1104 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Antenna apicula Subgenus. 



connata 1. Aptinothrips. 



discreta : Prothorax antice 



ralde angustatus 3. Chirothrips. 



parum angustatus : 



Abdomen dorso 



efoveolatum 2. Limothrips. 



seriatim foveolatum : 



Antennae apicula proratione articu- 

 li 6ti 



brevis 4. Thrips. 



elongata 5. Belothrips. 



Subgenus 1. APTINOTHRIPS. 

 Aptinothrips, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 445. 



Antennae articulo 6to lon^iore apice attenuato-exannulato : 

 ocelli nulli : corpus lineare glabrum, abdominis dorso efoveolato : 

 alarum ne minimo quidem vestigio. 



1. Aptinothrips rufa. 



Thrips Apt. rufa, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 446, 4. 



Thrips rufa, (Gleichen, Neuestes im Reich der Pflanz. pi. 16, f. 6, 7). 

 Gmel. Ed. Syst. Nat. i. 4, 2224, 10. 



Ferruginea, oculis et rostri apice fuscis fcem. : pallide flava, 

 abdomine glandulis geminis croceis perlucentibus, segmento penul- 

 timo ante apicem medium bispinoso mas. Long. fcem. § — | lin. 



Hab. In gramine et cerealibus. 



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



" My brief description of Aptinothrips rufa, induced Burmeister 

 to set it down as a larva without doubt: but rashly, for theexarticu- 

 late apex of the antennae is no indication of this state, as he seems to 

 infer. It is a perfect insect with compound eyes, smooth coriaceous 

 integuments, connected segments of pterothorax and prominent 



