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Panorpa nuptialis Gerst. 
Plate LIX, Fig. 2 Plate LXI, Figs. 26., jj. 
Panorpa nuptialis, Ge 7 ^staecker,StQt. Ent.Zeit. 1863, 24-178. 
Anterior wing 15-18 mm. Light brown to fuscous, color 
nearly uniform over the whole body ; the front femora, and 
bases of the middle and hind femora are usually lighter than 
the remaining parts of the legs, although there is some varia- 
tion from this, at least in museum specimens. The antennae 
are uniform fuscous with one or two basal joints lighter ; the 
wings are yellow with the apex, a pterostigmal band, a costal 
spot of more or less extent, an oblique band and some basal 
markings black ; the basal markings are variable, but are usu- 
ally found along the borders of the wing ; the marking on the 
posterior border reaches from base to first cross band, the one 
on costa begins at base, widens abruptly, and terminates before 
reaching the first cross band. The bands on both wings are 
straight and well defined, and the basal markings are usually of 
less extent on the hind wings. The 6th abdominal segment 
lacks the dorsal horn and the 7th and 8th segments are long 
and slender. The largest North America species of its genus. 
Habitat, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. 
Panorpa rufa G. R. Gray. 
Panorpa rufa, G. R. Gt^ay, Griffith’s Ldit. Cuvier’s Anim. 
King. 15-323, Plate 105, Lig. 2; IVestzvoof Trans. Lnt. Soc. of 
London 4-188; Walker, Cat. 461; Hagen, Neuropt. N. A. 242. 
Panorpa fasciata. King, (in part) Mon. Panorp. 105. 
Expanse according to Westwood 12^ lines, according to 
Hagen 27 mm. Wings elongate, yellow, sub-acute at apex, 
two basal spots, an oblique band before the middle, a ptero- 
stigmal band forked behind, and apex black. Lour minute 
hyaline spots enclosed in the black apex. Abdomen of the 
male elongate, segment 6 unarmed — Lrom the description of 
Westwood. 
Habitat, Ga. 
I have seen no specimens as yet that answer to this de- 
scription. It is possible that nuptialis may be this species but 
