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39. P. sachalinensis Matsumura, Journ. Coll. Tohoku 



Univ. Sapporo IV, p. 12, 1911. 



40. P. oiicntalis Mac Lachlan, Bull. Soc. Ent. Suisse, p. 



400, 1887 = Aulops melania Navas, Revue Russe 

 d'Ent., p. 421, 1912. 



41. P. approximata n. sp. 



Head and rostrum jet black; maxillary palpi pale 

 brown, the apical joint with black tip. Antennae 

 black, becoming brownish black towards the apex. 

 Prothorax black; meso- and metathorax blackish 

 with the posterior half reddish brown. Abdomen black 

 with the hind and side margins of the basal seg- 

 ments somewhat dark reddish brown. Hind mar- 

 gin of 3rd abdominal segment in the male produ- 

 ced into a somewhat raised, clubshaped prolon- 

 gation, the tip of which rests upon a pointed ele- 

 vation on the 4th segment; 6th' segment cylindrical, 

 the upper edge seen from side, a little incurved; 

 7th somewhat broadened towards the apex, the 

 upper edge incurved ; 8th also broadened towards 

 the apex; the upper edge straight; the sides of the 

 three segments somewhat produced at the apex. 

 Branches of lower appendage very robust, placed 

 on edge in their apical part; upper appendage very 

 long, its apical part turned up between the chelae. 

 The branches of the chelae very long, slender, cur- 

 ved outwards in the middle, downwards in the api- 

 cal half, the tips approximating. Legs and sides of 

 thorax yellowish brown. Apical joint of tarsi and 

 the tip of the others brownish black. Claws ser- 

 rate. Wings hyaline with yellowish tinge and ellip- 

 tical apex. Longitudinal veins dark brown, in the 

 markings blackish; apical cross veins yellowish white 

 in the hyaline areas and yellowish brown in the 

 markings. The markings sooty brown, as in P. orien- 

 talls. 



