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Psyche 
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as that of brevicauda, but details cannot be discerned be- 
cause of debris covering part of the body. 
Holotype: No. 5106, M.C.Z.; Baltic amber collection; this 
consists of a complete male. 
The generic position of this insect is shown by the 
structure of the sixth and seventh abdominal segments and 
the short beak. It is separated from brevicauda on the 
distinctive wing-markings, the wing being essentially dark 
brown, with hyaline bands. The markings of Panorpa 
trizonata are similar, but include more hyaline areas than 
these of hageni. The wing-markings of the living Panor- 
podes paradoxa show great variability, which has caused 
at least six synonymous species to be established (apicalis, 
decorata, notata, etc.) ; but even the most heavily marked 
individuals do not approach the specim.en on which hageni 
is based. 
Genus Panorpa 
Payiorpa Linne, 1758, Syst. Nat., 10:551. 
The Baltic amber collection includes two species of this 
genus; a third species may be present, but the specimen 
(no. 5110) is too poor to permit description. The occur- 
rence of Panorpa in the amber is not at all surprising, 
for it is now the dominant genus of the order Mecoptera, 
with a very wide distribution. Three species of the genus 
have been described from mid-Tertiary deposits of Europe 
and North America, but their reference to Panorpa is not 
necessarily correct, since only their wings are known. The 
Baltic amber specimens show clearly the head and ab- 
dominal structures peculiar to the genus. 
Panorpa obsoleta, n. sp. 
(Figures 2 A and 4A) 
Fore wing: length 12 mm.; width, 3 mm.; length of 
rostrum, 3 mm. Body generally light brown ; wings with 
light yellowish membrane and gray-brown maculations; 
apical band complete; pterostigmal band reduced to an 
elongate oblique spot; basal band reduced to two large 
spots; in the type specimen, Rs has five branches, M, four; 
7th and 8th abdominal segments short (fig. 4A), genital 
bulb rounded, hypovalvae extending to just beyond the 
