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2. P. regalis ! 



Pteronarcys regalis Newm.! Entom. Mag. V, 176, 1. Newm.! Annals 

 Nat. Hist. XIII, 21. Pictet, Perlides, 134. Ann. Sci. Nat. I, 183. 

 Newport ! Trans. Linn. Soc. XX, p. 425 ; tab. xxi, fig. 111 ; 14 

 17. Froriep, Notiz. XXX, 179. Walker! Catal. 140, 3. P. proteus 

 Pictet, Perl. 128, 1 ; tab. xxix, fig. 16. Ramb. Neuropt. p. 449. 



Fuscous, head as broad as the prothorax ; antennae pitchy ; 

 sides of the prothorax emarginate, not broader behind, a narrow, 

 yellow line upon the middle ; feet fuscous ; abdomen fuscous, apex 

 yellowish ; caudal setae fuscous, at base yellowish ; last ventral 

 segment yellowish ; 9 antepenultimate segment produced, in the 

 middle a broad, quadrangular excision ; wings grayish-hyaline, 

 before the apex a little clouded with fuscous, veins fuscous. 



Length to tip of wings 44 48 millim. Expanse of wings T6 

 84 millim. 



Hob. Canada ; Mackenzie and Slave River districts (Richard- 

 son) ; St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hudson's Bay (Barnston) ; 

 Philadelphia. 



3. P. biloba ! 



Pteronarcys biloba Newm.! Entom. Mag. V, 176, 2. Pictet, Perl. 135. 

 Walk.! Catal. 140, 3. 



Brownish-black ; head narrower than the prothorax ; prothorax 

 not emarginated at the sides, posteriorly a little broadened, a line 

 upon the middle yellow ; feet brownish-black ; abdomen brownish- 

 black, beneath in the- middle with a broad, yellowish band; caudal 

 setae brownish-black ; 9 antepenultimate ventral segment blackish- 

 brown, produced, incised in the middle ; wings grayish-hyaline, 

 before the apex a little clouded with fuscous, veins fuscous. 



Length to tip of wings 46 millim. Expanse of wings 84 millim. 



Hob. Trenton Falls.; St. Martin's Falls, Albany River, Hud- 

 son's Bay (Barnston) ; Minnesota (Osten Sacken). 



I have seen the typical specimens in the British Museum ; but 

 I am not certain whether the female from Minnesota belongs here. 



4. P. nobilis ! 

 Pteronarcys nobilis Hagen 1 



Black, head broader than the prothorax ; antennae black ; pro- 

 thorax quadrangular, sides straight, a yellow line narrowed in the 

 middle; feet black ; abdomen black, beneath with a broad orange 



