79 Mr. R. McLachlan on Panoqm. 



A singular species ; remarkable for the Iblig and very 

 slender abdomen of the male, and for the pale wings 

 without markings, which give it somewhat the appear-? 

 ance of a small Bittactcs. There is one c? and one 

 ? in the collection of the British Museum (formerly in 

 that of Mr. W. W. Saunders), collected in Java by Mr. 

 A. R. Wallace ; and one S in the Oxford Museum. 



I do not know P. Cliarpenticri of Burmeister, from the 

 '^ East Indies," which, from the brief diagnosis, is a very 

 slender species, without markings, save one dot in each, 

 wing. 



Note on the distribution of the genus Panorpa. 



TJp to the present time about thirty-six species have 

 been noticed. In Europe and the adjoining countries, 

 twelve ; some of these, no doubt, extend to North Africa, 

 but the genus has not been brought from the tropical 

 and southern parts of that Continent ; three are described 

 from the Asiatic Continent, excluding Caucasia and Asia 

 Minor ; five are indicated from Japan, some of which, 

 probably, occur also in North China ; three from Java ; 

 and about thirteen from North America. South America 

 has not as yet furnished any species, though it is probable 

 that some may occur in Chili. From Australia they are 

 also absent, for P. ruficeps, of Newman, which comes from 

 that quarter, should be referred to "Westwood's genua 

 Euphania^ as a second species. 



* It appears to me that Eupha^ia is identical with- Qhoxistq>.-oi^K]i^B i 

 ^Xii that E. luteola is the same as C. anstralis. 



' E-saplanaUon of Plate JF. 



(PanofT^a; a 'dehbtee apex of abdomen; b, appendices). 



I'ig. 1. Anterior wing of P. alpina, S ■ (1»i 1^). 



2. J, „ P. caucasica, ^ . (2a, 26). 



3. „ „ P. communis, S • (3a, 3b), 

 '4. ,, „ P. fjermanica, $. (la^ 46). 



•'6. „ „ P.gihlerosa, <J . (5a, 56). 



6. „ ,, P. connexa, S • (6ai 66). 



7. „ „ P. meridionalis, $ . (7a, IV). 

 ?• I, ■ „ " P< annexa, <J . (8a, 86). 



. 9. „ „ P. Ghilianii, <J (9a, Q6). 



1^ ,, „ P. cojnata, S ■ (10a, i06). 



II.' M ., P-x-icta, ^'. 



12. P. nematogaster, abdomen of ^, and tenninal-seg- 

 ment maguihed. 



