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Psyche 
[September-December 
Elmoboria, new genus 
Fore wing: R1 extending almost to wing apex; RS dichoto- 
mously branched, with 4 terminal branches; MA arising slightly 
basad of the origin of RS, unbranched; MP3+4 deeply forked. 
Type-species: Elmoboria piperi, n.sp. 
The generic name is a combination of the names of the towns 
Elmo, in Kansas, and Oboria, in Moravia, both of which have im- 
portant insect-bearing deposits of Permian age. The name is con- 
sidered feminine and singular. 
Elmoboria piperi, n.sp. 
Figure 9 
Fore wing: length, 15 mm; maximum width, 3.2 mm. Branches 
of RS about equal in length; shortly after its origin MA abruptly 
curves towards RS. The wing is traversed by three distinct bands 
of dark pigmentation and has a smaller spot nearer the base. The 
weak cross veins can be discerned only with difficulty. 
Holotype: No. 5839ab, M.C.Z., collected at the Harvard quarry 
in Elmo in 1927. This consists of a complete wing, very well pre- 
served. The distal part of the wing is on one piece of rock and the 
basal portion on its counterpart; photographs of these two pieces 
have been combined together in figure 9A to show the complete 
wing. The specimen is presumed to be a fore wing but since the 
shape of the wing is unusual for a palaeodictyopteron, we have 
no basis for evaluating the differences between the fore and hind 
wings in this new family. The insect has been placed in the Palaeo- 
dictyoptera because of (1) the remoteness of R1 from SC and the 
Figure 10. Oboria longa Kukalova, from Lower Permian of Moravia; drawing 
of fore wing, from Kukalova, 1960, with restoration of wing base omitted. 
