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In 1917 Lameere, following an examination of the Commentry 
fossils in the Museum in Paris, placed in the Caloneuridae two species 
(similis and royeri) which Meunier had originally described (1911) 
in the order Paleodictyoptera. At about the same time (1919) Hand- 
lirsch described four more species of Caloneura, all based on the Com- 
mentry specimens illustrated in Brongniart’s monograph (1894). 
Finally in 1925 Bolton described an additional species (subiilis) from 
Commentry in the British Museum (Natural History) and also 
figured a specimen of dawsoni included in the same collection. 
As a result of my examination of all of these fossils and of addition- 
al specimens in the Museum in Paris, not previously published upon, 
I propose the following classification of the Commentry Caloneurodea : 
Family Caloneuridae Brongniart 
Genus Caloneura Brongniart (synonym: Confusio Handlirsch) 
dawsoni Brongniart (synonyms: picta Handlirsch, major 
Handlirsch, longicornis Handlirsch, robusta Handlirsch, 
royeri Meunier). 
Family Apsidoneuridae, new (type species, Apsidoneura flexa Carp., 
Permian Kansas) 
Genus Homaloptila Handlirsch 
similis Meunier 
The Commentry species which Bolton (1925) described as Calo- 
neura subtilis (British Museum [Natural History], type 17280) is 
not, in my opinion, a caloneurid or even a member of the 1 order Cal- 
oneurodea. However, since the poor preservation of the specimen 
prevents satisfactory determination even to order, I refer this species 
to Insecta Incertae Sedis. 
Family Caloneuridae Handlirsch 
Fore and hind wings similar. Sc terminating well before the wing 
apex; CuA and CuP very close together and nearly parallel; MP 
forked nearly dichotomously ; 4 anal veins; cross veins numerous. 
Body and legs slender. 
This family is known only by the genus Caloneura. The Carbon- 
iferous genera Caloneurella Carp. (Pennsylvania) and Pruvostiella 
Handl. (Nord, France), both of which have previously been placed 
here, should probably be included under Caloneurodea Incertae Sedis. 
Genus Caloneura Brongniart 
Caloneura Brongniart, 1885, soc. Amis Sci. Nat. Rouen., 21:59; 1894, Re- 
cherches Hist. Ins. Foss.: 562. Handlirsch, 1906, Foss. Ins.: 141. Carpenter, 
1943, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci., 75 :69. 
Confusio Handlirsch, 1919, Denkschr. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 96 : 37 (New syn- 
onymy). 
Fore wing with a somewhat broader costal space than the hind wing 
