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a fore wing and part of a hind; however, venational details of the 
fore wing, such as the proximity of Sc to Ri, eliminate this species 
from Blattinopsis ; it is herein assigned to the genus Stephanopsis 
Kukalova, which was erected as a subgenus of Blattinopsis in 1958 
(p. 131)? with incerta as the type species ; of the subgenus. This is 
the only species, apart from the very dubious elegans Handlirsch, 
previously mentioned, which can be assigned at the present time to 
Stephanopsis. It is highly doubtful, in my opinion, that Stephanopsis 
actually belongs to the Blattinopsidae. 
The venation of the fore wings of the blattinopsids presents some 
difficulties, at least with respect to homologies of M and CuA. In 
all members of the family which have been described, the basal 
portion of M is strong^ convex and the remainder concave or at 
least neutral. The change in the topography of this veins occurs as 
a strongly convex branch diverges obliquely, fusing with what is 
obviously part of the anterior cubitus, as shown in figure 7 and in 
the numerous illustrations of blattinopsids given by Kukalova (1959, 
1965). The venation of the blattinopsids, in this respect, is different 
from that of the carcurgids (i.e., Heterologus ) and the oedischiids 
in having no concave vein between CuP and CuA. It seems most 
likely to me that CuAi is coalesced with M basally and that it then 
diverges off as the oblique vein and anastomoses with CuA2. Sharov 
(1962) is of the opinion that MP is the oblique vein that coalesces 
with CuA. This interpretation, however, does not explain the strong 
convexity of the base of M, the convexity of the oblique vein itself, 
or the change in the topography of the rest of M beyond the diver- 
gence of the oblique vein. 
In some genera of blattinopsids (i.e., Glaphyrophlebia) distinct 
grooves extend longitudinally between the branches of Rs and M. 
They have been represented in some figures (Handlirsch, 1906) as 
actual veins but examination of these wings under high magnification 
and optimum illumination fails to show any sign of cuticular lines 
along the grooves. Actually, these structures seem to be shallow 
depressions in the membrane bordered by low ridges of membrane; 
similar surface features are found in the wings of various genera of 
orthopteroid insects, including the Blattodea. 
The most notable structure in the blattinopsid fore wings is a 
curved line which runs transversely from Ri at about the middle 
of the wing to CuA or even slightly beyond. Kukalova (1959) has 
pointed out that this resembles the line in the fore wings of some 
Recent cockroaches of the family Polyphagidae, in which it is ap- 
parently formed by spreading and folding of the wings. Others have 
