in the British Jfuseum. 



277 



stigma and uervuros reddish, the stigma dark ; marginal 

 cell open at end, discoidal nervure represented by a stump. 

 Anterior and middle leg3 ordinary, but hiud femora atrougly 

 swollen basally. Abdomen fusiform, not very long. 



Fig. 2. 



Anterior wing- 



Epyris ataveUus, sp. n. 



B. Base of antenna. 

 D. Hind femur. 



C. Prothorai. 



Burmese amber, from R. C. J. Svvinhoe. In a large slab, 

 10 mm. from outer margin of obtuse corner of broader end. 



This appears to belong to that group of Epyris which has 

 sometimes been referred to Mesitius, but it is a smaller insect, 

 with much longer prothorax, than E. dehtiis, Brues, from the 

 Florissant Miocene. Epyris, taken in the broader sense, ig 

 a very large genus, still abundant in most parts of the world, 

 es|)ecially in tropical regions. The larvae are parasitic on 

 Culeoptera. 



CEcophylla barloniana, sp. n. (Formicidee). 



Anterior wing 12"3 mm. long. 



Marginal cell very narrow ; lower section of basal nervure 

 longest; submarginal cell with its apical angle about a right 

 angle. The following measurement.^ are in fi : — Upper section 

 of basal nervure 640; lower section of basal nervure 800; 

 lower end of basal nervure to tran.sverso-medial 1200 ; greatest 

 depth of submarginal cell 1250. 



Bagshot Beds (Bartonian), Bournemouth (/. S. Gardner). 

 British Museum, In. 19036. 



Very closely allied to (E. perdita, Ckll., from the Oligoceue 

 at Gurnet Bay, but the tiansverso-medial nervure is much 

 nearer the basal. 



