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row of maculations, consisting of irregularly circular spots, occurs 
at about the level of the origin of Rs and just beyond the fork of 
CuP ; the more distal row occurs just beyond the level of the fork 
of MP2 and CuAi ; there are apparently eight spots in each of the 
rows. 
The type specimen, which is in the collection of Mr. Dabasinskas, 
Cicero, Illinois, consists of basal portions of two wings (see Plate 9). 
The main veins and the cross veins are well preserved and the macu- 
lations are clear. The species is named for Suzanne Dabasinskas, 
in recognition of the persistence and patience which she, as well as 
her husband, Walter Dabasinskas, have shown in their collecting of 
the Mazon Creek insects. The specimen of N. suzanneae was col- 
lected between Braidwood and Coal City Illinois (Will Co.). 
Since no satisfactory figure of Fouquea lacroixi Brongniart (the 
type species of the genus) has previously been published, I include 
here a drawing of the venational pattern of the type based upon 
study of the fossil at the Institut de Paleontologie in Paris. A 
comparison of the venation of lacroixi with that of suzanneae indi- 
cates that the type specimen of the latter consists of the basal half 
of the wing, not quite as far distally as the first branch of the radial 
sector or of the fork ofMA. The greater width of the wing of the 
specimen of suzanneae and the curvature of CuA suggest that the 
specimen is part of a hind wing, not a fore wing; however, since no 
complete specimen of the family Fouqueidae has been found, we do 
not have certain knowledge of the difference between the front and 
the hind wings. 
The densely arranged cross veins, which are clearly indicated in 
the type of suzanneae , are similar to those of the several species of 
Fouquea in the Commentry shales. They are present in the type of 
lacroixi j although they were not represented in Brongniart’s figure 
of the fossil. They are, however, especially clear over the entire 
wing of the type of F. superba (Meunier), as shown in the accom- 
panying photograph (Plate 10). 3 
The specimen of Fouquea lacroixi shows prominent maculations 
on the wings, arranged in irregular rows, as depicted in Brongniart’s 
figure (1893, plate 19, fig. 10). Specimens of the other species of 
Fouquea [i.e., comstocki Lameere, needhami Lameere, superba (Meu- 
3 The genus Arckaecompsoneura, which was established for superba 
(Meunier, 1909), is a synonym of Fouquea, as noted by Lameere (1917), 
although this is not apparent from Meunier’s grossly inaccurate figures 
(1910, 1912). 
