Art. X.] Hike, Panorpidae of America North of Mexico. 255 
Length male 3^ mm., female 4^ mm. Basal joints of 
the antennae and middle portion of the rostrum fulvous, re- 
mainder of head and its appendages black ; thorax and abdo- 
men brown, legs, rudimentary wings and genitalia in both 
sexes light brown approaching fulvous, joints of the legs feebly 
black, two or three distal tarsal joints black, plate beneath the 
genitalia of the male triangular, truncate at the apex ; female 
ovipositor about one half as long as the abdomen. 
Habitat, N. Y. 
Boreus hrumalis Fitch. 
Boreus brumalis, Fitch, Am. Jour, of Agr. 5-278 ; Fitch, 
Trans. Ent. Soc. of London, 2nd series 1-96 ; Hagen, Neurop. 
N. A. 240; Lmtncr, Sec. Report Ins. N.. Y. 238. 
Length, male 2J^ mm., female including the ovipositor 4 
mm. Black, metallic, all the appendages dark fuscous, ovi- 
positor one half as long as the abdomen, plate beneath the 
male genitalia emarginate at the apex. 
Habitat, N. Y.; D. C.; and Mich. 
Boreus calif ornicus Packard. 
Boreus californicus, Packard, Proc. Bos. Soc. Nat. Hist. 
1871, 8-408. 
Length of female 5 mm., male 3 j 4 iFim. Head, thorax 
and abdomen metallic black, antennae and base and apex of 
rostrum black, middle of rostrum piceous, femora and tibiae 
light brown with the apices black, tarsal joints black, excepting 
the metatarsals, which are largely light brown ; wing pads of 
the female, and imperfect wings of the male brown. Ovipositor 
brown, darker at base and apex ; plate beneath male genitalia 
truncate at apex. 
Specimens of this species were received from R. W. Doane, 
who took them at Pullman, Washington, on the snow in mid- 
winter. He says that specimens have been taken in spring and 
early summer under stones. Packard’s types were procured in 
northern California. 
