PANORPIDES. 459 



Var. Panorpa apicalis, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Mand. vi. 52, 3. 

 Nigra ; alls hyalinis, immaculatis, apice fusco solo excepto. 

 venis fuscescentibus, pebibus piceis. 



Var. Panorpa borealis, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent. Mand. vi. 53, 4. Ni- 

 gra ; roslro abdominis apice pedibusque piceis ; alis hya.inis, 

 venis maculaque costali fuscescentibus. 



Var. ? Panorpa alpina, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 330, 4. 



" A little smaller than P. Germanica, which it much resem- 

 bles : second abdominal segment hardly gibbous on its hind border 

 above, not perceptibly prolonged ; fifth truncate-conical, very slightly 

 gibbose on its border above, which is not so in P. Germanica : legs 

 reddish ; ungues with only two distinct teeth, whereas there are three 

 in P. Germanica, and the point is longer than in the latter species : 

 wings narrow, slightly reddish, with two or three scarcely perceptibly 

 brown dots, without spots at the tips." Rambur. 



Chamounix. 



Var. Panorpa cognata, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 330, 5. 



"Male. Size of P. Germanica, which it much resembles, and 

 has almost the same colours, but is quite distinct: hind border of 

 the second abdominal segment a little raised ; fifth short, thicker at 

 its tip than at its base, compressed and prominent above at its tip ; 

 sixth gibbous at its base, hardly dilated at its tip ; seventh a little 

 gibbous after the base, not dilated towards the tip, much notched 

 above on its hind border : terminal clavate part thicker than that of 

 P. communis, and with more linear appendages, which extend almost 

 to the base of the forceps." Rambur. 



Var. ? Panorpa rufescens, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 330, 6. 

 N. America. 



a, b. England. 



? c, dP La Chine, near Montreal. Presented by Dr. Barnston. 



This may be a variety of P. communis. 



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