1908.] 5 



Oxyothrips ajur/ce, Uzel. 



Oxyothrips ajugx, Uzel, Mon. der Ordn. Thysanoptera, p. 130, pi. v, fig. 67, 

 1895. 



Very local and scarce, in the flowers of the common bugle (Ajuga 

 reptans), Eavensworth, Winlaton Mill, and Gibside, Co. Durham. 

 May and June. 



Distribution. Bohemia (Uzel). 



Oxyothrips parviceps, Uzel. 



Oxyothrips parviceps, Uzel, Mon. der Ordn. Thysanoptera, p. 139, pi. vi, fig. 

 72, 1895. 



Apparently widely distributed, occurring in the flowers of heather 

 and heath (Calluna vulgaris, Erica tetralix, &c), Brodick. A mm ; 

 Colintraive and Ormidale in theKyles of Bute ; Annan, in the Solway 

 district ; Gibside, Co. Durham, and Haydon Bridge, Northumberland. 



Distribution. Bohemia (Uzel). 



Uzeliella, yen. nov. 



On February 25th, 1907, at a Meeting of the Eoyal Physical 

 Society, Edinburgh, I had the pleasure of provisionally describing 

 under the name of Garinopleuris lubbocki an apterous and primitive 

 creature which was then thought to be a new type of insect. It un- 

 doubtedly belongs to the Thripidce. 



The $ is like Aptinotlirips, wingless and without ocelli, differing 

 however from the species of that genus in having the abdomen laterally 

 keeled, and in the form of the antennae, which are six-jointed, the 

 third joint being strongly transverse and broader than the preceding, 

 and the sixth joint broadly pear-shaped. Further, the saw-like ovi- 

 positor is evidently laterally broader than in Aptinotlirips and has the 

 front outwardly-curved edge more strongly serrate. 



Uzeliella lubbocki, sp. nov. 



Length, '75 mm., yellowish-brown, linear, parallel-sided, body smooth and 

 shining, though slightly rugose transversely. Very much like a small example of 

 Aptinothrips rufa, Gmel., but easily differentiated by the above generic characters. 



A single ? taken amongst thrown-up seaweed whilst searching 

 for maritime Collembola at Whitley Bay, Northumberland, October, 

 1906. I have since that date repeatedly searched the locality for 

 further specimens, but without success, the exact spot having un- 



