Mr. A. E. Eaton on some British Neuroptera, 

 P. germanicaj L. 



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Claws of the tarsi tridentate within. The wings are usually 

 well spotted with black or grey brown. 



^. Abdomen: — 



The seventh and eighth segments are very like those of P. 

 communis. The dorsal extension of the ninth segment seems 

 oblong; it is prolonged in advance of the app. sup. (fig. 4), which 



Fig. 5. 



Fig. 4. 



appear almost cylindrical from one point of view, and clavate 

 from another. The basal joint of the app. interm. has a minute, 

 almost semicircular projection within, from the apical margin 

 beneath (fig. 5 b). The second joint has one large tooth on the 

 inner edge. The ventral extension of the segment seems sub- 

 quadrate with rounded corners. The app. inf. (fig. 5 a) are 

 flattened at either extremity, narrowed in the middle, and have 

 a rounded impression near their tips. Above them are seen the 

 acute linear divisions of the bifid penis-sheaths, which are twisted 

 together in opposite directions (fig. 5 c). The penis is forked; 

 its short and widely divergent divisions are each of them armed 

 with two unequal hooks, the inner and shorter of which is curved 

 upwards ; the outer hook is at first directed upwards, and then 

 suddenly curved backwards and inwards. 



P. cognatttj Rambur. 



The wings have a median brownish blotch, and a few dots of 

 the same colour on the veins. Expanse of wings 11 lines. 

 Length of the body 6 lines. 



^ . Abdomen : — 



The last three segments, the tip of the sixth, and a hump at 



