214 MANDIBULATA. TRICHOPTERA. 



legs flavescent, with black spines ; antennae fulvescent, annulated with 

 pale brown. 



Also found throughout the metropolitan district, and in other parts 

 of the country, during the summer. 



Sp. 5. discoidalis. Sordide ochraceus, alls anticisfuscescentibus basi palUdioribus, 

 macula discoidali et altera postice semihyalinis, posticis apice fusco. (Long, 

 corp. 7 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 15 lin.) 



Lim. paUescens. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 121. — Lim. discoidalis. Phil. 

 Mag. {Curtis) v. iv.p. 123. 



Dusky-ochreous : " superior (anterior) wings pale brown^ with the costa (as 

 far as the stigma), a large spot below the disc connected with a large one 

 covering the transverse nervures, and numerous dots, semitransparent; apical 

 margin of inferior (posterior) wings fuscous." — Curtis, I. c. 



Found, occasionally, within the metropolitan district, in July. 



Sp. 6. rhonibicus. Ochraceus, alis anticis griseo-Jlavesceniibus macula magna 

 rhomboidali pallida utrinque brunneo marginata. (Long. corp. 6 — 8 lin. ; Exp. 

 Alar. 12—16 lin.) 



Phr. rhombica. Linne. — Donovan, v. vii. pi. 220. — Lim. rhombicus. Steph. 

 Catal. 322. No. 3692. 



Bright ochreous : eyes fuscescent ; anterior wings bright yellowish-griseous, 

 palest at the base ; on the disc, beyond the middle, is a large oblique pale 

 or whitish spot, and an indistinct one towards the apex ; the fuscous spot is 

 bordered anteriorly and posteriorly with brown ; the inner and apical portion 

 of the wing is of a deeper hue than the rest, and immaculate ; the posterior 

 wings are very transparent, whitish, with pale ochreous nervures; legs 

 tawny, with black spines. 



Not a very abundant, but a very handsome species ; taken, how- 

 ever, in various parts of the country, in the middle of summer : found 

 also in Scotland. 



Sp. 7. marmoratus. Ochraceus, alis palUdioribus, anticis fusco nebulosis, maculis 

 duabus subhyalinis, nervis transversalibus fuscis. (Long. corp. 6 — 7 lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 12—15 lin.) 



Lim. nebulosus. Steph. Catal. 322. N'o. 3690.-— Lim. marmoratus. Phil. 

 Mag. {Cui'tis) V. iv. p. 123. 



Dull ochreous : eyes fuscescent ; sides of the thorax brownish ; anterior wings 

 pale ochreous, prettily variegated, or clouded, with brown, except an oblique 

 transverse spot, about the middle of the disc, and an irregular blotch 

 covering the transverse nervures, which, with some dots beyond them, are 

 brown ; stigma fuscescent ; posterior wings very transparent and iridescent. 



