226 
Psyche 
[September 
Carboniferous), Germany; original drawing, based on the type specimen. 
Length of wing 6.3 mm. 
Figure 2. Palaeomantis ostertali (Guthorl), from the Saar Basin, Ger- 
many; original drawing based on the type specimen. Length of wing, 
7.2 mm. 
Palaeomantis ostertali (Guthorl) 
Stefanomioptera ostertali Guthorl, 1962, Palaeont. Zeitschrift, Schmidt Fest- 
band: 69, fig. 4; plate 7, figs. la-c. 
Fore wing: length, 7.2 mm., width 2.0 mm. The wing is slightly 
distorted along the posterior margin, just basal of the end of CuP 
and the anterior margin is missing near the base. Sc, Ri and Rs are 
formed much as in S. hangardi ; M arises from CuA, as is typical of 
the Miomoptera. but appears to be without a branch or fork. CuP is 
straight, as in hangardi. This wing is also covered with fine hairs. 
Holotype: No. 2 in the Guthorl Collection, Geol. Inst. Univ. 
Saarlandes. Collected in Upper Carboniferous strata near Neunkir- 
chen, Germany. This is a nearly complete wing, slightly torn along 
the posterior margin. 
GuthorPs drawing shows a small distal fork on M ; however, the 
membrane in that region is broken away and does not, in my opinion, 
show a fork. In any event, M is unbranched at least until near the 
wing margin. M does not arise from Rs, as described by Guthorl, 
