46 GENERIC SYNOPSIS. 
Stirps 2. Tereprantia. Antenne typically 9-jointed; females with a 4-valved 
borer. 
Fam. 2. Srenetyrra. Borer curved downwards; elytra narrow, with longi- 
tudinal nerves alone. 
Gen. 2. Heliothrips. Body reticulated ; wings nearly capillary. 1 sp. 
HI. adonidum. 
Gen. 3. Sericothrips. Body smooth; abdomen tomentose ; wings ab- 
breviated. 1 sp. S. Staphylinus. 
Gen. 4. Thrips. Body smooth, glabrous. 
Subg. 1.  Chirothrips. Ocelli 3; prothorax produced in front, nar- 
rowed. Ilsp. Th. manicata. 
Subg. 2. Limothrips. Ocelli 3; prothorax of equal breadth; last 
segment armed with two dorsal spines in 2. 2sp. Th. Cere- 
alium. 
Subg. 3 Aptinothrips. Ocelli and wings 0; prothorax of equal 
breadth. 2sp. Th. rufa Gmel. 
Subg. 4. Thrips proper. Last segment unarmed; style shorter 
than sixth joint of antenne. 23 sp. T. physapus. 
Subg. 5. Belothrips. Last segment unarmed; style of antenne 
longer than sixth joint. 1lsp. Th. acuminata. 
Fam. 3. Cotrorrrata. Borer recurved; elytra broad, with longitudinal and 
transverse nerves, 
Gen. 5. Melanthrips. Antenne distinctly 9-jointed; fore-wings with 
three transverse nerves. 1 sp. Mel. obesa. 
Gen. 6. olethrips. Antenne apparently 5-jointed; the four terminal 
joints very minute and soldered into a compact mass. 
Subg. 1. Coleothrips. Subdepressed ; fore-wings with four transverse 
nerves. 2sp. Thrips fasciata Linn. 
Subg. 2. olothrips proper. Cylindrical ; wings rudimental. 1 sp. 
LE, albicincta. 
Orpver V. NEUROPTERA Linn. 
Sect. I. Biomorruotica Westw. 
Family 1. TERMITIDZ Leach. 
' (There is no British species of this family. ) 
Family 2. PSOCIDZ Leach. (Psoquilii Latreille. ) 
PSOCUS Latr. Hemerostus p. Linn. 43 sp. 4H. bipunctatus Linn. Pz. 94. 21. 
Head broad ; posterior margin of fore-wings with four cells. 
CZZCILIUS Curt. ————— 4 sp. C. fenestratus Curt. Curtis 648. 
Tarsi 2-jointed ; posterior margin of fore-wings with three cells. 
ATROPOS Leach. Termes p. Linn. 1 sp. T. pulsatorium Linn. Wood, pl. 75. 
Apterous ; tarsi 3-jointed ; posterior femora thickened; abdomen oblong-ovate, 
depressed ; head oblong. 
