HEMEROBIUS. 
efathunder ftorm. 'The term of their exiftence is very fhort, | Lurascens. Wings white with brown ftreaks 3 body 
and in every ftate of life they prey with unceafing avidity on yellowith. De : 
plant lice, for which reafon they are beneficia al to horti- Inhabits Kiel. 
culture; they alfo fubfift on other infe&is, and not unfre- Humuti. Wings white, “ feattered ie dots ; 
quently devour one another. - The larve are generally ovate antennz annulated with white and blac Lin 
and hairy, and are furnifhed with fix feet ; the pupa moftly Found in the hop alsin at Upfz al, 
folliculate. The eggs are depofited each upon a diftinét Loneicornis. Black, mouth and legs pale, antennx 
in clufters upon the leaves of plants. ‘The brown and long. Fabr. 
y pedicle, 
Petes deferibed below are Hemerobii of Gmelin, including Inhabits Holface. 
the two Fabrician genera, Hemerobius and Semblis, and STRIATULUS. Wings ftriated with brown: ; lower ones 
are es jah in the order in which they are placed immaculate ; body Sans and yellow. Fabr. 
by Fab Found in gardens in Europe. The: head is yellow ; mouth 
S Ste and eyes brown; thorax brown; breaft and legs yellow ; 
alae abdomen brown with the fides yellow 
Grannis. Wings fomewhat equal and reticulated with 8-Puncratus. Wings white, with two brown dots on 
veins, "ad marked with two yellowith fpots. Thunb. each. br. 
Native of Japan; the body oblong aad yellowifh ; an- Native of Cochinchina. Body yellowifh. 
tennz and jaws black, Fasciatus. Wings white, with three bands and nume- 
Cornutus. Mandibles proje@ing, and horn-fhaped. ous {pecks of black. Fabr. 
Fabr. Raphidia cornuta, Linn, Inhabits Kiel. ‘The antenne are black ; head and thorax 
{nhabits North America; very large 3; body ferruginous. yellow with brown marks ; abdomen black ; lower wings 
Perta. Wings hyaline with green veins 5 3 body yellow- white and immaculate. 
ifh-green; eyes golden. Geoffr. Linn, &c.* Golden-eye, or NERvosus. Fufcous ; crown of the head and thorax at 
thunder-fly, Donov. Br. Inf. the back yellowith ; wings variegated, the nerves dotted with 
Common in gardens d uring fummer, and is a very delicate white. Fabr. 
and elegant little infect; the head and body, with the legs, ape hae of France 
-green, the eyes brilliant, and refembling dots of molten Size of H. hirtus Fs antenne yellowifh, with black rings ; 
gold, and the wings the texture of fine gauze. ‘The len ngth, head black except the yellowifh crown ; abdomen black ; 
when the wings are clofed, about an inch. ‘The bite of this legs yellowith. 
{pecies is acute. Varina, ATUS. Ad white with black {pots, the nerves 
Fitosus. Cinereous ; wings whitith ; antenne very long: dotted ; body brown, Fabr. 
Fabr. Inhabits Prick 
Native of the ifland of Otaheite, defcribed from the  6-PuNcTATUS. Wings white with fufcous FRM and 
poke cabinet. Its fize rather gd pans than the laft; an- fix diftine dots behind ; antenne brown. Linn 
nz fetaceous and twice the length of the Bod ; body and = Inhabits Europe in gardens. 
— = Piciconnis. Black; upper wings white and fufcous 
“ peli wings hyaline ; eyes b varied ; antennz long and hairy. Fabr. 
to Linnews this j is allied to peace: yells, A {mall foereg found in Denmark. The body is black 
and is fauind on p in Sweden. and without fpots ; lower wings white and without fpets, 
Carirarus. WYiicous, head and forepart of the thorax ee the legs pale. 
ous ; wings white, * with reticulated nerves. Fabr, Fravicans. Black, thorax and abdomin yellow. 
_ Hemerobius 5, Scop.? An European fpecies. : 
Native of Germany ; wigs thaded greenifh, and a com- 2-PUNCTATUS. Wings with two black dots; body varied 
mon elongated brown fpot. with brown and yellow. Linn. 
Curysors. Wings hyaline with green ee = brown —_— Found in gardens in Europe. 
{pots ; body variegated black and and green. - Spotted~ 4-Puncratus. “Wings white with four black dots at 
ius, Donov. Br. Inf, the bafe, the tip radiated with brown, Fabr. 
Inhabits woods in Europe, a rare {pecies. A {mall fpecies found at Kiel. 
Macuxatus. hake white, upper-pair {potted with  Axspominatis. Fufcous with yellow abdomen; vent 
black ; body black. br. black. Fabr. 
Native of. igs Head and £5 fomewhat teftaceous. Taken by Fabricius in the month of Auguft i in Norway- 
- Niriputvs. ftriated cinereous ; 3 body tefta- The 2 ge alfo inhabits England. Its fize is fmaller than 
a flea. 
ecous ; legs that o 
‘¥ brown ; eyes black. The fpecies inhabits Ger- Tesrae crus. Wings black, thrice as long as the bodys 
many. body brown, beneath tohaccous. Degeer, &c. 
-PHAL#NoIpgEs. Wing t the bafe, and cut be. ative of America. 4 
hind. Tain. PaGanus. Wings white ; be cadre with faint dufky 
Wings teftaceous, with an oblique brown ftreak and dot. bands; antennez white. Linn 
Fouad ty in Europe. Inhabits Upfal. : 
Hirtvus. Wings hairy, reticulated with brown 3 lower Fravus. Yellow ; mouth blood-red each fide. Linn- 
with * jem band. gDegeer, &c. Hairy bemoro- This and the two following are Eur opean wit 
bius, . Metanosticos. Yellowith; wings hyaline, varied 
Native of ‘ics trope Bx blue and golden, the nerves w hitith dotted with black, the 
Fuscatus. hg Rented row, hyaline ; body black; margins with minute black dots. Meee A 
legs teftaceous. Fabr. : oats Ele ; wings hyaline, varied with blu 
Rather ct faller than the Ta, and inhabits Denmark and and golden, bafe of the abdomen beneath and tail black 5 
4 autenne yellow. Linn. <The 
