1969] 
Kukalova — P alcieodictyoptera 
455 
ing a median ridge. Beak relatively shorter than in any other 
known Palaeodictyoptera ; length n mm. Labrum triangular, long. 
Thorax broad and robust. Mesothorax slightly longer than the 
metathorax and about the same length as the prothorax. Prothoracic 
lobes large, with fan-like veins and undulated margins. Legs stout, 
femur length 8.5 mm in all three pairs. Proximal end of tibia 
provided with a deep suture on all legs. Lengths of tibia and tarsi 
unknown. Abdomen relatively short and broad (length 48 mm), 
segments subequal, the first two being shorter than the following 
ones. Lateral margin of the 9th segment prolonged anteriorly. Ovi- 
positor robust, heavily sclerotized, gonapophyses not sculptured; an- 
terior valves arising from 8th segment, 8th sternite being shortened ; 
9th segment with the anterior margin concave; lateral valves much 
broader than the anterior ones. Cerci robust, multisegmented. 
Lycocercus goldenbergi differs from the related species bouckaerti 
(Laurentiaux, 1958) of Namurian B, Germany ( — Patteiskya 
bouckaerti ) in the more distal division of the stem of M. From 
Lycocercus pictus Handlirsch, it differs in having shorter legs and 
probably also in having a shorter beak, having more numerous 
branches of CuP, smaller anal area; also, Cu divides more prox- 
imally and the cross venation is denser, with more numerous an- 
astomoses. 
Lycocercus pictus Handlirsch, 1919 
Figures 31, 36 
Homoioptera brongniarti Meunier, 1911: 121, fig. 5; Meunier, 1912: 11, 
pi. 7, fig. 6 ( nec brongniarti Handlirsch, 1906). 
Lycocercus pictus Handlirsch, 1919: 15, fig. 17 ( pro brongniarti Meunier). 
This species is monotypic, based by Meunier (1911) upon a speci- 
men showing both fore wings, prothoracic lobes, vague outlines of 
the beak and a fore leg and part of the head. Handlirsch (1919) 
correctly referred this species to Lycocercus using the name pictus 
for it to avoid homonymy. Lycocercus pictus was discussed in detail 
by Lameere (1917, p. 1 53-1 54) , who erroneously assumed it to 
be conspecific with goldenbergi. Lameere in his account described 
the head and beak with a clypeus similar to that of the Fulgoridae 
and a trace of palpus on the side. Of all these structures I was able 
to see only weak outlines of the beak, which seemed to be longer 
than in goldenbergi. 
The prothoracic lobes are aligned by their posterior margins with 
the posterior edge of the pronotum, giving the appearance of a shield. 
This is misleading, as shown by the related species, goldenbergi , in 
which both lobes are raised up above the pronotum. 
