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(13) Thr^.psmagnus new species. (Iu)r description see p. 36, PI. II, figs. 10, 11.) 



Habitat: Visulia, Cal. 



On monkey-flower (Mimulus sp.?). Specimens collected by Mr. P. R. 

 Jones. 



(14) Thrips tabaci Lindeman, 1888. Redescribed by Ilinds, Mon. Thys. N. Amer., 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 26, p. 179, figs., 1902. (Tbe onion thrips.) 



Habitat: After Hinds — Russia; England; Italy; Bohemia; Heligoland; 

 Bermuda. In United States, generally distributed from Maine to California. 

 Food plants: Almost all wild and cultivated flowers, grasses, fruit blos- 

 soms, and truck crops. 



(15) Thrips abdominalis Crawford, Pomona College, Journ. Ent., vol. 2, no. 1, 



page 157, March, 1910. 



Habitat: Guadalajara, Mexico. 



Taken in various Compositse, Solanum, DaiLCUs sp.?, and others. 



(16) Thrips bremnerii Moulton, Tech. Ser. 12, Pt. Ill, Bur. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr., 



p. 59, figs., 1907. 

 Habitat: San Jose, Cal. 

 From inside of ripe figs, July. 



(17) Thrips perplexus Beach, 1895. Redescribed by Hinds, Mon. Thys. N. Amer., 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 26, p. 184, figs., 1902. 

 Habitat: Ames, Iowa; Amherst, Mass. 

 Food plants: After Hinds — Cyperus sp.?, corn, various grasses. 



8. Genus KELIOTERIPS HaUday. 



(18) Heliotlirips femoralis Reuter, 1891. Redescribed by Hinds, Mon. Thys. N. 



Amer., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 26, p. 172, figs., 1902. 



Habitat: Helsingfors, Finland. United States — District of Columbia; 

 Amherst, Mass. 



Food plants: As listed by Hinds — Amarillis sp., Aralia, Arum, Cestrum 

 noctumum, Chrysanthemum, Crinum, cucumber, Dracsena sp., Eucharis 

 grandiflora, Ficus elastica, F. grandiflora, Gardenia, Gossypium, Hydrangea, 

 Mina lobata, moonflower, Pandanus, Phoenix, Richardia sethiopica, tomato, 

 Vitis. 



(19) HeliothripshaBmorrhoidalis Bouch^, 1833. Redescribed by Hinds, Mon. Thys. 



N. Amer., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 26, p. 168, figs., 1902. Ref.: Russell, 

 Bui. 64, Pt. VI, Bur. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr.; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, 

 p. 719, 1908. (The gi-eenhouse thrips.) 



Habitat: England; Germany; Vienna; Finland. United States — District 

 of Columbia; Iowa; Massachusetts; Michigan; California. Mexico; St. 

 Vincent and Barbados Islands; Hongkong, China. 



Food plants: Aspidium, azaleas, croton, dahlias, ferns, liliaceous plants, 

 Pellea hastata, phlox, pinks, verbenas, vines, laurestinas. 



Note. — This insect is usually a hothouse pest, but lives out of doors on 

 such plants as laurestinas and azaleas in the milder California climate. 

 Mr. Franklin records it from the Barbados and St. Vincent Islands, in the 

 West Indies group, where it feeds on cacao, kola, and date palms; and numer- 

 ous shipments of mangoes from Mazatlan, Mexico, which arrive in the port 

 of San Francisco, indicate that this insect is a serious pest on these fruits. 



(20) Heliothrips fasciatus Pergande, 1895. Redescribed by Hinds, Mon. Thys. 



N. Amer., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 26, p. 174, 1902. 



Caliothrips ivoodivorthi , Ent. News, vol. 15, p. 297, November, 1904. 

 Habitat: Widespread throughout California. 



