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Abdomen narrow, parallel to sixth segment and from thence 

 gently narrowed to base of tube. Tube narrowing evenly though 

 slightly from base to apex, about two-thirds the length of the head; 

 terminal hair, slender, brown and almost as long as the tube. 

 Abdominal hairs straight, only moderately long, white and appar- 

 ently knobbed, those on the ninth segment three-quarters the 

 length of the tube. 



Genus LEPTOTHRIPS Hood. 



Species of this genus are apparently attached to the leaves of 

 différent trees. 



LEPTOTHRIPS FLAVICORNIS Ragnall. 



Spécimens labelled « Anthothrips aculeatus, Madeira » in the 

 Rritish Muséum collection are referable to this species, wich was 

 recently described from spécimens in the Copenhagen Muséum, col- 

 lected by Dr. Meinert in Madeira. The spécimens now recorded 

 were found onFicus carnosa, apparently curling up the young leaves 

 and breeding in the shelter there afforded. 



LEPTOTHRIPS LONGITURUS (Ragnall). 



A study of fresh spécimens of m y Phlœothrips longitubus recently 

 described from Java shows that pie species is very closely related 

 to the preceding and should be placed in the same genus. L. lottgi- 

 tubus lives in colonies in curled up young top leaves of various 

 species of Ficus. 



Genus ECAGANTHOTHRIPS Ragnall. 



Ecacanthothrips Ragnall, Ann. Soc. Ent. Relg., lii, p. 349, 1908. 

 Ormothrips Ruffa, Redia, v, fasc. 2°, p. 166, Mar. Ist. 1909. 



The naene Ecacanthothrips has priority. Ruffa describes a second 

 species, inermis, from a single Ç found by Loria in New Guinea, 

 July-August, 1890. E. sanguineus is commun and widely distributed 

 in the Malay Archipelago. 



