A ME RICA N PA LEOZOIC INSECTS— HA NDL IRS< IT. 



G87 



PALAIOTAPTUS, new genus. 

 PALAIOTAPTUS MAZONUS, new species. 



Local itij. — Mazon Creek, near Morris, Illinois. Pennsylvanian; 

 Kittaniiino- >. (Alleg'heny) stage. 



The tip of a wing. Anterior margin gently curved, lower margin 

 not sinuate. Subcosta near to the costa and continuing almost to the 

 tip. Radius simple, radial sector with oblique, simple, or compound 



Fig. 13.— Palaiotaptis mazonus. 



veins extending backward and separated from the radius by a broad 

 space. The intercalary venation consists of a wide-meshed network, 

 like that in the dictyoneurids. 



lIoJotyp<^.—Ojii. No. 38815, U.S.N.M. 



PSEUDOPAOLIA, new genus. 



PSEUDOPAOLIA LACOANA (Scudder). 



Paol'm lacoana i>cvDT)¥.K, Proc. Amer. Acad., XX, 1885, p. 173. 

 Locality. — Pittston, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvanian. 

 In any event this species does not belong in the genus Paolla Scud- 

 der, but most probably likewise to the Palaiodictyoptera. 



LLoIoft/jjc— Cut No. 38100, U.S.N.M. 



PARAPAOLIA, new genus. 

 PARAPAOLIA SUPERBA (Scudder). 



Faolia mperba Hcvin)Eii, Proc. Anier. Acad., XX, 1885, p. 17:!. 

 Locality. — Mazon Creek, near Morris, Illinois. Pcjuisylvanian; 

 Kittanning ? (Allegheny) stage. 



This paUeodictyopteran form also certainly ])elongs in a distinctly 

 ditiere'nt genus from Paolla Scudder and L^eadojMolla Handlirsch. 

 Proc. N. M. vol. xxix— 05 48 



