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tellum longitudinally elongate ; medial carinae of propodeum distinct, lat- 

 eral carinae very delicate ; wings hyaline ; coxae aeneous, the rest of the 

 legs testaceous with the femora basally very slightly brownish ; abdomen 

 smooth. 



Type locality : Batesburg, South Carolina. 



Described from one specimen received from the Bureau of Entomol- 

 ogy, U. S. Department of Agriculture, under Hunter No. 34 1 5 (sublet) 

 E. V. 8 1 , issued July 11, 1913, from a leaf-miner on undetermined 

 plant. 



This species is easily distinguished from the other described North 

 American species by the testaceous legs. 



Type specimen, Cat. No. 1 82 1 6, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



TWO PORTO RICAN THYSANOPTERA FROM 

 SUGAR CANE 



By J. DOUGLAS HOOD 



The two species of thrips recorded below as occurring on sugar cane 

 in Porto Rico are both additions to the list of insects known to affect 

 that plant, as well as to the known Thysanopterous fauna of the island 

 itself. One is new to science and a rather anomalous member of the 

 genus in which it is here placed ; the other is a Holarclic greenhouse 

 pest which has never before been reported from an outdoor habitat. 



The only other papers on Porto Rican Thysanoptera were published 

 by the writer irt Volume 1 of this journal, pages 65-70 and 149-154. 



Heliothrips femoralis Reuter. 



1891. Heliothrips femoralis Reuter, Medd. Soc. Faun, et Fl. Fenn., Vol. 



XVll. p. 166. 

 1895. Heliothrips cestri Pergande, Ins. Life. Vol. VII. p. 391. 



1895. Heliothrips femoralis Uzei, Monogr. d. Ordn. Thys., pp. 170. 458. 



1896. Heliothrips femoralis Bergroth. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., Vol. XL. p. 67. 

 1 899. Heliothrips femoralis Reuter, Acta Soc. Faun, et Fl. Fenn., Vol. XVII, 



No. 2, p. 39. 

 1902. Heliothrips femoralis Hinds. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XXVI, p. 

 172. PL V. figs. 55. 56. PI. VI. fig. 57. 



1907. Heliothrips femoralis Buff a. Atti d. Soc. Tosc. d. Sci. Nat.. Mem., 



Vol. XXllI. p. 63. 



1908. Heliothrips femoralis Bagnall, Ent. Mo. Mag., 2d ser., Vol. XIX, pp. 



6. 7 (footnote). 



