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Leys moderateh^ long, uniform brown except tibias and tarsi, which 

 are yellow. Spines on tip of fore and middle tibite w^eak; several 

 strong spines on hind tibi^. ^Ying)< present, extending beyond tip of 

 abdomen, about twelve times as long as wide, pointed at tips; costa of 

 fore wings thickly set with from twenty-nine to thirty-three quite 

 long spines; fore vein with twelve or fifteen arranged in two groups 

 of three and six respectively on basal half of wing and a few scatter- 

 ing ones on distal part; hind vein with fifteen or sixteen regularly 

 placed spines: costal fringe on fore wing about twice as long as costal 

 spines. 



Ahdomen subovate, tapering abruptly toward the tip from the eighth 

 segment; longest spines on segments 9 and 10; abdomen uniform brown, 

 connective tissue yellow. 



Redesci'ihed froni many specimens, including several cotypes from 

 Miss Daniel. 



Male unknown. 



Food plants: Apricots, apples, almonds, cherries, figs, grapes, pears, 

 prunes, plums, walnuts. The insect is found mostly on deciduous 

 fruits. 



Habitat: San Francisco Bay region, California. 



(11) Euthrips ehrhornii, new species. (PI. Ill, figs. 25, 26.) 



Meamirerncuts: Head, length 0.11 nmi,, width 0.13 mm.; prothorax. 

 length 0.14 mm., width 0.18 mm. ; mesothorax, width 0.23 mm. ; abdo- 

 men, width 0.29 mm.; total body length 1.2 mm. Antenna?: 1, 24//: 

 2, 39yw; 3, 48yu; 4, 45/^; 5, 36yw; 6, 54yu; 7, 6/<; 8, 9/^: total, 0.26 mm. 

 General color brown, head light brown, thorax a liitle darker, abdomen 

 brown to dark brown. 



Head slightl}" longer than wide; front of head angular, and with 

 concave depressions to receive basal segments of antenna?; cheeks 

 roughened; posterior part of head faintly cross striate. Spines 

 between ocelli prominent; postocular spines present l)ut small. Eyes 

 large, oval, slightly protruding, with an emargination on the side of 

 the head between cheek and eye; pigment purple. OeeZ/^^ separated, 

 margined inwardly with orange-red crescents. Mouth cone long and 

 pointed; maxillary palpi three-segmented. Antennee. subapproximate ; 

 uniform brown except segment 1, basal half of 3, and tip of 4, which 

 are gray-brown. 



Prothorax widest across posterior part; all angles rounded. Two 

 large spines on each posterior angle with several smaller ones along- 

 posterior margin ; of these latter the inner ones are the larger; large 

 spines on posterior angles are dark brown; no conspicuous spines on 

 anterior angles. Sides of both mesotliorax and inetathoi^ax slightly 

 arched: pterthorax may be of a darker shade of brown than prothorax. 

 Legs uniforni brown, except all trochanters, which are white, and tibite. 



