PANORPA. 241 



PANORPA 



Three ocelli ; wings narrow ; genital organs of the male elon- 

 gated, forcipated, the last segment inflated ; two tarsal unguiculi 

 serrated ; antennae -setaceous. 



1. P. lugubris ! 



Panorpa lugubris Swederas, Act. Holm. Nov. VIII, 279, 31. Linne, Syst. 

 Nat. ed. XIII. vol.. V, 2647, 10. Klug ! Act. Berol. 1836, 106, 6. 

 Westw. ! Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. IV, 188, 11. Walk.! Catal. 462, 

 11. _ Panorpa scorpio Fab. Entom. Syst. II, 97, 3. Oliv. Enc: 

 Method. VIII, 715, 5. Leach. Zool. Misc. II, 99, tab. xciv, fig. 

 34. Burm. 1 Handb. II, 927, 1. Ramb. ! Neuropt. 331, S.Bitta- 

 cus scorpio Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. Ill, 189. 



Black, abdomen ferruginous ; the apex black ; wings black, with 

 three transverse, abbreviated, middle white streaks. 

 Alar expanse 27 millim. 

 Hab. South Carolina; Georgia; Florida (Glover). 



2. P. rufescens! 



Panorpa rufescens Ramb. Neuropt. 330, 6. Panorpa germanica var. 

 Walk. Catal. 459,2? 



Head, rostrum and thorax yellowish-rufous ; antennae black, the 

 extreme base rufous; feet rufo-flavous, apex of the tarsi fuscous, 

 unguiculi tridentate ; abdomen fuscous, the venter rufo-flavous ; 

 abdominal segment 5 of the male cylindrical, truncated at the 

 apex, above obliquely emarginated, with a long process, which is 

 compressed, somewhat elevated; segments 6 and 7 equal, conical, 

 apex of segment 6 more inflated ; segment 8 oval, appendages 

 long, linear ; forceps short, trigonal, the apex unguiculated, slen- 

 der; wings somewhat yellowish, the apex, a pterostigmatioal, nar- 

 row, maculose band, which is subinterrupted in the middle, and 

 some basal spots, brownish-black. 



Alar expanse 24 millim. 



Hab. Sharon Springs; Trenton Falls, New York; Washington 

 (Osten Sacken) ; Maryland (Uhler) ; La Chine near Montreal ? 

 (Barnston). 

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