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



Dermaptera. 

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



Length about 4*5 mm. 



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

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

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

 stoutj 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 bengalensisj Dohrn, but apex not curved. 



Fig. 1. 



femur. 

 Labidura electrina, sp. n. 



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

 pale-coloured piece. 



The shape of the forceps recalls tlie American Miocene 

 genus Labidurotmna, 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. 



DiPTERA. 

 EOPHLEBOTOMUS, gen. nov. (Psychodidse). 

 Minute flies closely resembling Phlebotomus, Rondani, but 



