NEW PROTON EMURA (S. L.) FROM NEPAL 
(PLECOPTERA; NEMOURIDAE )* 
By P. P. Harper 
Departement des Sciences biologiques 
Universite de Montreal 
C. P. 6128, Montreal, Que. 
Described below are the stoneflies of the genus Protonemura 
(Nemouridae) collected in 1967 by the Canadian Nepal Expedition 
organized by the Entomological Research Institute of the Canada 
Department of Agriculture in Ottawa. The genus Protonemura is 
understood here in its widest sense (sensu lato) as used by Kimmins 
(1946, 1950) and Aubert (1967) ; the genus is obviously in need of 
a revision as it contains a wide assemblage of forms some of which 
bear larval gills and some which do not. The species considered here 
are apparently gill-less as far as can be ascertained from the adults. 
The material examined comes from six localities: Godavari at 
altitudes of 50°° ft and 6000 ft, Bhurunche at an altitude of 8500 
9500 ft, and four localities known only from their geographical co- 
ordinates and altitudes: 27°56'N, 85°oo'E at 9900 ft and 10100 ft, 
27°57 / N, 84°59'E at 10100 ft, 27°58'N, 85°oo' E at moo ft, and 
28°oo'N, 85°oo'E at 9900 ft. Most of the specimens were collected 
in Malaise traps and therefore the collection dates indicate the period 
between visits to the traps. 
All the specimens are preserved in alcohol and are deposited in the 
Canadian National Collection of Insects in Ottawa. The drawings 
have been prepared from cleared specimens. Only the species repre- 
sented by male specimens have been named, the others have been 
designated by letters to prevent useless future synonymy. 
Protonemura mira, n. sp. 
Figures 1-4 
Length of body 11 ( c? ) _I 4 (?) mm, to tips of wings 16 ( c? )- 
19 ( $ ) mm. 
General coloration dark reddish brown; antennae black; anterior 
and lateral margins of pronotum light ; wings uniformly brown ; legs 
brown, tarsi and distal end of femora darkened ; metafemora also 
with a subapical dark ring. Abdomen mostly membranous except for 
the genital segments and a pair of sclerotized tergal plates on each 
segment in the male. Genitalia reddish brown. 
* Manuscript received by the editor November 18, 1974. 
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