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Macrocera ahundare, Meunier. (Mycetophilidae.) 

 In Baltic amber, purchased from Mr. Janson. Trichomes of 

 Quercus are in the same piece. This is not a typical Macrocera ; 

 it should perhaps constitute a distinct genus. 



Myiolepta liihei, u. sp. (Syrphidae.) 

 Probable length about 11 mm., wing 9 mm., or a fraction less ; 

 legs rather robust, black, with dark hair; a dark cloud traverses the 

 wing in the region of the forking of veins 2 and 3, and above and 

 below (the same is seen, less developed, in the living AI. varipes) ; 

 venation agreeing with M. varipes, Lw., in nearly all respects. The 

 following table brings out the venational characters : — 



Second vein ending nearer to third than to first 



M. bella, Wilhston. 

 Second vein ending much nearer to first than to third 1. 



1. First posterior cell ending almost on margin of wing ; 

 outer side of discal cell nearly straight ; fourth 

 vein more strongly bent near end of discal cell 



M. liihei, n. sp. 

 First posterior cell ending some little distance from 

 margin of wing ; outer side of discal cell bent in- 

 wards ; fourth vein less strongly bent near end of 

 discal cell ....... M. varipes, Lw. 



Hah. Baltic (Prussian) amber; in the University Museum 

 at Konigsberg. 



Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.: Jan. 1910. 



THE CULICID^ OF FIJI, INCLUDING TWO 



NEW SPECIES. 



By F. V. Theobald, M.A. 



Up to the present time only four species of mosquitoes have 

 been recorded from the Fiji Islands, namely, Stegomyia faaciata, 

 Fabricius ; S. scutellaris. Walker; Culex )iocturnii>^, Theobald, 

 and C. fatigans, Wiedemann. 



Mr. F. Jepsou, the Government Entomologist, has recently 

 sent me a small consignment which contains two new species, 

 described here. 



One of the commonest mosquitoes in Fiji is the Tiger Mosquito 

 {S. fasciata). The specimens I have received from the islands 

 are all rather small, but otherwise quite typical. Mr. Jepson 

 writes that this species is supposed to convey dengue fever there. 

 Dr. Bancroft, in Australia, also regards this insect as the trans- 

 mitter of "dengue." 



Culex fatigans, Wiedemann, is also very common, and is 

 probably the species connected with Fiiariasis. 



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