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nearly 1.2 times as wide as prothorax; mesoscutum without 

 sculpture but closely set with about 60 short, stout spines ; 

 metascutum smooth, with about 26 similar spines. Wings of 

 fore pair yellowish gray, about 23 times as long as median 

 width, very slightly curved, nearly straight in apical half ; 

 other characters obscured in the unique specimen. Legs of 

 fore pair with the femora not at all deeply sinuate on outer 

 surface at apex; width of tibiae at middle about 1.5 times 

 their length, the fore tarsi about three-fifths as wide as long. 



Abdomen broader than pterothorax, without sculpture ; four 

 or five of the basal tergites with transverse patches of about 

 15 spines similar to those on head and thorax. Segment 10 

 about as long as basal width, broadly rounded at apex, divided 

 above. 



Measurements of holotype: Length 1.08 mm.; head, length 

 0.100 mm., width 0.115 mm.; prothorax, length 0.188 mm.-, 

 width 0.220 mm. ; pterothorax, width 0.272 mm. ; fore wing, 

 length 0.756 mm., width at middle 0.033 mm, ; abdomen, width 

 0.296 mm. 



Antennal segments 12345678 



Length (n) 27 26 30 27 22 32 11 10 



Width (^) 46 42 24 25 21 19 7 5 



Total length of antenna, 0.185 mm. 



Described from one female taken by sweeping at Vienna, 

 Virginia, September 4, 1913, by Mr. R. A. Cushman and the 

 writer. 



This is a very aberrant species, distinguishable by the pale 

 coloration and the closely spinose head, thorax, and basal 

 abdominal segments. 



Frankliniella annulipes, new species. (PI. II, fig. 3.) 



Female (macropterous). — Length about 1.7 mm. Color dark 

 blackish brown, nearly black, with tarsi, fore tibiae, apex of 

 fore femora, and bases of middle and hind femora and tibiae 

 clear pale yellow; intermediate antennal segments yellowish; 

 fore wings clear in basal third, blackish brown beyond. 



Head, 1.3 times as wide as long, conspicuously narrowed 



