Fanorjw. C9 



under P. coimmmis, which may possibly be the ? of 

 Westwood's insect; and both may be the same as P. 

 gibberosa {ante, p. 04). 



JDcscription of a new species from Java. 

 Panorpa nematogaster, n. sp. (PL IV. fig. 12). 



P. nigra. Thoracis dorsum rufc-varium ; pectus pe- 

 desque rufi vel rufo-fusci. Abdominis segmentum 

 Sum processu curvato supra in medio Icnge produc- 

 tum ; 4tum tuberculo uno supra instructura ; 6am 5to 

 duplo Icngius, apicem versus gradatiin paullo angus- 

 tius, truncatum ; 7um et 8uin singulatim Gto duplo 

 longius, per-angustum, apicem versus paullo grada- 

 tim dilatatum; 9um parvum, forcipe elongato, ap- 

 pendicibus crassis, rectis. Alae per-angust£e, flavo- 

 testacese, nitid^e, haud signatte ; pterostigmate 

 rufo-fuscescente. Tarsorum ungues bi-dentati. 



Long. Corp. ^ lOf", ? C" ; cxp. alar. J 13^'", ? 

 14"'. 



Hah. — Java. In Muss. Brit. (Wallace), et Oxon. 



c?. Head, antenncc, and abdomen dull black. Pro- 

 notum black, posteriorly reddish at the sides. Meso- 

 and meta-nota red, the former black in front. Breast 

 red, with two small black dots on each side. Eostrum 

 reddish, with a broad lurid stripe down the front. Palpi 

 reddish, the apical joint black. Legs reddish ; claws of 

 the tarsi with two broad and blunt teeth internally below 

 the apex. Wings very narrow, shining pale yellowish 

 testaceous, without markings of any kind, save that the 

 pterostigma is slightly fuscescent ; veins blackish, sub- 

 costa reaching to the pterostigma in the anterior wings. 

 Abdomen very slender ; third segment produced in the 

 middle of its apical mai-gin above, into a long slender 

 cuiwed process, slightly dilated at the extremity ; fourth 

 with a small tubercle in the middle above ; third, fourth, 

 and fifth nearly equal in length ; sixth nearly twice the 

 length of the fifth, gradually but slightly narrowed to- 

 wards the apex, which is obliquely truncate ; seventh 

 and eighth each about twice the length of the sixth, very 

 slender, the apex gradually dilated ; ninth small, the 

 forceps very long, the points curved and crossing each 

 other, appendices short and thick, straight. 



w- $ . Differs in the breast and legs, being more ob- 

 scurely reddish, somewhat fuscescent. 



