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Text-figure 16. Paroedischia recta } n. sp. Drawing based on the holo- 
type (middle part of wing), paratype No. 15638 (base of wing) and para- 
type no. 15757 (apex of wing). 
wings and legs. As noted above, the hind wings are unknown in the 
family 7 ; a small and apparently distorted fragment of a hind wing 
is preserved in the type of P ermoedischia moravica Kukalova, from 
Czechoslovakia, but this genus can only doubtfully be referred to the 
Oedischiidae. It has been assumed, probably correctly, that the oedis- 
chiid hind wings had an expanded and folded anal area. I have dis- 
cussed above the peculiarities of the topography of the venation of 
Oedischia and have given reasons for my present belief that in this 
family, at least, the short vein connecting the stem of M to CuA is 
a modified cross vein, not a branch of M or a part of CuA. 
Genus Paroedischia, new genus 
Fore wing: shape much as in Metoedischia. Sc extending well 
beyond mid-wing, longer than in Metoedischia ; Rs arising at about 
mid-wing, free piece of Rs (before anastomosis with M) longer than 
in Meioedischia; separation of CuA and CuP much later than in 
Metoedischia ; cross veins as in Metoedischia , but without formation 
of reticulation. Hind wing unknown. 
Type-species: Paroedischia recta , n. sp. 
On the basis of the fore wing, which is all that is known, this 
genus seems to be close to Metoedischia but differs in the several 
respects already noted. 
Paroedischia recta, n. sp. 
Text-figure 16 and Plate 7 
Fore wing: Length of holotype fragment, 20 mm.; width 7 mm.; 
estimated complete length of wing, 37 mm.; width 7 mm. Precostal 
space with a series of nearly parallel veinlets, connected by short 
7 The restoration of the oedischiid genus Metoedischia given by Martynov 
(1938, p. 49) was based on specimens of two species, one of which is now 
placed in the genus Pinegia of the family Tcholmanvissiidae. 
