544 Ml. T. D. A. Cockerell on Fossil Arthropods 



and a little posterior to this ; and one marginal. The mem- 

 brane is dark, with fine parallel veins connected by cross- 

 veins. 



Gurnet Bay 01ij>-ocene (Brodie collection). I. 8658. 



The scutellar markings recall those of (Edancala dursalis 

 (Say), but what can be seen of the membrane suggests a 

 Coreid rather than a Lygaeid. 



H Y M E N P T E R A. 



Me!iponor//(es(?) dtvictus, sp. n. (Meliponldte.) 

 (Fig. 4.) 



? . — Length about 5'7 mm. 



Kobust, black, the abdomen brownish, mandibles ferrugi- 

 nous ; anterior tarsi and small joints of the others ferruginous. 

 Eyes redj not hairy; head broad; ocelli large and distinct, 

 in a curve on vertex ; antenna) considerably below middle of 

 ejes, 12-jointed, scape long, curved; second joint moderately 

 elongate; flagelluui thick, rather short ; mesothorax elevated, 

 distinctly gibbous in front ; scutellum convex, with a poste- 

 rior projecting edge; head and thorax almost hairless, but 



Fig. 4. 



Meliponorytes (?) devictiis, sp. d. Iliud leg, 



there are scanty hairs on thorax above and rather long hairs 

 on apical part of scutellum ; femora robust ; tibiie robust, the 

 posterior ones broadened and flattened, but less so than in 

 Trigona ; hind basi tarsi large ; abdomen short and obtuse, 

 not hairy. Wings clear hyaline, with very large pale ferru- 

 ginous stigma; marginal nervure apparently failing to reach 

 wing-margin. Claws sim])le, pulvilli distinct. 



In a bead of clear pale Burmese an)ber from the Hukong 

 Valley, received from Mr. K. C. J. Swinhoe. Brit. Mus. 

 In. 20702. 



The details of the venation cannot be seen until the amber 

 is suitably cut, but the insect appears to agree very well with 



