Neuropterous Fauna of Japan. 187 
region ; rostrum dark testaceous, with a black line each 
side ; palpi testaceous, with a piceous tip ; antennz dusky; 
eyes black, with the posterior lobe testaceous; thorax pale 
testaceous, a little blackish upon the prothorax; meso- 
thorax with an irregular black superior margin, with 
which four spots of the same colour are connected against 
the origin of the wings; wings lactaceous, costal nervule 
black, discoidal, and most of the transverse nervules 
whitish, apical longitudinal nervules brown ; three pale 
brown spots upon the subcostal areole, two of which are 
enclosed within it, one at the origin, the other in the 
middle, the third runs from the parostigmal areole to the 
middle of the wing; several small transverse spots are 
found near the posterior margin, and a large one near the 
apex; legs testaceous, origins of the tarsal joints and nails 
blackish ; abdomen dull testaceous, the three basal articles 
and apices of the two next blackish, and appendages 
dusky.” 
* Hakodadi.” 
“Length to tip of abdomen 7} lines; alar. expanse 
144 lines.” 
This species is unknown to me; my former indication 
that I had seen a specimen was based upon an incorrect 
supposition. 
Wik 
Wings black, with white spots (“ Mit ganz schwarzen, 
weiss gefleckten Fliigeln”). 
Indicated by Hagen (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1867, p. 90) as 
received by him from the Leyden Museum. It is not in 
the collection forwarded to me from Leyden, and is quite 
unknown to me. 
sp. NOv. 
LEPTOPANORPA, gen. nov. 
Differs from Panorpa by the extreme slenderness of all 
its parts; the wings very narrow; the rostrum exceed- 
ingly long ; the three terminal segments of the ¢ abdomen 
immensely long, and almost thread-like, the cheliferous 
segment being provided with a very long footstalk; the 
basal (unmodified) segments long (not transverse as in 
Panorpa). 
L. Ritseme, sp. nov. 
Testaceous, the head blackish (excepting posteriorly), 
and with a black median line along the thorax (in the 
