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fouquea Carpenter, which is clearly a fouqueid. On the other hand, 
the cross veins, although denser than in the spilapterids, do not reach 
the density and strength of those of Fouquea and Neofouquea. Since 
I was able to find in the Museum only the type of formosa, a poorly 
preserved wing fragment, more detailed comparisons are not possible. 
Wings apparently equal in length, the hind wing broader in the 
basal part. Color markings in the form of stripes or rounded spots; 
Ri without terminal branches; Rs with 4-7 branches, the first of 
them forked; MA usually with one branch, MP forked several times; 
CuA with several branches, CuP branched; several anal veins. Cross 
veins numerous, slightly curved, often anastomosed, denser in the 
distal half of the wing. 
Com psoneura fusca (Brongniart) 
Figure 27 
Zcilleria fusca Brongniart, 1885: 63, pi. 5, fig. 2. 
Compsoneura fusca Brongniart, 1893 : 335, pi. 19, fig. 1; Handlirsch, 1906: 
104, pi. 11, fig. 25; Lameere, 1917: 149; Handlirsch, 1919: 20. 
Phis species was based by Brongniart on the single specimen, 19-1, 
consisting of almost complete hind wings, a remnant of the fore wing, 
and the abdomen with ovipositor and cerci. Unfortunately, the type 
specimen could not be found in the collection of the Museum. The 
following account is based upon Lameere’s description and upon 
the photograph made by Professor Carpenter in 1938. Unfortunately, 
the body structures are not clearly shown in the photograph. 
Hind wing: length 38 mm, width 15 mm (according to Brong- 
niart, 1893). Hind wings short and broad, abruptly narrowing to- 
ward the apex; anterior margin almost straight; apex pointed, directed 
posteriorly to a slight extent ; Rs with four branches, the first forked ; 
MA probably originating near the first fork of MP, with one short 
branch; MP with about nine branches; CuA with one branch; CuP 
forked three times; about eight anal veins, mostly forked. Cross 
veins dense, apparently fine, often anastomosed, less abundant in the 
anal area. 
Length of abdomen 31 mm (according to Brongniart, 1893), end- 
ing in two stout cerci, densely covered by hair; abdomen relatively 
narrow, composed of ten visible, subequal segments, the first and 
second being somewhat narrower than the others; ovipositor short, 
stout, and curved. 
