THRIPS. THRIPS. 
Generic Character. 
Rostrum obscurum. 
Antenna longitudine tho- 
racis. 
Corpus llneare. Abdomen 
sursuni reflexilc. 
Ala quatuor, rectac, dorso 
incumbentes, longitudi- 
nales, angustse, subcruci- 
atac. 
Snout inconspicuous. 
Antenna the length of tho- 
rax. 
Body linear. Abdomen re- 
flexile upwards. 
Wings four, strait, long, 
narrow, incumbent on the 
back, slightly crossed. 
TThISIs a genus consisting of very small in- 
sects, which are principally found on flowers. The 
antennae are submoniliforni, and of the length of 
the thorax: the snout is obscure or inconspicuous, 
short, and placed beneath the neck or header the 
body of a lengthened or sublinear shape, and the 
abdomen is at pleasure bent upwards or back- 
wards: the wings are four in number, long, nar- 
row, incumbent, and very slightly, or scarcely 
crossed over each other. 
The most familiar example of the genus is the 
* It seems to have been most accurately described by Gleichen 
in his Microscopical Observations. 
