212 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell on Fossil Arthropods 



Deemaptera. 

 Labidura Q) electrina, sp. n. (Fig. 1.) 



Length about 4*5 mm. 



Fuscous ; antennas rather stout, much as in Labia ; ante- 

 rior lobe of head prominent, the whole head formed much as 

 in Labidura nepalensis, Burr ; last two joints of labial palpi 

 stout, the last with short hairs and extending beyond head ; 

 last three joints of maxillary palpi long and slender, subequal, 

 the two apical ones distad of the front of the head ; hind 

 femora stout, the upper margin strongly elevated, and with 

 three strong dark bristles about the middle ; forceps slender, 

 denticulate on inner border, practically as in female Labi- 

 dura bengalens'iSj Dohrn, but apex not curved. 



Fig. 1. 



femur. 

 Labidura electrina, sp. n. 



In j 



a sma 



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Burmese amber, from Mr. R. C. J. Swinhoe 

 pale-coloured piece. 



The shape of the forceps recalls the American Miocene 

 genus Labiduromma y Scudder. This may be immature, and 

 very likely should be separated from Labidura, but it is 

 impossible at present to find satisfactory characters on which 

 to base a genus. 



DlPTERA. 

 EOPHLEBOTOMUS; gen. nov. (Psychodidas). 

 Minute flies closely resembling Phlebotomus, Rondani, but 



