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3. P. rufa ! 



Panorpa rufa Gray ! Griffith, Anim. Kingdom, Ins. tab. cv, fig. 2. West- 

 wood! Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. IV, 188, 10. Walk.! Catal. 461, 10. 

 Panorpa fasciata Klug! Act. Berol. 1836, 105, 2 (partly). 



Head rufous, black around the ocelli; rostrum and thorax fusco- 

 rufous ; antennae brownish-black, the extreme base fusco-rufous ; 

 feet rufous, apex of the tarsi fuscous ; unguiculi 5-toothed, the 

 teeth short; abdomen rufous; segment 5 of the male conical, with 

 the apex truncated ; segments 6 and 7 equal, the base narrow, 

 cylindrical, subincurved, the apex conical, segment 6 more inflated; 

 segment 8 narrow, elongate-oval, appendages linear, short ; for- 

 ceps trigonal, short, the apex slender, unguiculated; wings yellow, 

 their apex subacute; apex, a subpterostigmatical band, which is 

 forked behind, a medial costal spot, a basal oblique band, and two 

 basal spots fuscous. 



Alar expanse 27 millim. 



Hob. Georgia. 



4. P. americana! 



Panorpa americana Swederus, Act. Holm. Nov. VIII, 279, 32. Linne, 

 Syst. Nat. ed. xiii, vol. V, 2647, 9. Westwood, Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond. IV, 189, 15. Walk. Catal. 463, 15. Panorpa fasciata Fab. 

 Ent. Syst. II, 98, 4. Klug! Act. Berol. 1836, 105, 2 (in part). 

 Ramb. Neuropt. 331, 7 ? 



Testaceous; head rufous, black around the ocelli; rostrum rufous; 

 antennae black, with the extreme base rufous ; feet testaceous, apex 

 of the tarsi fuscous, unguiculi 4-toothed (9); abdomen of the 

 male upon the fifth segment with an erect, short horn (from the 

 description of Westw.); wings yellow, broader at the apex; the 

 apex, a pterostigmatical broad, straight band, a point upon the 

 costa of the anterior wings, a basal oblique band, and a basal point 

 upon the anterior wings, brownish-black. 



Alar expanse 25 millim. 



Hab. Georgia; Kentucky. 



5. P. venosa ! 



Panorpa venosa Westw. ! Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. IV, 190, 16 ; Walk. ! 

 Catal. 463, 16. Panorpa fasciata Klug! Act. Berol. 1836, 105, 2 (in 

 part). Panorpa americana Say ! Collection of Hagen. 



Head rufous, black around the ocelli ; antenna black, the ex- 

 treme base rufous; feet luteo-rufous, the apex of the tarsi fuscous; 



