PANORPIDES. 465 



This genus may be united with Chorista. Merope seems to be 

 nearer allied to this family than to the Sialides, with which it is 

 placed. 



Genus 5. BITTACUS. 



Os in rostrum productum. Ocelli tres. Mandibulae lineares, 

 cornea?, apice acute bidentatae. Maxillae elongata?, corneas, basi 

 cum mento connatae, apice porrectae, bifidae, lobo externo interno 

 parum breviore, lanceolato, apice subtilissime denticulate, interno 

 lineari, apice hirsute. Palpi maxillares 5-articulati, articulo lo 

 brevissimo, subgloboso, sequentibus cylindricis, 2o 3o breviori. Men- 

 turn cum maxillis connatum, apice truncatum. Labium membra- 

 naceum, attenuatum, apice profunde et acute emarginatum. Palpi 

 labiales elongati, biarticulati, articulis linearibus, 2o lo longiore. 

 Ungues unguiculo unico armati. 



Panorpa, p., Linn.; Muller ; Schr. ; Fair.; De Vill. ; Sulzer ; 



Homer ; Shaw ; Thunb. 

 Bittacus, Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. viii. ; Lam. ; Leach ; Guer. ; Pictet ; 



Klug ; Westw. ; Ramb. 



1. BITTACUS ITALICUS. 



Testaceus ; alis flavescentibus ; tibiis apice fuscis. 



Panorpa italica, Muller, Manip. Ins. Taur. cd. Allioni, Miscell. 



Taurin. iii. 194. 



Panorpa tipuloides, Schr. Beitr. Nat. 82, 40 ; Ins. Austr. 317, 635. 

 Panorpa tipularia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. emend, ii. 98, 6. Vill. Ent. 



Linn. iii. 66, 5, pi. 7, f. 11. Sulz. Ins. 177, pi. 25, f. 7, 8. 



Romer, Gen. Ins. pi. 25, f. 7, 8. Shaw, Gen. Zool. vi. pi. 86. 

 Bittacus tipularius, Latr. Hist. Nat. Ins. viii. 20, 2 ; Gen. Cr. el 



Ins. iii. 189, 1. Lam. Hist. Nat. iv. 421, 1. Guer. Icon. 



Regne Anim. pi. 61, f. 2. Leach, Ed. Enc. ix. 137, 493, 1. 



Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 956. Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 



326, 1. 

 Bittacus italicus, Klug y Abh. Ron. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1836, 97, 1. 



South Europe. 



2. BITTACUS CAPENSIS. 



Testaceus ; thorace utrinque maculis ; capite media antennisque 

 nigris. 



