P. ESBEN-PETERSEN, NEUROPTERA AND MECOPTERA 



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a little shorter than the femora, and the tarsi are also a 

 little shorter than the tibiae; the spurs very short, hardly 

 half the length of basal tarsal joint. The abdomen about 

 of the same length as the forewing. 



Fig. 3. Anomaloplectron lineatipenne. 

 a före leg; b intermediate leg; c hind 1( 



Genotype: Anomaloplectron lineatipenne n. sp. 



This genus is a very interesting one. It is quite cer- 

 tainly an archaic form; the origin of Es in the forewing is 

 very close to the base, and 2 A and 3 A are separate and 

 well developed; biit the most surprising feature is the peou- 

 liar shape of the spurs. As far as I know, it is quite excep- 

 tional in the Myrmeleonidae. The generic name indicates the 

 fact. 



Anomaloplectron lineatipenne n. sp. (pl. 1, fig. 3). — 

 Face reddish yellow. A blackish spöt between the antennae; 

 three large blackish spöts are placed rectangularly on the 

 upper part of the face; three smaller ones on the lower part. 

 Labrum red. Palpi yellowish; apex of mandibles blackish. 

 The vertex rather raised. Above the antennae a blackish 

 crossband; on the top of vertex a blackish transverse band, 

 the hind margin of which is irregular. On the hind part of 

 vertex some small blackish spöts. The basal part of antennae 

 yellowish brown (the rest of antennae löst). Prothorax a 

 little longer than broad; yellowish brown with three irregular 

 dark longitudinal streaks, the middle of which is forked in 



