in the British Museum. 213 



with venation approacliino; closely that of the Ptychopterid 

 Macrochile, Loew, from Bahic amber. AnteniiEe very lon<^ 

 and slender, apparently 15- (perhaps 1G-) jointed, the joints 

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

 a ronnded swollen base; proboscis evident, similar to that 

 of Phlehotomus ; palpi long and slender, extending beyond 

 proboscis, sim})le, not covered with hair, the last two joints 

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

 elevated than in Phlehotomus papatasii, Scopoli (specimen 

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

 Phlehotomus; coxas very long, longer than in Phlehotomus; 

 hind femora very long and slender ; abdominal segments 

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

 talia, so far as visible, similar in general character to tho^e of 

 Pldehotomus, 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 aPsychodid ; costa with 

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

 radius, and radial sector are not strikingly different from 

 Phlehotomus, but the sector arises sharply from Rj, 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 Phlehotomus it is far before it, but in Macrochile 

 a short distance beyond it. Mj (marked Rg in Needham's 

 figure of Macrochile) is unbranched. M2 (AJi of Needham) 

 is also apparently siznple, though it is branched in Phlehotomus 

 and Macrochile. M3 and Cui, 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: — 



Eophlehotomus 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 n; hind femora about 400 fx, long. 



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

 piece of pale-coloured amber. 



This remarkable insect beautifully connects the Ptyclio- 

 pteridaj with the Psychodidjo, and indicates how the Psycho- 

 dids evolved from Tipuloid ancestors. Yet in the minute 

 size and general aj)])earance it is entirely like Phlehotovms 

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



