H. UZEL, MONOGRAPHIE DER ORDNUNG THYSANOPTERA. 
pitchy black, having at its anterior extremity two very conspicuous bright ocelli seated 
between the large lateral, oblong, compound eyes; antennae very slender, 8-jointed, the: 
first and second joints robust, and distinctly restricted at the base, incrassated at the 
apex, the apex of the second yellow; third extremely slender, twice as long as the 
second, and pale straw-coloured; fourth, fifth and sixth of equal length, but all rather 
shorter than the third, elongate, pyriform, straw-coloured, tinged with brown externally; 
seventh long-ovate, shorter than the preceding three, black; eighth short, slender, black. 
Thoracic segments nearly as described in Idolothrips Halidayi. Abdomen rather robust, 
its sides parallel to near the apex, when it diminishes, rapidly terminating in a short 
cylindrical apical segment. Wings without rays, hyaline, with long brown cilia. Legs 
black, with straw-coloured tarsi; all other parts black and shining. — Hab. Mysore (Ha¬ 
milton), feeds on the leaves of a species of Anacardium.* 
132. Phloeothrips stenomelas Wlk. 
1859. Phloeothrips stenomelas Walker, Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., pag. 224. 
»Ater, antennis concoloribus, capite glabro, thorace striis transversis, abdomine 
lineari apice lanceolato. — Deep black. Antennae submoniliform. Head smooth, nearly 
as long as the thorax, which is transversely striated. Abdomen linear, lanceolate at the 
tip. Fore legs thick. Length VU lin.« Ceylon. 
133. Phloeothrips parvipennis Reut. 
1880. Phloeothrips parvipennis Reuter, Thysanoptera fennica, pag. 14. 
»Castaneo-fusca, nitida, sublaevis; capite pronoto vix longiore et latitudine cir- 
citer 2 / 5 longiore, lateribus setis fortiter rigidis instructis; oculis subrotundis, circiter quartam 
partem anticam capitis occupantibus; antennis pilosis articulis tertio—quinto apicem versus 
sensim clavatis, tantum tertio apice nonnihil constricto, hoc articulo ut etiam secundo 
totis flavo-testaceis, quarto et quinto piceis, basi flavo-testaceis, tertio duobus ultimis 
conjunctis longitudine sub-aequali; pronoto angulis basalibus, pterygonotis disco, an- 
gulis omnibus basalibus segmentorum abdominalium, femoribus apice tibiis tarsisque flavo- 
ferrugineis, tibiis posterioribus medio piceis; tarsis anticis articulo primo apice intrinsecus 
uncinato; femoribus anticis crassissimis, posterioribus sat gracilibus. Long, circiter 2Va 
mm. — Corpus castaneo-fuscum, laeve, nitidum. Caput latitudine parum magis quam 
Vs longius, praesertim posterius deplanatum ibique confertim subtiliter punctulatum, la¬ 
teribus apicem versus sub-ampliatum, setis lateralibus fortiter rigidis, spatio interoculari 
oculo latiore, spatio postoculari utrinque prope marginem et paullo pone oculum seta 
longa instructo. Oculi superne visi sub-rotundi, deplanati, granulati, circiter quartam 
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