ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[Jan., '09. 



aa. Forewings nearly black in basal half; head about 1.3 times as long 

 as wide ; marginal abdominal bristles nearly black ; tube .6 



as long as head P. umbripennis sp. nov. 



AA. Head about 1.5 times as long as wide (Fig. 4). 



b. Antennae lemon-yellow ; prothoracic bristles large, rather promi- 

 nent; mid-laterals present, fully as long as anterior marginals. 



P. citricornis m f 



bb. Antennae with segments 4-8 nearly black ; prothoracic bristles 

 small, inconspicuous ; mid-laterals wanting. 



P. aspersus Hinds. J 



Fig. I. Trichothrips sinithi, female, head and prothorax ; x67. 

 Fig. 2. Trichothrips smithi, female, right antenna; X2o6. 

 Fig. 3. Phyllothrips unbripennis, female, head and prothorax; x67. 

 Fig. 4. Phyllothrips aspersus Hinds, female, head; x67. 



THE meetings of the Association of Economic Entomologists and 

 the Entomological Society of America just closed in Baltimore, Md., 

 were largely attended and very successful. There were many inter- 

 esting papers read. 



fCan. Ent, Vol. XL, No. 9, p. 305, fig. 15; 1008. 



JProc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XXVI, p. 205, PI. X, figs. 104-106; 1902. 



