. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Geology. . Figs 33,34 Prolemistus apiformis gen. et sp. nov, holotype, , female, Burmese amber. 33, Total view {a - dorsolaterally, b - ventrolateral^). 34, Left wings (a - forewing, b - basal fragment of hindwing). Scale bars = 1 mm. scutellum flat; mesopleuron moderately convex; postscutellum vis- ibly convex. Tarsomeres unmodified, without plantulae; apical tarsomere with small arolium. Propodeum short, with dorsal side somewhat concave and shorter than hind side; lateral carinae dis- tinct. Body sculpture weak, hardly visible on head; scutum
. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Geology. . Figs 33,34 Prolemistus apiformis gen. et sp. nov, holotype, , female, Burmese amber. 33, Total view {a - dorsolaterally, b - ventrolateral^). 34, Left wings (a - forewing, b - basal fragment of hindwing). Scale bars = 1 mm. scutellum flat; mesopleuron moderately convex; postscutellum vis- ibly convex. Tarsomeres unmodified, without plantulae; apical tarsomere with small arolium. Propodeum short, with dorsal side somewhat concave and shorter than hind side; lateral carinae dis- tinct. Body sculpture weak, hardly visible on head; scutum, mesopleura, and propodeal lateral sides not sculptured, weakly shiny; scutellum dull. Body pubescence weak, very short, mainly appressed with simple light hairs, expressed mainly on temples and abdominal tergites. Body uniformly coloured, black or dark-brown, except somewhat lighter palpi. Body length mm. Male unknown. Rem arks . Though the holotype specimen is completely preserved, it is strongly deformed owing to compression. As a result, it appears from some angles that the scutum bears adlateral lines and the left basitarsus is flattened. In fact, however, it concerns only the left side, where the midcoxa, midfemur, mid basitarsus are also, if not more strongly so, compressed laterally and clasped to the flattened abdo- men together with the left hindtarsus. The right mid- and hindtarsomeres are not flattened. 2. Genus CRETOSPILOMENA nov. Etymology. The generic name is derived from the Latin mascu- line adjective cretaceus, indicating the age of the specimens, and the generic name Spilomena. It is feminine. Type species. Cretospilomena familiaris sp. nov., here desig- nated, the only species. Diagnosis. Clypeus (partly visible) short, distinctly roundly con- vex (visible in paratypes 3 and 7); frons flat; inner eye orbits almost parallel; lateral ocelli simple (visible in holotype); occipital carina expressed at least dorsally and laterally (visible in holotype and pa
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