458 PANOEPIDES. 



Var. Panorpa borealis, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Mand. vi. 53, 4. 

 Var. ? Panorpa meridionalis, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 329, 2. 



" Wings more spotted with black than those of P. communis and 

 P. Germanica, from which the male also differs in the form of the 

 underside of the abdomen, whose fifth segment instead of being 

 tapering at the tip and cylindrical as in those species has a pointed 

 elevation ; the sixth segment is much more attenuated at the base 

 and more thickened at the tip than in the other two species : teeth 

 of the claws shorter than those of P. communis" Rambur. 



France; Spain. 



a b. England. Presented by J. C. Dale, Esq. 



c r. England. 



*, t. South France. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



v. Louvain. Presented by Lady Seymour. 



w, w. S. France. 



a; c c. Nice. From Dr. Leach's collection. 



eejj. ? From Mr. Children's collection. 



kk n n. ? 



2. PANOBPA GERMANICA. 



Fusco-nigra ; meso- et metathorace linea media lutea ; abdominis apice 

 rufo-luteo ; alis ad apicem rotundatis hyalinis, venis fasciis 

 maculisq-ue nigris, stigmate breviori ; vena la pone stigma bis 

 furcata. 



Panorpa Germanica, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 915, 2. Act. Nidros, 

 ill. 414, pi. 6, f. 10. Schrift. Drouth. Ges. a. d. Dan. Ubers. 

 ill. 372, pi. 6, f. 10. Fabr. Syst. Ent. 313, 2; Ent. Syst. 

 Emend, ii. 97, 2. Schr. Ins. Austr. 316, 634. Vill. Ent. 

 Linn. iii. 65, 2. Oliv. Enc. Meth. vii. 714, 2. Steph. III. 

 Brit. Ent. Mand. vi. 53, 5. Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 iv. 185, 2. Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 329, 3. 



" Especially distinguished from P. communis by the form of the 

 different segments of the abdomen, and of the clavate tip whose 

 forceps have perceptibly shorter branches and joints, and whose 

 two appendages, which are applied above on.parting from the base, 

 when it is raised, are dilated at the tip, and shorter, whilst in P. 

 communis they are linear, and approach much nearer to the base of 

 the forceps ; the second segment presents above on its hind border 

 an elevated projection, which rests on a little eminence of the fol- 

 lowing segment : claws with only three teeth." Rambur. 



