378 Zoological Society. 



Sp. 5. NiiMAToi'TERA DiLATATA. Nem.fusco-brunnea;aUsanticis 

 hyalinis; post ids ante apicem biexteiisis fuscis; apice angusto 

 lacteo. 

 Expans. alar, antic. 2 unc. Long. alar, postic. ly^y unc. 

 Syn. N. dilatata, Klug, Monogr. Panorp. p. 14. tab. annex, fig. 1. 

 Burmeister, Handb. ii. p. 987. 



This very distinct species lias the hind wings comparatively short, 

 with the expansions considerably larger than in A'^. extensa. It is 

 from South Africa. 



Sp. 6. Nematoptera FoRSKALLii. Nem. ttlis ant'icis hyalinis, venu 



postcostali flava ; alls posticis " triclavatis" ; stylo flavo ; clava 1*^ 



fusco-flavescenti ; 2'^" dimidio minori carulea ; 3''" terminali ob- 



longa carulea; apice extimo obtuso. 



" Corp. long, poll." Alas posticae, " 3 poll, vel corpore tripl6 



longiores." 



Syn. Panorpa halterata, Forskall, Descr. Anim. p. 97. tab. 25. 

 fig. E. (copied in Encycl. Meth. pi. 98. fig. 1., under the name of 

 Panorpe d' orient). 



Nee N. halterata, Fabr., Olivier, Dumeril, Klug. 



Sp. 7. Nematoptera Barbara. Nem. alis erectis pallidis ; costa 

 latefusca ; posticis linearibus longissimis subbiclavatis nigris apice 

 dilatatis in medio coarctatis ; fasciis tribus albis, intermedia minori. 



Syn. Panorpa Coa, Fabricius, Mantiss. Ins. i. p. 251. 



Panorpa halterata, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 208. 



Nemoptera barbara, Klug, Monogr. Panorp. p. 14. 



Sp. 8. Nematoptera pallida. Nem. alis anticis hyalinis imma- 

 culatis vents fulvescentibus punctoque minuto stigmaticali albo ; 

 posticis longissimis linearibus albis apice vix latioribus, fascia tamen 

 fusca dilatata pone medium alee. 



Expans. Alar, antic. 1-j^ unc. Long. alar, postic. j-^ unc. 



Syn. N, pallida, Olivier, Enc. Meth. viii. p. 179. 



N. halterata, Klug, Monogr. Panorp. p. 14 ?. 



Subsectio 2. 

 Aloe posticae absque dilatatione. 



(a.) Fasciatse. 

 Sp. 9. Nematoptera africana. Nem. corpore luteo, brunneo 

 vario ; alis anticis apice rotundatis hyalinis ; spatio inter venam me- 

 diastinam et postcostalem luteo; his venis fulvo-testaceis, umbra 

 fuscescenti apicali post stigma albidum ; alis posticis basi palli- 

 dioribus ; fascia fusca ante apicem album. 

 Expans. alar, antic. 2 unc. Long. alar, postic. 2^ unc. 

 Syn. Nemopteryx africana. Leach, Zool. Misc. vol. ii. p. 74. tab. 

 85. fig. inf. ; Griffith, Animal Kingd. vol. xv. p. 324. pi. 105. fig. 4. 



Sp. 10. Nematoptera bacillaris. Nem. pallida, dorso brunnea 

 vario ; alis hyalinis, anticis {apice angustioribus subacutis) costa 

 pallida, ad apicem infuscata ; stigmate albo ; posticis linearibus 

 longissimis, basi pallidis, ante apicem late fuscis ; antennis longi- 

 tudine alarum anticarum. 



