110 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



STRAY NOTES ON MYRMELEONID^. 



BY DR. H. A. HAGEN, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 

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5. Palparcs papilionoides Klug. 



I have never seen this species, except the couple from Arabia Felix in 

 the Berlin Museum, described by Klug, Symb. Phys., iv., pi. 35, f. 2 and 

 3. Rambur, p. 369, No. 5, described the species after King's figures. 

 Rambur and others, not excepting myself, believed that the male did not 

 belong to the same species as the female. Klug calls it a variety. After 

 a thorough study of the species in Berlin, I arrived at the conclusion that 

 Klug was right, and P. cephalotes Klug shows a similar but not so exag- 

 gerated difference between both sexes. I have carefully compared the 

 types with the figures, and found them to be very exact. Indeed, Mr. 

 Weber was one of the best draughtsmen in Germany. P. papilionoides 

 had nothing whatsoever to do with P. aeschnoides, as McLachlan sup- 

 poses. The types of both species are in the Berlin Museum. 



6. Palparcs immensus, McLachl. 



The species is described, 1867, Journ. Linn. Soc, ix., p. 239. I have 

 to state that the excellent description leaves no doubt that my P. comes 

 noted without description, 1866, p. 456, is the same species. My speci- 

 men is a female from the Nagami Lake, presented by Prof Boheman. 

 Length of body 66 m.m.3 exp. alar. 160 mm. 



I am glad that my manuscript name is explained ; at the same time I 

 ask to cancel also P. conspcrsus Hag., 1. c. p. 456, from Nagami Lake, by 

 Boheman, as the type has been destroyed ; there will be specimens in the 

 Stockholm Museum. 



7. Palparcs Caffcr, Burm. 



This species is mentioned, Burm., ii., p. 998, No. 23, with P. spcciosus 

 L., as follows : " A very similar but larger species, with the gray spots of 

 the front wings very small, from south-east Africa, was received from the 

 collection of Mr. Dre'ge. I name it Al. Caffcr. The abdomen of both 

 sexes shows the same difference (as M. speciosus)." I have before me two 

 females, one from Dr. Schneider's coll., the other coll. by Dr. Wahlberg in 

 Caffraria, from the Stockholm Museum. The British Museum has four 



