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wings. Hind wing broader in proximal half, similar in venation to 
the fore wing. Cuticular thickening near the wing base probably 
present, although not definitely observed; oblique supporting cross 
veins missing. Ri without terminal branches; Rs with 4-6 branches, 
the first one forked; MA usually with a long fork; MP forked sev- 
eral times; MA originating very close to the first fork of MP; both 
CuA and CuP branched; several anal veins. 
Neofouquea Carpenter differs from Fouquea in having a narrower 
sc-r area and in the presence of a relatively large area of reticulation 
along the posterior portion of the wing. The species of Fouquea 
occurring in the Commentry shales are lacroixi Brongniart, superba 
Meunier, and needhami Lameere. 
Fouquea lacroixi Brongniart 
Figure 22 and 24 
Fouquea lacroixi Brongniart, 1893: 372, pi. 19, fig. 10; Handlirsch, 1906: 98, 
Lameere, 1917: 154. 
Fouquea comstocki Lameere, 1917: 155 (New synonymy). 
This species was based by Brongniart on a single, well preserved 
hind wing, lacking the basal portion (specimen 19-10). Lameere 
( 1917 : 154) was of the opinion that superba Meunier was probably a 
fore wing of lacroixi , but although I know the latter species only by 
Dr. Carpenter’s photograph (the original type not being found in 
the Paris Museum), I am convinced that it is a hind wing and also 
that it is specifically distinct from lacroixi (see figure 25). The type 
specimen of comstocki Lameere very probably is a fore wing of 
lacroixi, the venational pattern being almost identical, and the smaller 
size noted by Lameere, being insignificant as a specific character. At 
the present time, only the badly preserved reverse of the type of 
lacroixi (specimen 19-10) is in the collections of the Museum in 
Paris, but I was able to study the specimen of comstocki. The nature 
of the cross venational pattern is the same in both of these two speci- 
mens, but it seems to be a finer pattern in the hind wing. The follow- 
ing account of the species is based upon the photograph of the 
obverse and upon my examination of the reverse of the type of 
lacroixi and of the type specimen of comstocki. 
Wings with a slightly convex anterior margin. Apical part broad, 
rounded, the apex directed posteriorly. Anterior and posterior mar- 
gins almost parallel. Fore wing: length 49 mm, width 17 mm, 
equally broad except for the apical third. Subcostal area in the 
proximal third in the form of a band ; Rs with 4-5 branches, the 
first forked twice; MA with a long simple fork; MP forked five 
