256 ME. K. m'lachlan on new species etc. oe neukopteha. 



on the dorsal margin simply furcate, those on the apical margin for 

 the most part twice forked ; all the veins and veinlets finely hairy : 

 posterior wings one-third shorter than the anterior, and much narrower; 

 pterostigma blackish fuscous ; a fuscous spot on the dorsal margin 

 towards the base; veins and veinlets black, excepting the middle 

 portion of the costa and subcosta, which are yellow ; 6 gradate vein- 

 lets. Legs yellow, the dilated portion of the anterior femora largely 

 marked with black beneath, the teeth black, the trochanters black ; 

 intermediate pair with the base of the femora black; posterior pair with 

 the base of the femora and the tarsi (wholly, except the extreme 

 base) black. 



PANOEPID^. 



Grenus Panoepa, Linne. 

 The followiug is a synopsis of the species known to occur in 

 Japan : — 



1. Panorpa japonica, Thmiberg, Nov. Ins. Sp. Dissert, iii. pi. 67. f. 9. 

 Nigra. Alae albido-hyalinse ; fasciis duabus perlatis, quarum una pone 

 medium (ad costam intus aliquando furcata), altera apicalis, nigris. Pe- 

 des rufescentes. Abdomen cylindricum; c5' segmeutisl"-4'"transversis; 

 5° elongate ; 6° quinto fere sequali, vix tenuiore, margine posteriore 

 truncato, lateribus paulo productis; 7° quam 6'" longiore, tenuiore, gra- 

 datim incrassato, margine posteriore oblique truncato ; S° brevi, trans- 

 verso, obconico, forcipe perelongata, rufo-fusca, ad basin intus fim- 

 briata ; appendicibus brevibus, parvis. cS . Long. corp. 12'" ; exp. 

 alar. 1" 7'". 



J . Body totally deep shining black. Wings whitish hyaline, a little 

 obscure towards the base; with two very broad black fascise, one 

 beyond the middle, the other occupying the apex, the first fascia is 

 sometimes slightly furcate internally on the costa, or there is at this 

 place a small detached spot ; pterostigma scarcely coloured ; all the 

 veins and veinlets black ; the subcosta joins the costa shghtly beyond 

 the middle, far before the pterostigma. Legs reddish, the tarsi more 

 obscure ; claws with 4 or 6 long teeth below the apex. Abdomen long, 

 cylindrical, the first four segments transverse ; 5th long ; 6th about 

 as long as the 5th, and slightly narrower, the apical margin truncated, 

 with the sides slightly produced ; 7th longer than the 6th, thin, but 

 gradually incrassated, the apical margin obliquely truncated ; 8th 

 transverse, broad, obconical, the forceps very long, fringed internally 

 at the base, reddish brown ; appendices very short and small. 



I have not a perfect specimen of the $ . 



There can be no doubt that this is the insect intended by 

 Thunberg. 



2. Panorpa Klugii, miki. Piceo-brunnea; rostro pedibusque plus 

 minus rufo-testaceis. Alse testaceo-hyalinse ; fascii* duabus, quarum 



