118. 

 BOREUS HYEMALIS. 



Order Neuroptera. Fam. Panorpidae Lat., Lcac/i. 



Type of the Genus Panorpa hyemalis Linn. 



BoREUS Cuvier, Lat, — Panorpa Linn., Fab., Panz. 



AntennoE approximating, inserted in large deep foveolae, long, 

 filiform, pubescent, composed of upwards of 20 joints, basal joint 

 large transverse, 2nd robust clavate (fig. 1), the 10 following 

 elongated, fne remainder sub-ovate, terminal joint conic. 

 Lahrum produced into a rostrum, horny, apex membranous, 

 rounded and densely ciliated (2 the apex). 

 Ma}idibles naked, elongated, nearly linear, truncated obliquely at 

 the apex, and furnished with 7 or 8 small sharp teeth (3 and 3 a). 

 MaxillcE horny, elongated, united, forming the underside of the 

 rostrum (4)j the apex membranous, pubescent, narrow, with 

 the internal angle produced (4 a) : Palpi inserted near the apex 

 of maxillse, long, 4-jointed, 3 first joints nearly equal, 4th elon- 

 gate conic (4). 



Mentum scutiform, horny, received between and divided from 

 the maxillse by a suture. Lip short. Palpi terminal, short, biar- 

 ticulate, basal joint transverse, 2nd slender conic (5). 

 Rostrum longer than the head, nutant. Head nearly vertical. Eyes 

 large lateral. Ocelli none. Thorax long, 1 st segment large, un- 

 even, the 2 following producing short, recumbent, subulated wings in 

 the males ; and 2 fleshy scales and 2 appendages in the females. Ab- 

 domen robust, cylindric, simple in the males ; composed of 8 joints 

 in the females, and terminated by cm ovipositor composed of an upper 

 valve horny, hollow, acute, 3-jointed, and an under valve dilated bi- 

 lobed, shorter than the other, coriaceous and rough towards the apex 

 (7). Legs simple, hinder pair the longest. Tibia ivith a minute spur. 

 Tarsi 5 -jointed. Claw simple dilated at the base. Pulvilli no7ie. 



Hyemalis Li^m. Syst. Nat. t. I. pars 2. p. 915. n. 3. — Fab. Ent. Syst. 

 t. 2. p. 98. n. 5. — Le Regne Animal, v. 3. p. 433. 

 Female, bronzed smooth shining. Head and eyes black the former 

 bronzed ; rostrum ochvaceous, brown at the apex. Thorax fuscous 

 ochre, anterior segment the darkest. Abdomen dark bronzed 

 with green and reddish purple. Ovipositor ochre sometimes 

 black at the apex. Legs and antennce pale fuscous ochre, last 

 joint of tarsi black, terminal portion of antennae black also. 

 Male. Wings 4, half the length of the abdomen, fuscous, apex 

 incurved, ciliated. Linn. 



In the Cabinets of the British Museum, Mr. Walker, and the Author. 



