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bb. Head 1.3 times as long as wide; color dark brown, 

 spines light brown ; antennal segments 3-7 and apex 



of 2 clear yellow L. flai'oantcnuis, n. sp. 



an. Fore wings nearly black in basal half; head about 1.3 times as 

 long as wide ; marginal abdominal spines nearly black ; tube 



.6 times as long as head L. umbripcnnis, Hood 



aaa. Fore wings brownish in basal half, 



L. umbripcnnis mcxicanus, Cr. 

 2. Head about 1.5 times as long as wide. 



a. Antennae lemon yellow ; spines on prothorax large and prom- 

 inent ; mid-laterals present, fully as long as anterior marginals ; 



tube two-thirds as long as head L. citric ornis, Hood 



aa. Antennal segments I and 2 concolorous with the head ; spines 

 on prothorax not prominent ; mid-laterals wanting. 



b. Antennal segments I and 2 almost black, 3 light yellow 

 to light brown, others brown ; tube one-half as long 

 as head. 



c. Head converging anteriorly, 



L. fascicv.latus, Crawford 

 cc. Head distinctly converging posteriorly, 



L. fasciculatus stenoceps, Crawford 



bb. Antennae 1.25 times as long as head; segment i and 

 base of 2 concolorous with the body, apical half of 2 

 and of 5 and 6 to 8 light brown, 3, 4 and base of 5 

 yellow ; tube one-half as long as head, 



L. maconnelli, Crawford 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES V AND VI. 



Plate V, figs. 1-3, Acolothrips floridensis n. sp. 



Figs. 4-6, Liotlirips caryac floridensis n. subsp. 



Plate VI, figs. 7-9, Liothrips fla-roantennis n. sp. ; 7, posterior portion 

 of abdomen; 8, dorsal view of head and prothorax; 9, dor- 

 sal view of left antenna. 



Figs. 10-12, Anthothrips floridensis n. sp. ; 10, dorsal view of 

 head and prothorax; n, dorsal view of right antenna; 12, 

 tip of abdomen. 



Florida Entomological Society. 



In Science for Feb. 4, 1916, we are advised that the Florida Ento- 

 mological Society has recently been organized at Gainesville, Florida, 

 with Prof. J. R. Watson, President; Mr. Wilmon Newell, Vice-Presi- 

 dent, and Mr. R. N. Wilson, Secretary-Treasurer. This is the first 

 Kntomological Society organized in the Southern States. We wish 

 it a long and useful life. 



