LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 1103 



1. Sebicothrips Staphylinus. 



Sericothrips staphylinus, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 444. Burm. Handb. 

 Ent. 413. Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Him. 641. 



Subaptera, Mas et Fcem. abdominis dorso subtilissime seriatim 

 ciliato. 



Nigra ; capite thoraceque opacis, scutello albomicante, abdo- 

 mine sericeo ; antennae articulo 2ndo et 3tio pedesque pallide fer- 

 ruginei, femoribus basi fuscis ; alarum rudimenta alba, radice ni- 

 gricante. Long. % lin. 



Hab. In floribus Ulicis, agillime cursitans et saltitans. 



Fceminae perfecte alatae, hemelytris nigricantibus basi albidis, 

 abdomine vix ciliato, occurrunt rarius cum subapteris commixtae ; 

 ut in pluribus speciebus e genere Phlceothripe. 



a — d. England. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



Genus 5. THRIPS. 



Thrips, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 444, iv. Burm. 



Thrips, p., Linn., Fabr., Deg., Mull., Geoffr., Schrank, Gmel., Shaw, 



Latr., Kirby. 

 Thrips, Physapus, et Odontothrips, Amyot et Serv. 



Abdomen laeviusculum, subglabrum aut seriatim foveolatum, 

 et ciliatum: abdominis segmentum extremum $ brevius et obtusius 

 quam $ : hem elytra alis parum latiores, vena utraque in apicem 

 fere excurrente, vel alas abbreviatae aut nullae. 



Intestinum corpore fere duplo longius folliculis et stricturis non 

 tarn enunciatis : proventriculus ab alveo vix discretus : intestinum 

 tenue diametro multiplo longior. Mas vesiculis geminis tantum, 

 brevioribus, strictis : ovum laeviter curvatum (phaseoliforme) : larva 

 antennis 4-articulatis citra apiculam biarticulatam : propupa anten- 

 nis porrectis divaricatis : pupa antennis supra verticem rerlexis pa- 

 rallelis. 



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