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  posteriorly, 
  posterolateral 
  angles 
  rounded. 
  Fringe-hairs 
  of 
  wings 
  simple, 
  

   long. 
  Abdominal 
  bristles 
  sparse, 
  slender, 
  mostly 
  large. 
  

  

  9 
  Tube 
  about 
  one 
  half 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  preceding 
  segment. 
  

   Length 
  about 
  If 
  mill. 
  

  

  Hab: 
  Oaliu, 
  Mt. 
  Tantalus, 
  1500 
  feet, 
  under 
  bark 
  of 
  dead 
  tree, 
  

   in 
  numbers 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  stages 
  (F. 
  W. 
  Terry). 
  

   Resothrips 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Allied 
  somewhat 
  distantly 
  to 
  Liothrips 
  XJzel. 
  Flat 
  above, 
  convex 
  be- 
  

   low. 
  Strongly 
  chitinized, 
  with 
  a 
  shining, 
  polished 
  surface. 
  

  

  Head 
  dorsally 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  pronotum, 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  

   wide, 
  lateral 
  margins 
  subparallel. 
  Antennae 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  head, 
  

   Ocelli 
  present. 
  Eyes 
  not 
  very 
  prominent 
  laterally. 
  Face 
  long, 
  lateral 
  

   margins 
  subparallel, 
  then 
  narrowing 
  apically. 
  Pronotum 
  anteriorly 
  as 
  

   wide 
  as 
  the 
  head, 
  posteriorly 
  distinctlj^ 
  wider, 
  warts 
  absent. 
  Flight-or- 
  

   gans 
  absent. 
  Anterior 
  legs 
  unarmed, 
  femora 
  incrassate, 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  tibiae. 
  

  

  1. 
  oahuensis 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Polished, 
  shining, 
  pitchy-blackish; 
  apices 
  of 
  anterior 
  tibiae, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  

   etc., 
  paler. 
  Face 
  bristles 
  absent. 
  Antennae 
  5, 
  5, 
  9, 
  84, 
  8, 
  6, 
  8. 
  Two 
  

   longish 
  bristles 
  (lateral 
  and 
  sublateral) 
  near 
  the 
  posterior 
  margins 
  of 
  at 
  

   least 
  five 
  tergites. 
  

  

  9 
  Tube 
  with 
  2 
  terminal 
  bristles. 
  

  

  Length 
  1^ 
  mill. 
  

  

  Hab: 
  Oahu, 
  Mt. 
  Tantalus, 
  1300 
  feet 
  (O. 
  H. 
  Swezey) 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  on 
  flowers. 
  

  

  On 
  Two 
  New 
  Vitian 
  Chermidae 
  [Hem.] 
  

  

  By 
  G. 
  W. 
  KiRKALDY. 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  am 
  aware, 
  no 
  Vitian 
  Chermidae 
  have 
  yet 
  been 
  des- 
  

   cribed. 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Muir 
  recently, 
  in 
  collecting 
  and 
  studying 
  leaf- 
  

   hoppers 
  and 
  their 
  parasites 
  in 
  that 
  group 
  of 
  Islands, 
  secured 
  two 
  

   species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Trioza. 
  

  

  Trioza 
  Foerster. 
  

   1. 
  vitiensis 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  9 
  . 
  Vertex 
  obscure 
  testaceous 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  blackish 
  brown 
  line 
  down 
  

   the 
  middle 
  and 
  an 
  obscure 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  between 
  this 
  line 
  

   and 
  the 
  ocelli. 
  Frons 
  orange, 
  the 
  middle 
  ocellus 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  ringed 
  with 
  

   blackish-brown, 
  the 
  others 
  at 
  the 
  posterolateral 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  vertex 
  and 
  

   conspicuously 
  orange. 
  Antennae 
  pale 
  yellow. 
  Eyes 
  red 
  brown. 
  Prono- 
  

   tum, 
  dorsulum 
  and 
  mesonotum 
  pitchy, 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  yellowish-fer- 
  

   ruginous 
  marks 
  ; 
  dorsulum 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  and 
  a 
  curved 
  lateral 
  line. 
  Meso- 
  

   notum 
  with 
  4 
  lines, 
  the 
  inner 
  curved 
  inwardlj-, 
  the 
  outer 
  curved 
  outwardly 
  ; 
  

   scutelktm 
  pale 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  median 
  line, 
  abdomen 
  black, 
  genital 
  segment 
  

  

  