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The maxillary palpi of the female are slender, 

 the two basal joints short, the others long, but the 

 fourth slightly shorter than either the third or fifth. 



Of the imagines McLachlan says : " Body fusce- 

 scent in the male, ochreous in the female ; antennae 

 brown in the male, ochreous in the female." This 

 difference of colour between the sexes continues 

 throughout his description, the male colouration 

 being fuscous or smoky, and the female ochreous or 



yellowish brown. Now the 

 Fig. 55. GoERA pilosa Caddis x 3 two patterns of the new 



series, No. 31 small dark 

 sedge and No. 32 medium 

 sedge, were matched from 

 the male and female re- 

 spectively of Go'era pilosa, 

 and, I venture to suggest, 

 accurately reproduce their colours and general appear- 

 ance. Fig. 55 shows the peculiar caddis of this 

 genus. 



Silo pallipes is a small black sedge having a very 



triangular appearance when at 



Silo. rest. Like the other genera 



of the Sericostomatidae the 

 male has maxillary palpi of abnormal shape, closely 

 pressed upwards against the face, and clothed with 

 elongate clavate hairs. It appears towards the end of 

 spring, and lasts on through the summer. 



Silo nigricornis is very similar in general character- 

 istics to the last-named species, but is of a slightly 



