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abdomen fuscous, the apex luteous ; segment 5 of the male abdo- 

 men conical, truncated at the apex ; segments 6 and 1 equal, ob- 

 conical ; segment 8 oval, appendages long, linear ; forceps short, 

 unguiculated ; wings hyaline, pterostigma subflavous, with a large, 

 fuscous spot interiorly; a fuscous point on some of the areoles, 

 which are sometimes larger on the basal areoles. 



Alar expanse 22 26 millim. 



Hob. Trenton Falls ; Washington j(0sten Sacken) ; Massachu- 

 setts (Scudder). 



8. P. punctata. 



Panorpa punctata Klug! Act. Berol. 1836, 105, 3, fig. 9. "Westw. Trans. 

 Ent. Soo. Lond. IV, 188, 12. Walker, Catal. 462, 13. 



Testaceous; antennae black; thorax with spots, and the abdomen 

 at base fuscous ; wings subflavescent, narrow, the areoles all pointed 

 with fuscous. (From the description of Klug.) 



Alar expanse 23 millim. 



Hob. Mexico (Koppe). It is similar to the preceding species. 



9. P. confusa. 



Panorpa confusa Westw. ! Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. IV, 190, 17. Walk. 

 Catal. 463, 17. 



Fulvous ; head black around the ocelli ; antennas black; segment 

 5 of the abdomen of the male armed with a long, acute spine, 

 above ; segment 6 not emarginated at the base; wings tinged with 

 luteous, the costa and base deeper luteous; veins blackish; a small 

 basal point, a slender, interrupted, middle band, a slender, irregu- 

 lar, pterostigmatical one, upon the middle geniculated, band, and 

 the apex slenderly, nigricant; the transverse veins, especially 

 towards the apex of the wings, tinged with black ; hind wings less 

 variegated ; apex of the tarsal articulations black. (From the 

 description of Westw.) 



Alar expanse 24 millim. 



Hob. Massachusetts (Harris). 



10. P. subfurcata. 



Panorpa subfurcata Westw. I Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. IV, 191, 19. Walk. 

 Catal. 464, 19. 



Obscure fulvous; head rufescent, black around the ocelli; an- 

 tennas black, the two basal articles rufescent; dorsum of the thorax 



