FEBRUARY. S3 



the males have the sixth and seventh segments thin, 

 and curved, the eighth thickened and armed with 

 forceps, the female has minute filaments at the tip. 

 Locality, hedges in damp situations. 

 8. Baphidiidce. Wings equal and of moderate size, de- 

 flexed when at rest ; antennae slender and filiform ; 

 head oval and flat ; mandibles powerful ; maxillae with 

 two lobes ; prothorax much elongated, forming a neck ; 

 legs slender ; size small Locality, woods. 



ORDER VII. TRICHOPTERA, Kirby. 



Characters. Wings four, membranous, the anterior pair hairy, 

 the hinder pair the largest ; mouth unfitted for mastication ; mandi- 

 bles rudimental ; prothorax very short ; antenna often much longer 

 than the body, slender and setaceous ; palpi long and slender ; colour 

 brown or grey ; size small or moderate. 



This Order has one family Phryganidce. 



ORDER VIII. HYMENOPTERA, Linnwus. 



Characters. Wings four, membranous, the posterior pair smaller 

 than the anterior; mouth with horny jaws, lower lip sheathed by the 

 maxillae, which form a rostrum; body armed with a sting; tarsi 

 generally five-jointed ; legs generally long and slender. 



