FIGURES 54 and 55. Dasystegia obso le t a Hag. : 



54 — forelegs: right, anterior (A), left, posterior (B); 55 — midlegs: right, anterior (A), left, posterior (B). 



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2. Dasystegia varia Fabric ius ->= 



Siltala, 1903a:7-8, Figure 2; 1904c:13-15, Figure 3.- Ulmer, 1909:239, 

 303.- Lestage, 1921 :591.- Lepneva, 1 940 : 208. - Hickin, 1953:39-40, 

 Figures 1—4. 



Full-grown larva. Length 22— 25 mm (Figure 60). Pattern on dorsal 

 surface of head as in D. ob s ol et a (Figure 61, A), ventrally on each side 

 with one, large, dark spot and dark dots behind it (Figure 61, b). Dorsal 

 and ventral blades of right mandible with a large tooth and a small denticle. 



Pronotum with narrow, sharply defined, dark stripe near anterior margin, 

 with brownish dots on each side of the tergite posteriorly. 



Gills on segment 8 absent. Large, dark dots near anterior margin of 

 tergite of segment 9. 



Case (Figure 60) 25— 50 mm long, made of small pieces of plants arranged 

 in 7—9 turns of spiral. 



The species appears in the literature as Phryganea varia, Prophryganea va ria, Agrypni a 

 varia. 



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