. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. MESOZOIC NEUROPTERA AND RAPHIDIOPTERA 61 Holotype. , Alderton, Gloucestershire; Brodie colln, 1898. Upper Lias. Dimensions: 4-7mm x l-9mm. Discussion. This species has fewer branches on the radial sector than the species of Prohemero- bius described by Handlirsch (1906, 1939) or Bode (1953) from the Upper Lias of Germany; otherwise the venation is broadly similar. Family PSYCHOPSIDAE Handlirsch, 1906 A single forewing of a psychopsid has been identified in a collection of Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) insects (Jarzembowski 1984:
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. MESOZOIC NEUROPTERA AND RAPHIDIOPTERA 61 Holotype. , Alderton, Gloucestershire; Brodie colln, 1898. Upper Lias. Dimensions: 4-7mm x l-9mm. Discussion. This species has fewer branches on the radial sector than the species of Prohemero- bius described by Handlirsch (1906, 1939) or Bode (1953) from the Upper Lias of Germany; otherwise the venation is broadly similar. Family PSYCHOPSIDAE Handlirsch, 1906 A single forewing of a psychopsid has been identified in a collection of Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) insects (Jarzembowski 1984: fig. 31). Material. , Clockhouse Pit, near Dorking, Surrey. Weald Clay. Dimensions: wing 32 mm. Order RAPHIDIOPTERA, snakeflies Two specimens were found in the Lower Lias of Dorset (Whalley 1985) and one from the Lower Cretaceous of Surrey (Jarzembowski 1984: fig. 30). Family MESORAPHIDIIDAE Martynov, 1925 Genus MESORAPHIDIA Martynov, 1925 Mesoraphidia sp. 1984 Mesoraphididae Jarzembowski: 82; fig. 30 (unnamed). Material. , near Dorking, Surrey. Lower Cretaceous. Dimensions: wing 11 mm. Mesoraphidia confusa (Whalley 1985) Figs 15, 16 1985 Metaraphidia confusa Whalley: 148; figs 44, 45. Holotype. GSM 117552, Charmouth, Dorset; in British Geological Survey colln. Lower Jurassic. Dimensions: wing 14-5 x Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). London : BM(NH)
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