116 



Maxillary palpi with the fifth joint long", filiform : antennae 

 nearly filiform, rather stout, almost as long as the wings : fore-tibiae 

 with two very short spurs at the tips ; middle tibiae with a pair of 

 long spurs at the tips ; hind tibiae with two pairs of long spurs, one 

 at three-fourths of the length, the other at the tips. 



1. PHILANISUS PLEBEIUS. 



Fulvus ; antennis pe'dibusque testaceis ; alee anticce subcinerece fusco 

 maculatce, posticce subhyalince. 



Male. Tawny, thinly clothed with tawny hairs : antennae tes- 

 taceous, rather stout, slightly setaceous, much longer than the body : 

 legs testaceous, long ; fore-tibiae without spurs ; hinder tibiae with 

 two pairs of long spurs, one pair near the tips, the other at the tips : 

 abdomen with two appendages at the tip : wings narrow ; fore-wings 

 slightly gray, with pale brown marks or interrupted bands : hind- 

 wings subhyaline. Length of the body 2j 2j lines ; of the wings 

 7 8| lines. 



a, b. New Zealand. Presented by Dr. Sinclair. 



Genus 8. APHELOCHEIRA. 



Antennae alis breviores. Tibiae anticae bicalcaratae. 



Aphelocheira, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Hand. vi. 179. 

 Hy dropsy che p., Pictet. 

 Diplectrona, Westw. 



1. APHELOCHEIRA FLAVO-MACULATA. 



Obscure fusca ; abdominis segmenta marginibus pallidis ; alee 

 cinereo-fuscce, anticce obsolete luteo maculatce. Long. 2j 2f ; 

 alar. 68 lin. 



Phryganea umbrosa, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, ii. 910,21. Faun. 



Suec. 1498. De Vill. Ent. Linn. iii. 35, 26. Oliv. Enc. Meth. 



548, 40. Zett. Ins. Lapp. 1069, 36. 

 Hydropsyche flavo-maculata ? Pictet, Reck. Phryg. 220, 29, pi. 19, 



f.2. 

 Aphelocheira flavo-rnaculata, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Mand. vi. 179, 



1, pi. 32, f. 3. 



England. 



