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Psyche 
[March-June 
PANORPIDiE FROM CHINA (MECOPTERA) 1 
By F. M. Carpenter 
Harvard University 
Among the Chinese Panorpidae in the Museum of Compara- 
tive Zoology there are several specimens which were not treated 
in my previous paper on Mecoptera from China. 2 Most of these 
were collected by Gaines Liu in Anhwei and Szechwan Prov- 
inces, but a few were obtained by L. Gressitt in Kiangsi and 
Kwantung. They form the basis of the present paper, which 
also includes the description of a new species in the U. S. Na- 
tional Museum, and notes on Navas’ types in the Museum 
National in Paris. 
Genus Panorpa Linn. 
Including the two described below, nineteen species of this 
genus are known from China. 
Panorpa obliqua, n. sp. 
Plate 10, fig. 2, 3, 8; plate 11, fig. 9. 
Body brown, with the vertex, thoracic nota and abdominal 
tergites very dark brown. Fore wing: length, 12 mm.; width, 
3.5 mm.; membrane faintly yellow, markings brown; apical 3 
band greatly interrupted, maculate; pterostigmal band com- 
plete, connecting with a more proximal band to form a large “V” 
near the middle of the wing; basal band interrupted, consisting 
of a large rounded spot on the anterior margin, and an irregular 
patch along the posterior margin; 2nd basal spot well developed, 
first absent or very small; both marginal spots absent. Cross- 
veins not margined. Hind wing: similar to the fore in markings, 
except that the left “arm” of the “V” is usually interrupted. 
Anal horn absent. $ genitalia: genital bulb rounded, forceps 
1 Published with the aid of a grant from the Museum of Comparative Zoology 
at Harvard College. 
2 Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 1938, 40:267-281. 
3 1 have used here the same terminology for wing markings and genitalia as 
employed in my revision of the Nearctic Mecoptera (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 
1931,72:205-277). 
