1967]' 
Carpenter — Stefanomioptera 
227 
but is derived from CuA, as in other Miomoptera. This can be seen 
by \vetting the surface of the fossil. I do not, however, see the 
distal fork which Guthorl shows on R4 + 5 ; it is also in the part of 
the wing which is broken away. 
This species may be the same as hangardi, but since it has been 
described and named by Guthorl, retention of it as a distinct species 
seems advisable until more is known about the variation within 
these Carboniferous Miomoptera. 
The occurrence of these palaeomanteids, of small size and with 
reduced wing venation, in Upper Carboniferous strata is unexpected 
and truly remarkable. On the basis of their wings, they seem to be 
very much like the Permian forms. Indeed, so far as the wings are 
concerned, the Miomoptera as a whole form a very homogenous 
group. The body structures, which are known only in Palaeomantis , 
appear generalized and are not especially suggestive of close relation- 
ship to any living order; however, the presence of distinct, though 
small^ cerci (Carpenter, 1939) is indicative of orthopteroid affinities. 
References 
Carpenter, F. M. 
1939. The Lower Permian Insects of Kansas. Part 8. Additional 
Megasecoptera, Protodonata, Odonata, Homoptera, Psocoptera, 
Protelytroptera, Plectoptera, and Protoperlaria. Proc. Amer. 
Acad. Arts Sci. 73: 29-70. 
1965. Studies on North American Carboniferous Insects. 4. The Genera 
Metropator, Eubleptus, Hapaloptera and Hadentomum. Psyche, 
72: 175-190. 
Guthorl, P. 
1962. Zur Arthropoden — Fauna des Karbons und Perms. 13. Neue 
Funde von Miomopteren (Insecta) aus dem Stefan A des Saarkar- 
bons. Palaeont. Zeitschr., Schmidt-Festband : 64-76. 
Handlirsch, A. 
1904. Ueber einige Insektenreste aus der Permformation Ruslands. 
Mem. Acad. Sci. Peters., (8)16: 1-7. 
KUK ALOVA, J. 
1963. Permian Insects of Moravia. Part 1. Miomoptera. Sbornik. Geol. 
ved. paleont. 1 : 1-52. 
