LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 1101 



9. Phlceotheips ANNULICOKNIS. 



Phloeothrips annulicornis, Hal, Ent. Mag. iii. 443, 7. Burm. 

 Handh. Ent. ii. 410, 8. Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 

 640, 2. 



Piceo-nigra; antennarum articulis intermediis basi tibiis 

 anticis tarsisque ferrugineis ; capite trausversim aciculato, pone 

 oculos parum dilatato ; femoribus anticis iucrassatis, denliculo me- 

 tatarsi manifesto, /am.? Long. 1 lin. 



Fam. 2. TEREBRANTTA. 



Terebiantia, i/a?. Ent. Mag. iii. 443. Burm., Amyot et Serv. 



Terebra foeminis compressa acuta quadrivalvis, in rima ventrali 

 segmentorura penultimi et ultimi recondita : alae anticae firmiores ; 

 venis, prapter arabitura, duabus parallelis elongatis, et axillari brevi 

 obliqua, juxtapositae sutura recta: mandibulae labium vix supe- 

 ranies : saltant abdomine repercusso. 



Antennas pro typo 9-articulatag at multiformes : palpi maxilkres 

 3-articulati : terebrse valvulae exteriores margine supero, interiores 

 infeio, dentieulalo : junctura femorum cum coxis simplex, rectili- 

 nearis : coxag posiicae approximates ; anticce exsertse, subcylindricae, 

 obliquae conniventes (nisi in Heliothripe). 



Tribe I. STENOPTERA. 



Stenoptera, Burm. Handh. Ent. ii. Amyot et Serv. 

 Steneljtra, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 443. 



Antennae articulis 6 discretis et apicula attenuata (plerumque 

 biarticulata) : hemelytra vix coriacea, conjunctim abdomine angus- 

 tiora, subacuta undique ciliata, venis transversis nullis : terebra focm. 

 decurva. 



Antennae apicula nonnunquam articulis indiscretis, varius altero 

 adjecto, aut apicula cum articulo 6to connata : palpi teretes subrecti, 

 articulis subaequalibus, segmenta quae terebram recipiunt hujus am- 

 bitum servant. 



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