1949] 
Clieng — Mecoptera 
157 
Neopanorpa varia n. sp. 
Figures 41, 42, 56 
Body light brown, black above, last few abdominal seg- 
ments brown, vertex entirely black ; rostrum light brown 
with black stripe on each side. Fore wing: length, 14 
mm. ; width, 3.2 mm. ; membrane slightly brown, markings 
sooty brown; pterostigmal band complete, with a sepa- 
rated basal branch and a narrow apical branch; apical 
band complete; pterostigma prominent. Hind wing: 
length, 13 mm. ; width, 3.3 mm. ; similar to fore wing, ex- 
cept that the basal band is represented by a small mark- 
ing on the bind margin. ? genitalia: subgenital plate 
broad, with a U-sbaped distal incision; internal skele- 
ton large, U-sbaped, posterior arms rather long, obtuse 
distally, very large basally, with a narrow sclerotized 
bridge and a rounded membranous portion between them, 
axis apparently absent. 
c? unknown. 
Holotype (?) : Heierbwan, 100 miles south of Tachi- 
enlu, Sikang; Sept. 20, 1939; F. Y. Cheng, Io Chou and 
Tein Ho Hei; in my own collection. Paratypes : 1 ? 
Jihti, 20 miles east of Tacbienlu, Sikang; Sept. 2, 1939; 
1 ? Tienwan, 30 miles south of Tacbienlu, Sikang; Sept. 
9, 1939; 1 ? Wantung, 50 miles south of Tacbienlu, Si- 
kang ; Sept. 17, 1939 ; F. Y. Cheng, Io Chou and Tien Ho 
Hei ; in my own collection. 
This species is somewhat variable with regard to the 
markings of the wings ; in my collection, there is one indi- 
vidual collected in Wantung, Sikang, with a greatly re- 
duced pterostigmal band on both fore and hind wings and 
without the basal band on the hind wing. 
This species resembles chelata Carp, in wing markings, 
but differs greatly in the structure of the female geni- 
talia. The internal skeleton of this species resembles 
banksi Carp, superficially, but differs in its basal struc- 
ture as compared with the three well-developed plates 
which appear on the base of the internal skeleton of 
banksi Carp. The wings of this species differ from 
