25O ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, 'OQ 



position which is frequently most trying to the skill and 

 patience of the collector. 



It is to be regretted that the name Phyllothrips m. can no 

 longer be used for this insect* ; it must fall into synonomy, 

 for its type species, citricornis m., turns out to be nothing 

 more than a slightly anomalous Liothrips. In fact, at the 

 time of describing the genus Phyllothrips, I realized that my 

 citricornis was very close to the European species of Liothrips, 

 and would have designated Cryptothrips aspersus Hinds as 

 the type species had I been certain of my identification. But 

 I was misled by Dr. Hinds' figure (Plate X, Fig. 104), in 

 which the sides of the head are incorrectly represented as 

 parallel to one another. A more accurate idea of the shape of 

 the head may be gained by reference to ENTOMOLOGICAL 

 NEWS, Vol. XX, No. i, p. 32, Fig. 4; January, 1909. 



I must acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. Bagnall who, 

 upon receipt of type specimens of P. citricornis m. and P. 

 umbrippcnnis m., wrote that although he was glad that I had 

 removed aspersus from the genus Cryptothrips Uzel, he 

 feared that Phyllothrips could not stand, and suggested that 

 I propose a new genus name for the reception of Hinds' 

 species. 



Genus PHLOEOTHRIPS Haliday, 1836. 



Phloeothrips maculatus sp. nov. 



Female. Length, about 1.6 mm. Body, flattened. Dorsal surface, 

 microscopically granulate; ventral surface, smooth. General color (by 

 reflected light), dark mahogany brown, with many small white blotches ; 

 as follows : A fusiform blotch extending from eye to base of head, 

 and followed posteriorly by several others which form an interrupted 

 vitta, reaching well along the sides of the metathorax ; dorsum of abdo- 

 men margined with a band of white spots which is about equal in 

 width to the fore femora, and which extends around the apex of the 

 abdomen, traversing segment 9; in this band, on each side of segments 

 2-7, are three more or less fused spots, the inner one largest and more 

 or less crescent-shaped; mesoscutum with a pair of quadrate blotches 

 near the middle ; metathorax with a pair of smaller blotches situated 



* Buffa's genus Phyllothrips, described in Redia, Vol. I, Fas i, p. 123 

 (Dec., 1908) must of course also be dropped, being preoccupied by 

 Phyllothrips m. (Can. Ent. Vol. XL, 'No. 9, p. 305; Sep., 1908.) 



