66 INSECTA. 
Panorpa, Lat. 
The wings and simple eyes as in the preceding genus; but the 
abdomen of the males is terminated by an articulated tail, almost 
like that of the Scorpions, with a forceps at the extremity; that of 
the females ends in a point. The legs of both sexes are of a mode- 
rate length, with two hooks and a pellet at the extremity of the tarsi. 
P. communis, L..; De Geer, Insect., II, xxiv, 34. From seven 
to eight lines in length; black; rostrum and extremity of the 
abdomen russet; wings spotted with black.—On hedges and in 
woods(1). 
In others, the first segment of the thorax is large, and seems alone 
to form that part, the two following ones being covered by the wings 
in the males. The wings are subulate, recurved at the extremity, 
shorter than the abdomen, and wanting in the females where that 
part of the body is terminated by an acinaciform ovipositor. 
Borevs, Lat. 
The only species of this genus known is the 
B. hiemalis; Panorpa hiemalis, L.; Gryllus proboscideus, Panz., 
Faun. Insect. Germ., XXII, 18. It is found in winter, under 
moss, in the north of Europe and in the Alps(2). 
2. The Myrme.eonipes, which also have five joints in 
the tarsi, but their head is not prolonged anteriorly in the 
form of a rostrum or snout; their antenne gradually enlarge 
or have a globuliform termination. 
Their head is transverse, vertical, and merely presents the 
ordinary eyes, which are round and prominent; there are six 
palpi, those of the labium usually longer than the others, and 
inflated at the extremity. The palate of the mouth is ele- 
vated in the form of an epiglottis; the first segment of the 
thorax is small; the wings are equal, elongated, and tecti- 
form; the abdomen is most frequently long and cylindrical, 
(1) For the other species, see Lat., Oliy., Ib., article Panorpe, and Leach, Zool. 
Miscell., xciv. 
(2) Oliy., Ib., article, Ib. 
