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Based on inclusions in Eocene Baltic amber, two new fossil species of the family Cantharidae, namely Podosilis groehni sp. nov. (the second fossil species of the genus) and Silis (Silis) carsteni sp. nov., are described and illustrate These new species are compared with the other known taxa of both genera from various amber deposits.
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