BY K. J. TILLYARD. 



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What, then, are the most likely affinities of this peculiar fossil? 

 I should answer that it shows a very remarkable resemblance to 

 the very ancient and mysterious Order Embioptera, about which, 

 unfortunately, we know very little. In Text-fig. 1, I reproduce 

 Bolton's figure of Megaynathci, and place opposite to it, in 

 Text-fig. 2, a drawing of an Embid {Oligotoma sp., undetermined) 

 which I happen to have in my collection. It must be at once 

 admitted that the resemblance is a very striking one. The form 

 of the head, prothorax, and legs, the great separation of the 

 latter, and the equality of the wings, are characters that separate 



Text-fig. 2. 



Oliyotonm sp., (undetermined) in Coll. Tillyard; { x 7^). Recent. 



Brisbane, Queensland. 



out the Embioptera very distinctly from all other groups. All 

 these characters are possessed by Megaynatha. Further, the 

 Embioptera possess elongated maxillary palpi, which, in the 

 position of rest, lie projecting in front of the head, much in the 



