1116 LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



Tribe 2. COLEOPTRATA. 



Coleoptrata, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 450. Burm., Amyot et Serv. 



Antennae difformes 9-articulatae : hemelytra abdominis latitu- 

 dine, obtusa, coriacea, postice ciliata; venis nonnullis transversis : 

 terebra fcem. recurva. 



Antennas articulis Gen. 



9 omnibus discretis 1. Melanthrips 



5 et apicula attenuata 2. ^olothrips. 



Genus 6. MELANTHRIPS. 



Melanthrips, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 450. 



Melanothrips, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 417. Amyot et Serv. 



Antennae distincte 9-articulatae : haustellum breve : palpi max- 

 illares articulis subequalibus : hemelytra margine costali pubescente, 

 venis transversis 3. [Tibiae anticae apice dentatae : terebra a basi pa- 

 rum recurva]. 



Larva antennis gracilibus 7-articulatis. 



1. Melanthrips obesa. 



Melanthrips obesa, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 450, 1. Melanothrips, 

 Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 417. Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 

 645. 



Atra, hemelytris nigricantibus. Long, f lin. 

 Hab. In floribus Resedce et Ranunculi. 



Genus 7. .3EOLOTHRIPS. 

 .Eolothrips, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 451. Burm., Amyot et Serv. 



Antennae articulis 5 interioribus majoribus discretis turn qua- 

 tuor reliquis minutissimis in apiculum attenuatum cum 5to fere 

 confusam compactis : haustellum longiusculum teres : palpi max- 

 illares sat longi geniculati articulo apicali brevissimo. [Oculi ver- 

 sus os producti : tibiae anticae inermes. Fcemince abdominis apice 

 subreflexa terebra recurva]. 



Sub-g. 



., f completae 1. Coleothrips. 



1 abortivae 2. jEolothrips. 



