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Carpenter — Amber Mecoptera 
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The collection at hand contains three males of this in- 
sect, all more or less complete (M.C.Z. nos. 5103, 5104, 
5105). Hagen based his description of the species on two 
specimens, one well-preserved male, and the other a frag- 
mentary specimen consisting mainly of the wings. 
Figure 1. Panorpodes brevicauda (Hagen). A, Front view of head; B, 
fore wing; C, genital bulb of male. All drawing.s based on specimen no. 
5103, M.C.Z. 
Hagen’s assignment of brevicauda to Panorpa is not 
surprising, since at that time (1856) the only two living 
genera known in the Panorpidae were Panorpa and Choris- 
ta. That Hagen was aware of the peculiarities of the ab- 
domen is clear from his account and from the meaning of 
the specific name which he used. In my 1931 paper, I 
called attention to the affinities of brevicauda with the 
species of Panorpodes, but concluded from Hagen’s figured 
specimen that the radial sector and media of brevicauda 
had six and five branches respectively, more than is found 
in living panorpid genera. The additional specimens of 
brevicauda now at hand show that this is not consistently 
so: the radial sector has six branches in one specimen, 
five in another, and four in the third; the media has four 
branches in all specimens. 
Panorpodes hageni, n. sp. 
Fore wing: length, 13.5 mm., width, 4 mm.; length of 
rostrum, 2 mm. Body generally dark brown ; wings uni- 
formly dark brown from base to apex, with three trans- 
verse hyaline bands and a few hyaline spots distally ; vena- 
tion as in brevicauda; the genital bulb has the same form 
