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SPRING AND SUMMER NUMBERS 67 
Heliothrips rubrocinctus (Giard). (Russell, 712.) THE RED-BANDED 
Turies. (Physophus rubrocinctus, Giard, ’01, p. 263.) 
Miami, collected in 1908 on mango (Magnifera indica) and avocado 
(Persea gratissima) by P. J. Webster (Russell, 712), Dec. 1914. 
July 1914, on mango. 
This insect, introduced from the West Indies, is now abundant on 
mangoes about Miami, Ft. Myers (Dr. E. W. Berger) Frostproof 
and West Palm Beach. 
It is a severe pest and causes the leaves to loose their color and ul- 
timately to fall. 
Echinothrips americana Morgan (Morgan, ’13, p. 16.) THE SPINY 
THRIPS. 
Quincy, Sept. ’09 on Magnolia grandiflora and “Coffee Bean”; May 
18, 1910, on Pokeweed. (Morgan, ’13.) 
Extends north to Missouri and Maryland. 
Limothrips cerealium Haliday, ’82. (Redescribed by Hinds, ’02, p. 
139.) (L. avena, Hinds.) THE CEREAL THRIPS. 
Quincy, May ’10, on oats. (Morgan, ’13.) 
Extends north to Massachusetts and Illinois; west to Texas and 
Kansas. In Europe also. 
Chirothrips crassus Hinds ’02. 
Quincy, Oct. and Nov. 1915. (Hooker, 1907.) 
Chirothrips manicatus Haliday (’76). (Redescribed by Hinds, ’02 
joy) dksy'F)) 
Quincy, collected on oats on March 20, 1909, by H. F. Wilson. (Mor- 
ean 33) 
Extends north to Massachusetts and Iowa; Oregon and British 
Columbia; Europe. 
Scolothrips 6-maculatus Pergande (’91.) THE RED-SPIDER HUNTER 
Orlando, spring of 1909. ‘“‘Found feeding on red-spiders on citrus 
and several weeds.” (Back, ’12.) 
Winter Haven, April 1916. (Dr. E. W. Berger, Coll.) 
Extends north to New York and Missouri and Wisconsin; Hawaiian 
Islands. 
Aleurodothrips fasciapennis Franklin. THE WHITEFLY THRIPS. 
Orlando, March and fall of 1909. (Back, ’12.) 
Gainesville, Oct. 2, 1912, on citrus leaves. 
Feeds on whiteflies but is too scarce to be of much importance. 
Odontothrips phaleratus (Haliday). (Thrips phalerata, Haliday.) 
Quincy, on Plantago virginica, H. F. Wilson. (Morgan, ’13.) 
Frankliniella fusca (Hinds). (Huthrips fuscus. (Hinds, ’02.) THE 
ToBacco THRIPS. (Enicotianae Hinds, ’05.) 
Quincy, on tobacco 1905 (Hooker, ’07); March 1909, on Plantago 
virginiana, tobacco and life-everlasting, H. F. Wilson collector; 
May, on peanuts and sorrel. (Morgan, ‘13.) Tobacco, cocklebur 
(Xanthium glabratum), dewberry, mustard and shepherd’s purse. 
(Chittenden, ’04). 
Gainesville, April 23, 1914, on oats; Feb. 4, 1915, on turnips. March 
1915, on strawberries. 
