plate is short, 

 broad, and obtuse. 



Length of body 2 lines, expanse of wings 5|-6| lines. 



Appears in summer. Originally discovered at Kil- 

 larney, Ireland, by Mr. Haliday ; occurs along the 

 Thames, near Richmond, and I once found it abundantly 

 on the banks of the Mole, near Reigate. 



Genus III. Psectra, Hagen. 

 (Stett. Zeit. 1866, p. 376) . 



Head with the vertex strongly inflated and rounded ; 

 oceUi absent ; antennce rather longer than the wings, the 

 joints rounded ; maxillary palpi long and slender, the 

 two basal joints short, the third and fourth longer, the 

 fifth still longer, cylindrical, and slightly acuminate. 



Prothorax transverse, quadrilobate above. Meso- and 

 meta-thorax with their lateral lobes strongly developed. 



Abdomen short and robust. 



Legs moderately long ; tibice gradually dilated in the 

 middle, sub- compressed ; tarsal joints short ; ungues 

 small, broad. 



