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Abdomen markedly smaller and exceeded by the wings. 



Otherwise like the female except that some other measurements are 

 slightly less. 



Larvae. Body mostly of an orange color. Anterior part of head, 

 antennae, legs, and tube of a very light brown color. The antennae 

 especially have a purplish tinge. Eyes small and red in reflected light. 

 Tube relatively long and ending in two long hairs which are nearly 

 twice its length. 



Described from two males and one female. Taken from 

 under loose bark on orange trees in the greenhouse of the 

 Florida Experiment Station. They were found in connection 

 with a fungus on which they were evidently feeding, January, 



Types in the collection of the Florida Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Sta. 



Leptothrips aspersus macro-ocellatus, n. sub. sp. 



On orange leaves at Gainesville, Fla., in January, 1913, there 

 were collected numerous specimens of a thrips, that for the 

 most part, especially in its measurements, closely agrees with 

 the description of Leptothrips aspersus Hinds, but differs in 

 some respects and especially in the very large posterior ocelli 

 and in having strong spines on the thorax. The ocelli meas- 

 ure nearly 23 p. in length, and nearly as wide. 



There is considerable variation in the number of hairs on 

 the doubled portion of the lateral fringe of the fore wings. 

 The number in some fifty specimens examined varies from 

 none at all to seventeen in one wing examined. From five to 

 seven is the usual number, although quite a number had three. 

 There is also considerable variation in the amount of constric- 

 tion of the fore wings ; in some, none could be detected. 



I do not find any description of the young of this species. 

 Mine are of a rich red color. The tube, preceding abdominal 

 segment, and legs, are brownish red. The head, first joint of 

 the antennae, and apical half of the second are yellow, the 

 head having orange blotches. The remainder of the antennae 

 is purplish black by reflected light, and brown by transmitted 

 light, as are also the legs. 



