the British Neuroptera-Planipemiio . 179 



Wings broad, and broadly elliptical at the apex ; 

 shining, unicolorous, pale fuscous, with a reddish tinge ; 

 the posterior slightly paler ; in the anterior pair the neu- 

 ration is pale, with the costal veinlets, and all the longi- 

 tudinal veins, closely and regularly dotted with small 

 dark fuscous points ; pterostigma slightly reddish ; three 

 sectors ; 6-7 veinlets in both gradate series ; two or three 

 towards the base : in the posterior pair the costal veinlets 

 alone are dotted, the rest of the neuration unicolorous. 



Length of body 2|^-3 lines; expanse of wings Q\-^\ 

 lines. 



Not uncommon among Pinus sylvestris, in spring and 

 early summer, in all woods in the neighbourhood of 

 London. 



5. Hemerobius micans, Olivier. 



Hemerohius micans, Oliv. Enc. Meth, viii. 63 (1811); 

 Wesm. Bull. Acad. Brux. 1840, p. 216; Brauer, Neurop. 

 Aust. 56; Hag. Ent. Ann. 1858, p. 27, Stett. Zeit. 1859, 

 p. 412. E. punctatus, Steph. 111. vi. Ill (1836). H. 

 pallidus, Steph. HI. vi. 112 (1836). H. lutescens, Burm. 

 Handb. ii. 974 (1839), Fab. ?. Mucropalpus fuscinervis, 

 Schn. Stett. Zeit. 1845, p. 344, var. Mucropalpus irro- 

 ratus, Costa, Faun. Nap. 11, pl. x. fig. 7 (1855). 



Yellow ; antennce yellow ; face concolorous, the gena3 

 slightly castaneous ; palpi yellow, the terminal joint 

 slightly fuscescent ; protliorax reddish brown on each side, 

 clothed with rather long* pale hairs; meso- and meta- 

 thorax with slight fuscescent markings. 



Abdomen yellow, slightly pubescent. In the $ , the 

 appendices are long, yellow, pubescent, forked at the tips, 

 the prongs short; a callosity at the base externally (PI. 

 X.fig.4). 



Legs very pale yellowish. 



Wings ovate, elliptical at the apex, pale yellowish, hya- 

 line, very iridescent; pterostigma move decidedly yellow; 

 anterior pair with the longitudinal veins and costal vein- 

 lets pale yellow, with numerous short regular fuscous 

 streaks, longly ciliated; three sectors; gradate veinlets 

 fuscous, eight in the outer series, six in the inner, two or 

 three towards the base ; in the posterior pair the neura- 

 tion is wholly pale. 



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