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unguiculi 4-toothed, teeth long, distant; abdomen fuscous, with 

 the apex rufous; segment 5 of the abdomen of the male cylindrical, 

 the apex truncated, subemarginated above, with a long, very much 

 elevated, triangular process; segments 6 and 7 equal, obconical, 

 apex of the sixth segment more inflated ; segment 8 orbicular, 

 with long, linear appendages ; forceps short, unguiculate ; wings 

 subhyaline, the apex, a pterostigmatical band, which is interrupt- 

 edly forked behind, a costal, medial spot, which is sometimes 

 almost absent from the hind wings, a basal band, which is some- 

 times interrupted, and a basal spot, blackish-brown. (Male and 

 female.) 



Alar expanse 23 27 millim. 



Hub. Philadelphia (Say) ; Georgia (Abbot) ; Southern Illinois 

 (Kennicott). 



6. P. debilis ! 



Panorpa debilis Westw. ! Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. IV, 191, 18. Walk. ! 

 Catal. 464, 18. 



Luteo-fuscous ; head rufous, black around the ocelli ; antennae 

 black, the extreme base rufous ; feet luteous, apex of the tarsi 

 hardly obscurer; unguiculi 4-toothed, teeth long, distant; abdo- 

 men fuscous, the apex luteous ; segment 5 of the male cylindrical, 

 the apex truncated, emarginated above, with a short, very erect, 

 obtuse, triangular, rather short process ; segment 6 long, obconi- 

 cal, the base narrow, arcuated ; segment 7 shorter, obconical, the 

 base a little narrower ; segment 8 elliptical, the apex broad, ap- 

 pendages linear, long; forceps short, unguiculated; wings hyaline, 

 subflavescent at base, an apical, fenestrated band, an arcuated, 

 pterostigmatical one, subinterrupted in the middle, a middle point, 

 a basal interrupted band, and a basal point, fuscous ; transverse 

 veins sometimes a little marked with fuscous. (Male.) 



Alar expanse 22 23 millim. 



Hob. Philadelphia ; Trenton Falls, New York ; Savannah, 

 Georgia. 



7. P. nebulosa! 



Panorpa nebulosa Westw. ! Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. IV, 188, 12. Walk. ! 

 Catal. 462, 12. 



Luteo-fulvous ; head luteo-rufous, around the ocelli black ; an- 

 tennas black, the base luteous ; feet luteous ; unguiculi tridentate ; 



