130 [November, 
no reason why it should not be common in many marshy districts, 
as T believe it prefers low ground and ditches ; it is distinguished 
by the entirely luteous legs, and extended reddish-yellow abdominal 
markings, it is also larger than immarginatus, and the front femora 
have a moderate pubescence behind. 
Any further addition to our species is hardly to be expected ; 
rostratus, of Zetterstedt, might occur in Scotland, it has hitherto been 
found very rarely in Sweden and Lapland, it is allied to manicatus, but 
is more shining, and the tarsi are not spotted beneath; latimanus, of 
Wahlberg, also from Lapland, resembles albimanus, but has only the 
two basal joints of the front tarsi dilated, and the tibiw not at all 
dilated at the tip; czliger and fasciculatus of Loew come from the 
Austrian Alps, and both have the hind tibiz bent, and with long black 
hairs on the outside, otherwise being allied to manicatus; parmatus, of — 
Rondani, from Italy, is allied to manicatus, but has all the anterior tarsi 
yellowish-white ; spatulatus, of Rondani, also from Italy, seems to come 
somewhere near podagratus ; quadratus, of Macquart, is probably only 
scutatus, and his dilatatus may be only a small peltatus ; I expect poda- 
gratus and scambus will be found to be widely distributed in Scotland, 
when that country has been more closely worked, and I think the genus 
thrives better in northern latitudes, as no European country possesses 
so many species as Sweden and Norway, and I never saw them so 
abundant in the south of England as I did at Loch Rannoch. 
Denmark Hill: October, 1870. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE SPECIES OF PHYCID# (FROM BRITAIN) 
NEW TO SCIENCE. 
BY HOWARD VAUGHAN. 
TRACHONITIS (?) PRYERELLA, n. sp. 
9. Alar expanse 10 to 114 lines. Stout, thorax broad, abdomen 
robust, tapering towards the anal extremity. Fore-wings moderate in 
length, rather broad, costa slightly rounded towards the apex, inner 
margin nearly straight. Antenne filiform, pale grey. Head grey. 
Thorax grey, with the meta-thorax and patagia tipped posteriorly with 
long dark grey scales. Abdomen pale greyish-white. Fore-wings 
ground colour, pale greyish-white, shaded towards the base with dark 
grey. First line, which is undulating and oblique, passing from the 
inner third of the costa to the middle of the inner margin, shaded with 
dark grey; this shading continuing in less degree to the second line. 
