in the British Museum. 213 



with venation approaching closely that of the Ptychopterid 

 Macrochile, Loew, from Baltic amber. Antennae very long 

 and slender, apparently 15- (perhaps 16-) jointed, the joints 

 with whorls of hairs, the apical joints elongate-conical, witli 

 a rounded swollen base; proboscis evident, similar to that 

 of Phlebotomus; palpi long and slender, extending beyond 

 proboscis, simple, not covered with hair, the last two joints 

 subequal, and shorter than the one before ; thorax much less 

 elevated than in Phlebotomus papatasii, Scopoli (specimen 

 from Egypt compared), but with long erect dorsal hair as in 

 Phlebotomus; coxas very long, longer than in Phlebotomus; 

 hind femora very long and slender ; abdominal segments 

 dorsally with long erect hair as in Phlebotomus ; male geni- 

 talia, so far as visible, similar in general character to those of 

 Phlebotomus, but these also, in respect to the claspers, are 

 very like those of Macrochile. Wing much more like that of 

 a Tipulid in general appearance than a Psychodid ; costa with 

 long hair, but the veins not evidently hairy. The subcosta, 

 radius, and radial sector are not strikingly different from 

 Phlebotomus, but the sector arises sharply from R l5 forming a 

 very large angle, and strongly curving near the base, rather 

 exaggerating the condition in Macrochile. The anterior cross- 

 vein is only a short distance before the fork of the radial 

 sector ; in Phltbotomus it is far before it, but in Macrochile 

 a short distance beyond it. M 1 (marked R 5 in Needham's 

 figure of Macrochile) is unbranched. M 2 (M 1 of Needham) 

 is also apparently simple, though it is branched in Phlebotomus 

 and Macrochile. M 3 and Cu 1? instead of being held together 

 by a short cross-vein as in Macrochile, are completely united 

 for a considerable distance. The anal is simple. 

 Type the following : — 



Eophlebotomus connectens, sp. n. (Fig. 2*) 



Length about 1*12 mm. 



Dark fuscous, with clear wings, the venation pale. An- 

 tennae about 720 /x long ; proboscis about 145 //. ; hind coxsq 

 about 192 /j,; hind femora about 400 ja long. 



Burmese amber, from Mr. R. C. J. Swinhoe. In a small 

 piece of pale-coloured amber. 



This remarkable insect beautifully connects the Ptycho- 

 pteridaa with the Psychodidse, and indicates how the Psycho- 

 ids evolved from Tipuloid ancestors. Yet in the minute 

 size and general appearance it is entirely like Phlebotomus 

 and very unlike the Ptychopterids. I am not quite sure that 



