psocid.e. 499 



61. PSOCUS MJCROPHTHALMUS. 



Testaceus, gibbus ; thoracis latera et abdomen fusco varia ; tibia 

 tarsiquc fuscescentia ; alee subfuliginosce ; stigma album. 



Psocus microphthalmus, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 321, 6. 



Nearly the size of P. longicornis, pale testaceous. Head 

 large ; front very gibbous, without marks or striae : eyes very small, 

 not prominent: mesothorax very gibbous above: sides of the thorax 

 and abdomen slightly clouded with brown : tibia? and tarsi brownish : 

 wings very slightly fuliginous, rather darker along the hind borders 

 and at the tips ; veins very distinct, mostly yellow, stigma white ; 

 discal areolet very large. 



Exotic ? 



Genus 3. ATROPOS. 



Tarsi triarticulati. Ala? nulla?. 



Atropos, Leach ; Latr. ; Nitzsch ; Steph. 



Termes, p., Linn. ,• De Geer ; Schaff. ; Wood. 



Pediculus, p., Geoffr. 



Psocus, p., Fabr. 



Troctes, Burm. 



Atropos et Lachesilla, Westw. 



1. Atropos pulsatokius. 

 Pallidus ; os rubrum ; oculi lutei ; venter macula fusca. 



Atropos pulsatorius, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Mand. vi. 128, 1 . Ramb. 



Hist. Nat. Lis. Neur. 324. 

 Allen, Phil. Trans. 1693. Derham, Phil. Trans. 1701. 



Stackhouse, Phil. Trans. 1724. 

 Termes pulsatorium, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 1015,2. Faun. Suec. 



1937. Schcef. El. Ent. pi. 126, f. 1 ; Icon. pi. 269, f. 4, a, b. 



Geoffr. Ins. Par. ii. 601, 12. Wood, III. Lin. Gen. Ins. ii. 



120, pi. 75. 



