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Carpenter — Amber Mecoptera 
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base of the forceps, details of which are not discernible 
in the fossil; hypovalvae broad, resembling those of the 
living Japanese species, Panorpa pryeri McL. 
Holotype: No. 5107, M.C.Z., Baltic amber collection. 
This is a whole specimen ( c? ) , though parts of the body 
and wings are obscured by opaque amber. 
The wing-markings of this insect, especially the form of 
the pterostigmal band, are very distinctive. 
Figure 2. A, Hind wing of Panorpa ohsoleta, n. s]). (holotype); B, fore 
wing of Panorpa mortua, n. 8p. (holotv})e). 
Fore wing : length, 14.5 mm. ; width, 4 mm. ; length of 
rostrum, 3 mm. Body generally dark brown, almost black ; 
wing with hyaline membrane and very dark brown or 
nearly black markings, resembling those of the Japanese 
P. klugi McL. ; apical band complete ; pterostigmal band 
complete or nearly so: basal band broad and extensive, al- 
most touching the pterostigmal band ; first and second basal 
spots apparently fused ; in the type specimen Rs has five 
branches and M, four; abdomen with the characteristic 
form of the genus; the shape of the subgenital plate not 
discernible. 
Holotype: No. 5108, M.C.Z., Baltic amber collection; this 
is a whole and very well preserved specimen ( 9 ) . There 
are two other females of the species in the amber collec- 
Panorpa mortua, n. sp. 
