152 
Psyche 
[December 
Holotype: Museum: National, Paris. This is a well preserved speci- 
men showing a fore wing and hind wing, their bases overlapped but 
otherwise independent. The veins are distinct and can be clearly seen 
under good illumination. 
Meunier’s drawing of this specimen is incorrect and misleading; he 
completely overlooked in both wings the fork on MP and the proximi- 
ty of CuA and CuP. Handlirsch’s drawing, based on Meunier’s 
Figure 2. Homaloptila similis (Meunier). Fore and hind wing, based on 
holotype in Museum National, Paris. Lettering as in figure 1. 
published photograph, was equally inaccurate, showing the hind wing 
with a broad anal area. However, even though the wings are slightly 
overlapped basally, the margins of the wings are distinct. 
The presence in the Commentry shales of this genus, allied to 
Apsidoneura, is an interesting example of a Permian element in the 
Commentry fauna. A similar occurrence was noted (Carpenter, 
1943) in the Order Protodonata, the genus Meganeurula of Com- 
mentry being virtually indistinguishable from the Permian genus 
Typus . 
References 
Bolton, H.. 
1925. Insects from the Coal Measures of Commentry. Brit. Mus. (N. 
H.), Fossil Insects, 2:1-56. 
Brongniart, C. 
1885. Les insectes fossiles des terrains primaires. Soc. Amis Sci. Nat. 
Rouen, Bull. : 55-68. 
