PANORPA. PANORPA . 
Generic Character. 
Rostrum corneum, cylindri- 
cum; palpis duobus. 
Stemmata tria. 
Antennae thorace loncfiores. 
O 
Cauda maris chelata. 
Snout horny, cylindric, with 
two feelers. 
Stemmata three. 
AntennceXowsf'ex than thorax. 
Tail of the male chelated 
or clawed. 
T^HE most familiar species of this genus is the 
Panorpa communis of Liimmus, an insect very fre- 
quently seen in meadows during the early part of 
summer. It is a longish-bodied fly, of moderate 
size, with four transparent wings, elegantly varie- 
gated with deep-brown spots : the tail of the male 
insect, which is generally carried in an upright 
position, is furnished with a forceps, somewhat in 
the manner of a lobster’s claw. 
The Panorpa Coa is a native of Greece and the 
islands of the Archipelago, and is an insect of a 
very peculiar appearance. It is considerably 
larger than the preceding, and is distinguished by 
having the lower wings so extremely narrow or 
slender as to resemble a pair of linear processes 
with an oval dilatation at the tip, while the upj)er 
wings are very large, oval, transparent, and beauti- 
fully variegated with yellowish-brown bars and 
spots. 
