ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET, 



PANORPA GERMANICA. Turton. 



Head black, the summit between the eyes and legs 

 of a dirty yellowish brown, thorax and abdomen 

 black, with two yellowish vesicles on the post tho- 

 rax : wings faintly reticulated, with two faint spots 

 on the upper pair towards their extremity, and two 

 minute dots near the base : lower wings paler than 

 the upper, and with the two larger spots corres- 

 ponding in their size, form and situation with those 

 on the upper wings, and only a minute dot at the 

 base : chela of the male reddish brown. This insect 

 is of rare occurrence, or is generally passed over by 

 entomologist as the common species, which is nu- 

 merous during most of the summer months, in 

 hedges and the sides of woods. Length of the body 

 5 lines, expansion of the wings 11 lines. 



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