1847.] 



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ed description of that species given by AT. Ramber, [Suites a Buf- 

 fon, Insedes JVevropteres, Paris, 1842,) it is quite obvious tiiat 

 ours is a distinct insect. 



5. Cui,Ex iiYiiMAMs, The Winter " Musketoe.^' 



Thorax cinereous, with a broad black villa on cacli side; ex- 

 treme tips of the wings and two spots on Iheii- anterior margins 

 black, with two intervening sericeous ycHowish-while si)ols. 



Lenglh 0.22; to the tips of the wings 0.28, or including the 

 beak 0.39. 



Head cinereous-j)ubcscent, occiput black-pubescent. Proboscis 

 black, its apex cinereous. Palpi l)lack, the tips varied wilh gray. 

 AntenniE black, tips brown. 'VAon/j' cincjreous-pubescent, wilh a 

 broad rufous-black vitta on each side, passing above the; wing- 

 sockets; the vitta oiten edged on ils ui)[)er side with yellowish- 

 white; a very slender, black, dorsal line, oflen ])arliaily obsolete. 

 Scutel glabrous, dark brown. Poisers i)lack, their pedicels wliiU;. 

 Jlbdomcn clothed wilh longish giay hairs, black or dark brown, 

 with two rows of whitish spols on each side; in the mal(>s f)hscur(.' 

 while, the posterior margins of Ihe segmenls black. Winii;s suh- 

 hyaline, wilh two blackish spots on the anlerior margin, separated 

 by a conspicuous glossy yellowish-white sj)ot; imier spot wilh a 

 strong notch on its posterior side which is formed by a yellowish- 

 white dot, and a similar dot isplac(>(lon Ihe inner side of this s|)()t; 

 outer spot with an oblique yellowish-white band on its outer side;, 

 beyon(l which, at the tip oi'lhe wing, is a slight blackish trans- 

 verse spot. Under a magnifier, these spots are foimd lo be produ- 

 ced by the colors of the scales upon the nerves of the wings, 

 which scales are regularly and beautifully dyed with l)la(k and 

 yellowish while, as follows: the posterior or anal nerve has l)la(;k 

 scales the last half of its entire lenglh, and also at its base: the 

 lU'Xt or interno-medial nerve, whicli forks in its middle, is clothed 

 throughout wilh black scales, including both its branches: the 

 next or externo-medial has black scales on the basal fburlh of its 

 length, two broad annuli of black scales on its middle, another an- 

 nulus at its fork, and a fifth series at the tips of each of its branch- 

 es; the next is clothed with black scales through its entire length: 

 the next is black where it first becomes plainly visible in the mid- 

 dle of the wing, again for a short distance after the origin of the 

 preceding nerve, again for a considerale s])ace at ils fork, and 

 again at ihe apex of ils posterior branch oidy: Ihe costal and the 

 marginal nervi>s have iilack scales fiom their bases; these bec^ome 

 much more dense at the black spots of the anterior margin, and 

 are replaced by yellowish scales only between these sj)ots and be- 

 yond the entire one. Le^s black; femurs pale towards their ba- 

 ses; tips of femurs and oftibiui whitish. Coxaj pale. 



