200 PANORPATA AND PLANIPENNIA, 
european species, as they are sitting on low plants and 
shrubs, prying on insects which they suck out. Shadowed 
places are preferred by them, but they are very shy and 
fly away at the least danger. I once observed in a spi- 
der’s web, a female sitting on a spinned prey which it 
was sucking out, but it flew away at my approach. 
Panorpa nematogaster Mac Lachlan, Weele, 1. ce. p. 9. 
I found in the woods of Mount Malabar, on open spots 
and along the roads, some specimens (4 oo and 4 99) 
sitting in the same manner as the european representatives, 
the males with the very long abdomen twice curved on the 
dorsum. They also are very shy and the males pinch with 
their sharply pointed forceps so, that it is distinctly sensible. 
The genitalvalve of the male is not so obtuse at the 
apex as in the specimens collected by Miiller (Leyden Mus.) 
and which probably were captured on Mount Gedeh, I 
also observed in my specimens, that the length of the two 
penultimate abdominalsegments is subject to individual 
variation, as I found that in specimens of the same size, 
they were shorter for about one mm. each. I make men- 
tion of this observation, especially because many authors 
attach much value to the length of these segments and 
regard it as a constant character. 
My specimens were collected during the wet season, in 
the months October, December and January. 
Leptopanorpa longicauda Weele, l.c. p. 11, pl. 1, fig. 5, 4. 
I captured the hitherto unknown female of this interest- 
ing species in December on Mount Malabar, together with 
the foregoing species, which it resembles very much. It 
differs from it by the yellow-red colour of the body, the 
relatively longer rostrum and the darker legs, which are 
reddish brown with dark annulations on the tarsal joints. 
Body 13 mm, forew. 14 mm, hindw. 12 mm., ant. 12 mm. 
Abd. 10 mm., gr. br. 3 mm, gr. br. 2} mm. 
Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XXXII, 
