the British Neuroptera-PIanipe^inia. 173 



Brownish-ochreous, with yellow pubescence; front 

 paler; pal-pi testaceous; antennae testaceous. 



Legs testaceous, with concolorous pubescence. 



Wings short and broad, very obtuse. Anterior wings 

 testaceous ; with two narrow transverse brown fasciae fol- 

 lowing the gradate veinlets, intersected by three similar 

 longitudinal fasciae, running into the apical margin ; the 

 membrane with numerous short transverse brown streaks ; 

 neuration dark fuscous, with paler interruptions; four or 

 five sectors; about eight veinlets in the outer gradate 

 series, six in the inner, and about three towards the base ; 

 margins and neuration slightly ciliated with golden-testa- 

 ceous. Posterior wings paler, more hyaline; pterostig- 

 matical region and neuration brown. 



Abdomen of the male with pale anal valves, the ventral 

 one very large and concave, the superior lateral ones large 

 and rounded, with a callosity towards the base externally. 



Length of body 2^-3 lines ; expanse of wings 6-7 lines. 



Yery rare ; appears in summer, and has only been met 

 with singly, so far as I am aware, though widely distributed. 



3. MiCEOMUs PAGANus, Linne. 



Hemerohius paganus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 912 (1767) ; 

 Vill. Linn. Ent. iii. 49 ; Mieromus paganus, Brauer, 

 Neurop. Aust. 58 ; Hag. Ent. Ann. 1858, p. 26. H. 

 nemoralis, Steph. 111. vi. 110 (1836). M. lineosus, 

 Ramb. Nevrop. 416 (1842). H. elegans, Gozsy, Sitz. 

 Akad. Wiss. 1852, p. 346. 



Grayish-white varied with fuscous ; front shining, dark 

 fuscous ; palpi pale testaceous : antennas whitish-yellow, 

 the basal joint fuscescent. 



Legs whitish. 



Wings broad, very obtuse. Anterior wings yellowish, 

 sub-hyaline, with two oblique, transverse, brownish 

 fasciag following the gradate veinlets, intersected by 

 three longitudinal ones running into the apical and 

 dorsal margins, the latter margin brown at the base ; 

 neuration whitish, sparingly interrupted with brown ; five 

 sectors; nine veinlets in the outer gradate series, six in 

 the inner, and one or two towards the base ; neuration 

 and margins with short pale ciliation. Posterior wings 

 sub-hyaline, iridescent ; the outer series of gradate 

 veinlets brown ; neuration otherwise pale. 



