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Psyche 
[December 
NEOPANORPA HIRSUTA (CRAMPTON) 
By F. M. Carpenter 
Museum of Comparative Zoology 
In a recent paper dealing with the morphology of the 
Mecoptera, G. C. Crampton figured the genitalia of a speci- 
men from India and suggested that “this remarkable 
Panorpid should be called Tanorpa hirsuta,’ if it should 
prove to be new to science.” At my request, Professor 
Crampton kindly sent the specimen to me for further study, 
and since he did not publish a complete description of the 
insect, which belongs to the small genus Neopanorpa rather 
than Panorpa, I have prepared the following redescription 
of the species. 
Neopanorpa hirsuta (Crampton) 
Figure 1 
Panorpa hirsuta Crampton, 1931, Psyche 38, p. 10 ; fig. 23. 
Body reddish brown, except for eyes and first four ab- 
dominal segments, which are black; horn on third segment 
short, extending to about the middle of the fourth seg- 
ment; seventh and eighth abdominal segments subequal, 
a little shorter than the sixth. Fore wing: length, 14 mm. ; 
width, 3.7 mm.; membrane hyaline, bands and spots light 
brown; apical band entire, pterostigmal band forked pos- 
teriorly ; basal band interrupted ; a single basal spot. Mark- 
ings of hind wings similar to those of the fore. $ geni- 
talia: genital bulb rather broad, reddish brown; forceps 
short, with a prominent basal tooth and covered with ex- 
traordinarily long, black hair; hypovalves long, with a 
rounded basal prominence on the inner margin and a slen- 
der apical projection on the outer margin. 
Holotype ( $ ) : Mysore, India ; in Museum of Compara- 
tive Zoology. 
