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Kukalovd — Palaeodictyoptera 
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being the photographs made by Professor Carpenter during his stay 
in Paris before the beginning of World War II. Although photo- 
graphic documentation, especially of fossil insects, can be very mis- 
leading, I decided finally to include figures based on the photographs 
of these missing specimens, since they provide at least some basis for 
evaluating the original figures and descriptions given by Brongniart 
or Meunier. It is still my hope that the missing types will turn up 
so that more definitive figures can be made later. 
For practical reasons, this revisional study will be published in 
three parts, as follows: 
Part 1. Spilapteridae (including Lamproptiliidae) , Fouqueidae, 
Mecynostomatidae, fam. nov. 
Part 2. Homoiopteridae, Lycocercidae (including Apopappidae) , 
Graphiptilidae (including Rhabdoptilidae) , Breyeriidae, 
Eugereonidae (including Peromapteridae, Dictyoptil- 
idae), Archaemegaptilidae, Megaptilidae (including 
Lithoptilidae) . 
Part 3. Dictyoneuridae (including Stenodictyidae) . 
The first two parts will be entirely systematic, but the third will 
include, in addition to the systematic account of the Dictyoneuridae, 
a discussion of the morphological features of the Palaeodictyoptera. 
Since the Commentry insects in the Paris Institut have not been 
given catalogue numbers, I have followed Professor Carpenter’s 
procedure of referring to Brongniart’s specimens by plate and figure 
numbers as they appeared in his monograph (1893, thesis edition); 
thus, 17-7? refers to the fossil shown in his figure 7, of plate 17. 
Family Spilapteridae Brongniart 
nom. correct. Handlirsch, 1906: 101, pro Spilapterida 
Brongniart, 1893: 334. 
Spilapteridae, Handlirsch, 1906: 101; Lameere, 1917: 102; Handlirsch, 
1919: 20. 
Lamproptiliidae, Handlirsch, 1960: 109; Lameere, 1917: 102; Handlirsch, 
1919: 21. New synonymy. 
Dunbariidae, Handlirsch, 1937: 81. 
Doropteridae, G. Zalessky, 1947: 64. 
Neuburgiidae, Rohdendorf, 1961: 72. 
Type Genus: Spilaptera Brongniart, 1893. 
This family, the largest in the order Palaeodictyoptera, was estab- 
lished by Brongniart as a subfamily and subsequently raised to family 
level by Handlirsch in 1906. Within the order, this family not only 
has the most extensive fossil record but also the longest range 
