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Limnophilus marmoratus. — Very similar in appearance 

 to L. lunaius, but larger and without the lunate 

 marking characteristic of the latter insect. 

 Limnophilus lunatus. — The type of the sedge pattern, 

 No. 33. McLachlan describes it as a reddish or 

 reddish-fuscous insect, but even if less scientific I 

 prefer the word cinnamon as defining its general 

 colouration. The body of the male is greenish, 

 and there is a distinct lunate marking at the tips 

 of the fore-wings. 

 Limnophilus affinis is very common in Britain from 

 April to October, and is frequently found at 

 great distances from its breeding-ground. A 

 specimen was recently captured in a London 

 dwelling, and it has been recorded from light- 

 houses far out at sea. About the same size 

 as L. lunatus, and very varied in its brown 

 markings. 

 Limnophilus sparsus is a common British sedge, with 

 broad rounded wings, thickly covered with dark 

 hairs. It is a summer and autumn fly and very 

 variable in its colour. 

 Anabolia nervosa is the only British species of this 

 genus, and is exceptionally 

 Anabolia. common in our chalk-streams. 



It is a dark sedge, with narrow 

 fore-wings, nearly or quite self-coloured. McLachlan 

 says that when handled it has a strong odour, which 

 has been compared by some entomologists to that of 

 the Pelargonium. It appears to have what may be 



