LIST OF HOMOPTEKOUS INSECTS. 1101 



9. Phlceothkips ANNULICOBNIS. 



Phloeothrips annulicornis, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 443, 7. Burrn. 

 Handb. Ent. ii. 410, 8. Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 

 640, 2. 



Piceo-nigra; antennarum articulis intermediis basi tibiis 

 anticis tarsisque ferrugineis; capite transversim aciculato, pone 

 oculos parum dilatato ; femoribus anticis incrassatis, denticulo me- 

 tatarsi manifesto, fcem.? Long. 1 lin. 



Fam. 2. TEREBRANTIA. 



Terebrantia, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 443. Burm., Amyot et Serv. 



Terebra foeminis compressa acuta quadrivalvis, in rima ventrali 

 segmentorum penultimi et ultimi recondita : alae anticae firmiores j 

 venis, praeter ambitum, duabus parallelis elongatis, et axillari brevi 

 obliqua, juxtapositaa sutura recta: mandibular labium vix supe- 

 rantes : saltan t abdomine repercusso. 



Antennae pro typo 9-articulatae at multiformes : palpi maxilkres 

 3-articulati : terebrae valvulae exteriores margine supero, interiores 

 infero, denticulalo : junctura femorum cum coxis simplex, rectili- 

 nearis : coxae posticae approximatae ; anticae exsertae, subcylindrica3, 

 obliquae conniventes (nisi in Heliothripe). 



Tribe I. STENOPTERA. 



Stenoptera, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. Amyot et Serv. 

 Stenelytra, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 443. 



Antennae articulis 6 discretis et apicula attenuata (plerumque 

 biarticulata) : hemelytra vix coriacea, conjunctim abdomine angus- 

 tiora, subacuta undique ciliata, venis transversis nullis : terebra fcem. 

 decurva. 



Antennae apicula nonnunquam articulis indiscretis, varius altero 

 adjecto, aut apicula cum articulo 6to connata : palpi teretes subrecti, 

 articulis subaequalibus, segmenta quae terebram recipiunt hujus am- 

 bitum servant. 



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