1969] 
Kukalova — P alaeodictyoptera 
463 
short branches; MA simple; MP forked several times; CuA simple; 
CuP with few branches. Cross veins fine, dense, curved, rarely 
with anastomoses. 
The distinctions between Rhabdoptilus and Graphiptilus have al- 
ready been noted above. 
Only the type species is known from the Commentry shales. 
Rhabdoptilus edivardsi Brongniart 
Figure 39 
Rhabdoptilus edwardsi Brongniart, 1893 : 365, pi. 20, fig. 9; Handlirsch, 
1906: 88, pi. 10, fig. 19; Lameere, 1917: 154; Handlirsch, 1919: 15; 
Demoulin, 1958 : 4. 
This species is monotypic, being based by Brongniart upon speci- 
men 20-9, a fragment of a large hind wing with the posterior margin 
missing. The preserved part of the wing is very clear and all details 
of venation and color pattern in the heavy pigmentation of the mem- 
brane are perfectly distinct. 
Hind wing fragment: length 87 mm, width 29 mm. Light spots 
of diverse lengths, with rounded lateral margins, some with pigmen- 
tation penetrating into them, as shown in figure 39. Small rounded 
spots are numerous, irregularly distributed. R-rs area broadened ; 
Rs with about 5 branches, first of them forked; MP forked about 
5 times; CuP slightly concave near its origin, sending off several 
branches. Cross veins regularly distributed; in subcostal and sc-ri 
areas they are not anastomosed, and they are unusually strong. 
Family Breyeriidae Handlirsch 
Breyeriidae Handlirsch, 1906: 95; Handlirsch, 1921: 135; Handlirsch, 1919: 
18; Laurentiaux-Vieira and Laurentiaux, 1963: 173-8; Laurentiaux- 
Vieira and Laurentiaux, 1964: 1282-1284; Captenter, 1967: 58. 
Type genus: Breyeria Borre, 1875. 
This family was established by Handlirsch on Breyeria Borre, 
Borrea Brongniart and Megaptiloides Handlirsch; three other 
genera were subsequently added to the family; Pseudoborrea Hand- 
lirsch, Stobbsia Handlirsch and Breyeriopsis Laurentiaux. 
The family is represented in Upper Carboniferous strata of 
England, Belgium, Holland, France, Czechoslovakia and the United 
States (Tennessee) but despite that record no body structures are 
known so far. The uniformity of the venational pattern of the 
Breyeriidae being obvious, it does not seem possible to recognize 
more than two valid genera (Kukalova, 1959, p. 31 1; Laurentiaux, 
1964, p. 3; Carpenter, 1967, p. 61): Breyeria Borre and Stobbsia 
Handlirsch. 
