5^:4 Mr. 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 Oligocene (Brodie collection). I. 8658. 



The scutellar markings recall those of CEdancala dorsalis 

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

 Coreid rather than a Lygaeid. 



H YMENO PTER A. 



MeJiponorijtesiT) dtvictus, sp. n. (Meliponidte.) 

 (Fig. 4.) 



? . — Length about 5'7 mm. 



Kobust, black, the abdomen brownish, mandibles ferrugi- 

 nous ; anterior larsiand small joints of the others ferruginous. 

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

 in a curve on vertex ; antennso considerably below middle of 

 6} es, 12-jointed, scape long, curved; secojid joint moderately 

 elongate; flagellum thick, rather short ; mesothorax elevated, 

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

 rior projecting edgej head and thorax almost hairless, but 



¥is. i. 



MelipoKorytes (?) devicius, sp. u. Iliud leg. 



there are scanty hairs on thorax above and rather long hairs 

 on apical part of scutellum ; femora robust ; tibia? robust, the 

 posterior ones broadened and flattened, but less so than in 

 Trigona ; hind basitarsi 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 amber from the Hnkong 

 Vulley, received from Mr. li. C. J. Swinhoe. Brit, Mus. 

 In. 20702. 



The details of the venation cannot be seen ui.til the amber 

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



