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additional species for these fossils: picta, major , longicomis , and 
robusta. No specific characteristics were even mentioned for robusta 
and those used for the others involved the nature of the branching of 
Rs. Having examined all these specimens, I cannot accept any of 
Handlirsch’s species as valid. 
Meunier’s royeri, originally placed in the paleodictyopterous genus 
Homaloneura , was transferred to the Caloneuridae by both Lameere 
(1917) and Handlirsch (1919), the latter making the new genus, 
Confusio, for it. Meunier’s drawing of the fossil (1911, p. 119, 
fig. 2), although incorrect in many details, was more accurate than 
Handlirsch’s (1919, p. 37, fig. 44), which was based solely on the 
small photograph contained in Meunier’s later account (1912). The 
wing, which I have examined at the Paris Museum, is characteristic 
of dawsoni: Rs has six branches and MP is forked as usual in the 
species, — not narrowly branched as in Meunier’s figure or un- 
branched as in Handlirsch’s. CuP and iA are close together, as usual, 
not widely separated as represented by Meunier. This specimen is 
clearly dawsoni and since the costal margin is straight (not curved as 
in Meunier’s figure), it is almost certainly a hind wing. 
Specimens studied: The following is a list of the specimens of 
dawsoni which are now known and which I have been able to examine. 
In the Museum National, Paris; (1), no. 36-5, the holotype of daw- 
soni , consisting of a nearly complete fore wing and two overlapped 
hind wings. (2), no. 36-7 (type of picta Handl.), distal two-thirds 
of a hind wing. (3),, no. 36-8 (syntype of major Handl.), a nearly 
complete insect, with the fore wings overlapped and the hind wings 
also overlapped; some parts of thorax and legs. (4), no. 36-9 (type 
of longicomis Handl.), a wing base, parts of thorax, legs and anten- 
nae. (5), no. 36-10 (type of robusta Handl.), wing bases, portions 
of thorax, legs, antennae. (6), no. 36-11 (syntype of major Handl.), 
nearly complete fore wing, basal third of hind wing, parts of thorax 
and legs. (7), no. Ci, two overlapped wings, probably hind, bases 
absent. (8), no C2, a well preserved fore wing, showing details of 
fore wing and posterior margin, parts of thorax and legs. (9), no. 
C3, distal third of a wing, probably hind. (10), no. C4, a very clear 
fore wing, and basal parts of a hind, parts of thorax and legs. ( 1 1 ) , 
no. C5, basal half of a hind wing, posterior margin very clear. (12), 
the type of royeri Meunier, a nearly complete hind wing, lacking only 
the very base. In the British Museum (Natural History), London: 
(13), no. I7292, consisting of at least three (probably four) over- 
lapped wings; also parts of thorax and legs, poorly preserved. Bolton 
