ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



LEPTOCERUS INTERRUPTUS. Leach. 

 Phryganea inter ruptu. Fabr. 



Brown : anterior or upper wings brown and co- 

 vered with golden hair, interrupted by tranverse 

 broken bands or spots of white : lower wings semi- 

 transparent and slightly irredescent, with a deep 

 fringe of long hair : head very hairy : eyes large and 

 prominent : antenna; much longer than the body 

 and annulated with brown and white, the base with 

 a thickened club : body, in perfect specimens, co- 

 vered with hair ; legs long and furnished with strong 

 spurs. 



Inhabits the banks of rivers and running streams. 



Expansion of the wings 10£ lines, length of the 

 body 3| lines. 



No order of insects are mgre interesting in their 

 oeconomy than the Trichoptera. As the name im- 

 plies, the wings are covered with hair. This order 

 was established by the Father of Entomology, in 

 England, the Rev. William Kirby, and has been 

 adopted by most of the continental writers on this 

 branch of science. 



As yet but little is known of the habits and manners 

 of the larvae and pupae, which is much to be regretted, 

 as they are numerous and very easily obtained, being 

 found in almost every pond and many in running 

 streams, constructing a curious and very beautiful 

 cave, according to the species, <>r' sand, shells, 



