Art. X.] Panorpidae of America North of Mexico. 245 
Bands on wing irregular, wing narrower, . venosa. 
V. Wings yellowish or hyaline, but not more than two com- 
plete black bands, horn on sixth segment of the male 
abdomen, seventh and eighth segments rather long, 
about equal in length, seventh rapidly enlarged above 
just before the middle, . . Group confusa. 
1. Wings hyaline, posterior border more strongly curved than 
usual, the veins dark colored, . . claripennis. 
Wings yellowish, markings confused, pterostigmal band 
interrupted or geniculated at the middle, uncus short 
reaching but little beyond the base of claws of forceps, 
confusa. 
Wings pale, more yellowish at base, uncus reaching to 
middle of claws of forceps, .... 2 
2. Wing markings of usual extent, larger species, rufescens. 
Wing markings reduced, harpes of male not reaching base 
of claws of forceps, smaller species, . canadensis. 
Panorpa lugubris, Swederus. 
Plate LIX, Fig. 7. 
Panorpa lugubris, Swederus, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. 
Handl. 8-279 ; Klug, Monog. Panorp. 106 ; Westwood, Trans. 
Ent. Soc. of London 4-188 ; Hagen, Neuroptera of N. A. 241. 
Panorpa scorpio, Fabr, Ent. Syst. 2-97 ; Rambur, Neu- 
ropt. 331. 
Bittacus Scorpio, Lati, Gen. Crust. Ins. 3-189. 
Anterior wing 11-13 mm. Head and thorax black; ab- 
domen in the male brown, except the apical segment which is 
black ; abdomen in the female black ventrally, and at the apex; 
wings black, anterior pair each with an oblique band on the 
middle, a costal spot before the pterostigma, one on the poste- 
rior margin behind the pterostigma, and one or more between 
the middle band and the base ; hind wings similar, but the 
oblique band is usually interrupted ; there is some variation in 
the width of the bands, and size of the spots on the wings, but 
the species is one of the most distinct of the genus. 
Specimens are at hand from Ga. and Fla. and Hagen re- 
ports it from S. Car. 
