LIST OF HOMOPTEROUB I^"SECTS. 1103 



1. Seeicothrips Staphylinus. 



Sericothrips staphylinus, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 444. Burnt. Handb. 

 Ent. 413. Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 641. 



Subaptera, Mas et Fcem. abdominis dorso subtilissirae seriatim 

 ciliato. 



Nigra ; capite thoraceque opacis, scutello albomicante, abdo- 

 mine sericeo ; antennae articulo 2ndo et 3tio pedesque pallide fer- 

 ruginei, femoribus basi fuscis ; alarum rudimeuta alba, radice ni- 

 gricante. Long. ^ lin. 



Hab. In floribus Ulicis, agillime cursilans et saltitans. 



FcBminse perfecte alats, hemelytris nigricantibus basi albidis, 

 abdomine vix ciliato, occurrunt rarius cum subapteris commixtae ; 

 ut in pluribus speciebus e genera Phlceothripe. 



a — d. England. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



Genus 5. THRIPS. 



Thrips, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 444, iv. Burm. 



Thrips, p., Linn., Fabr., Beg., Mull, Geoffr., Schrank, GmeL, Shato\ 



Lair., Kirby. 

 Thrips, Physapus, et Odontotbrips, Amyot et Serv. 



Abdomen laeviusculum, subglabrura aut seriatim foveolatura, 

 et ciliatum: abdominis segmentum extremum $ brevius et obtusius 

 quam ^ : bemelytra alis parum latiores, vena utraque in apicem 

 fere excurreute, vel alee abbrevialag aut uullae. 



Intestinum corpora fare duplo longius folliculis etstricturis non 

 tam enunciatis : proventriculus ab alveo vix discretus: intestinum 

 tenue diametro multiplo longior. Mas vesiculis geminis tantum, 

 brevioribus, strictis : ovum IfEviler curvatum (phaseoliforme) ; larva 

 antennis 4-articulatis citra apiculam biarticulatam: propupa anten- 

 nis porrectis divaricatis : pupa antennis supra verticem reflexis pa- 

 rallelis. 



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