720 



T. D. A. COCKERELL 



with a single row of areolae; costal area of elytra with two rows 

 of areolae, except at widest part, beyond middle, where are two 

 sets of three areolae in a transverse series; general form and 

 structure of elytra as in Gargaphia. 



Miocene shales of Florissant (University of Colorado Expedi- 

 tion). An ordinary looking species, quite distinct from those 

 described by Scudder. Scudder's genus Eotingis is singularly like 

 the living Celantia Distant, from Ceylon, agreeing in practically 

 everything except the structure of the thorax, which in the fossil 

 genus lacks the vesicular enlargements. 



DIPTERA 



Protophthiria n.g. (Bombyliidae) 



Similar to Phthiria, but proboscis stouter, less than twice length 

 of antennae; abdomen much longer than thorax; face longer. 



Protophthiria palpalis n.sp. 



Length 8 mm., wing 6 mm., robust; head, thorax, and legs dark, 

 probably black in life; shape of head (lateral view) much as in 

 Phthiria sulphur ea, but face longer (as long as antenna) and occiput 



more obtuse; antennae 

 much as in P. sulphurea, 

 the third joint broad 

 basally and tapering at 

 end, the end narrower 

 than in P. sulphurea 

 (antennae therefore 

 quite different from 

 those of P. pulicaria); 

 no long hairs at end of 

 antennae; face not 

 hairy; palpi very well 

 developed (990 ju long), 

 formed as in P. sulphurea, but proboscis only extending about 

 480 fi beyond palpi; thorax (in lateral view) not greatly humped, 

 much as in P. sulphurea, except that the scutellum is less promi- 



FiG. 5. — Protophthiria palpalis, part of apical 

 field of wing. 



