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green ; with the legs, antennae, rostrum, and ovipositor black, and 

 the rudimentary wings brownish black. Both species are found 

 on the snow throughout the entire winter. They also occur in moss 

 on tree-trunks. It is not known whether they feed on the moss or 

 upon Thysanurians and other small insects which they find there. 

 These insects have long legs, and are able to leap to a limited ex- 

 tent. The females are furnished with a long, curved ovipositor, re- 

 sembling that of a cricket. The early stages of our species have 

 not been studied. The larva of a European species has been found 

 throughout the summer in the ground and upon stones under Liver- 



The Scorpion-flies, Panorpa. These are our most common rep- 

 resentatives of the family. They are called scorpion-flies on account 

 of the peculiar form of the caudal part of the abdomen of the male. 

 This at first sight suggests the corresponding part of a scorpion ; 

 but in reality the form is very different. The last 

 :nent, instead of ending in a sting like that of a 

 scorpion, is great! . enlarged, and bears a pair of clasp- 

 ing organs. The wings are narrow, but are well 

 developed, being longer than the body. In our 

 common species they are yellowish spotted 

 with brownish black. The early stages of several 

 Kun]K-an species have been studied. The eggs 

 laid in a mass in a shallow hole, which the female 

 bores with her abdomen in damp earth. The larvaj are remark 

 on account of their great resemblar.ee to caterpillars. 1 * Not only is the 

 :iof the body like that of Lepidopterous larva-, but the abdomen 

 irnished with fleshy prop-legs. There are. ho\\ r\vr. eight pairs 

 of the-e ; while caterpillars never have more than five pairs. The 

 larvaj which were kept in confinement were fed raw beet : they made 

 '1 mines in the earth, one end of which opened be- 

 at Their natural food is unknown. 



-emble the >corpi>n-flics 



in 1 narrow wings, three ocelli, and very slem. 



CCOi r,:it the- caudal appe: of the- male -lie not 



<>rpa. 'I 9 of ttitt very long ; this 



with th- nid slender abdom, 



resemb! pn il,u< -'.is the Euro] 



* The lame of three species are figured by Braut 11. tier k. k. zool. hot. 



GeselUcb., Band XIII. tat 



