1969] 
Kukalova — Palaeodictyoptera 
205 
times; Cu dividing near the base; CuA with 2-3 long branches, 
CuP with 3-4 branches; about five anal veins, mostly forked, Ai 
forked twice. Hind wing: length probably 55 mm, width 18 mm 
(according to Brongniart). Hind wing almost uniformly broad 
except for the apical third ; cross venation finer than in the fore wing. 
The hind wing, as represented by the type specimen 19-10, differs 
from the fore wing described by Lameere (as comstocki) in having 
an extra branch on CuA, the second Rs branch forked, and mostly 
simple anal branches, the last feature being the usual one for the 
hind wings of spilapterids. These differences, in my opinion, are 
within the limits of individual variation. 
Fouquea superba (Meunier) 
Figure 25 
Archaecompsoneura superba Meunier, 1909: 139; Meunier, 1909: 41, fig. 1; 
Meunier, 1909: 13, pi. 1, fig. 8; Handlirsch, 1919: 19, fig. 22. 
Fouquea superba, Lameere, 1917: 154. 
This species is based upon a single specimen consisting of a hind 
wing, lacking the anterior margin. Unfortunately, I could not locate 
the type specimen in the Museum, and I have had to base my account 
on a photograph of the fossil made by Professor Carpenter in 1938. 
With the exception of the cubital veins, which are indistinct, the 
wing venation has been worked out satisfactorily. This fossil was 
erroneously considered by Lameere (1917) to be the fore wing of 
lacroixi. The color pattern, shown in figure 25, is only approximate. 
Hind wing: length 50 mm (according to notes by F. M. Car- 
penter, 1938), broadest in the proximal half; posterior margin very 
slightly concave in the apical third; apex slightly pointed, directed 
posteriorly; anal area rounded; Rs with five branches, the first forked 
twice; MA forked twice, MP forked five times; CuA with one 
branch, CuP with two branches; anal area high with about six 
branches; iA forked twice. 
The hind wing of superba differs from other species of the family 
in the relatively narrow cubital area, and in the small number of 
cubital branches; the wing itself is broader than that of lacroixi. 
Fouquea needharni Lameere 
Figure 26 
Fouquea needharni Lameere, 1917: 155. 
This species is based upon a well preserved specimen consisting 
of a fore wing, which has not been figured. Unfortunately, I was not 
