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metafemur, 2 mm. The abdominal segments are of equal size, 1.5 
mm. long. Since the terminal portion of the abdomen is not pre- 
served, the cerci are not included in the fossil. 
Holotype: No. 165875, U. S. National Museum; collected by 
Dr. James Schopf, for whom the species is named (field no. ANT 
67-i-a&b) ; it was found in a small piece of carbonaceous shale, 
bleached to white by weathering ( Leaia Zone), west face, Mercer 
Ridge, Ohio Range, 84°50 / S, H 3 ° 45 'W; conchostracans and a, typical 
Glossopteris flora occur in the same shale, which is considered to be 
late or middle Permian in age (Doumani and Tasch, 1965). The 
fossil is extraordinarily well preserved and if the specimen were an 
adult insect, the venational details would have allowed precise deter- 
mination of its systematic position. 
Both of the new fossils described herein are indicative of the 
presence of productive insect-bearing deposits in Antarctica and the 
excellent preservation of these particular specimens justifies further 
exploration of the deposits concerned, with special reference to insect 
remains. 
Acknowledgments 
I am indebted to Dr. J. M. Schopf of the USGS Coal Geology 
Laboratory for the opportunity of studying the specimen of Ura- 
lonympha ; to Professors Borns and Hall of the University of Maine 
for making available the specimen of Caraphlehia ; to Professor Paul 
Tasch of the University of Wichita for certain collecting data; and 
to Mr. Jessa Merida of the U. S. National Museum for the loan of 
the specimen from the Polarstar Formation. 
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