68 THE FLORIDA BUGGIST 
Extends west to Texas; north to Massachusetts and Michigan and 
South Dakota. A common pest of tobacco. 
In the original description Hinds states that the ocelli are 
smaller than the facets of the eyes. While this is true in many 
of the specimens collected at Gainesville, in others the ocelli are 
larger. This character is variable as is also the color and the 
presence of wings. 
19. Frankliniella floridana n. sp. 
FEMALE, Measurements. Total length 0.7 mm. Head, length 0.09 mm., 
width 0.13 mm.; prothorax, length 0.07 mm., width 0.17 mm.; mesothorax 
0.19 mm wide; width of abdomen in widest place 0.20 mm.; antennae, seg- 
ment 1, 21°°2, 29% 3. 3° 2405 be oOr Gsdos) We lice Seal Sumicrons: 
Color of the body bright yellow with brown blotches in center of thorax. 
The posterior margins of the first abdominal segments very dark, forming 
five narrow conspicuous bands across the dorsal surface. 
Head pale yellowish gray with a darker area about the ocelli; deeply 
retracted into the prothorax; anterior margin slightly rounded, bearing 
two moderately long and thick but pale spines, similar but smaller spines 
along the sides. 
Eyes large, not protruding, deep red. Ocelli large, posterior pair sep- 
arated from the eyes by more than the width of the ocelli; orange yellow 
bordered and nearly surrounded by deep orange crescents which are wider 
than the ocelli. These crescents are separated from each other by a 
space narrower than the crescents. Mouth cone long, narrow, reaching 
entirely across the prothorax. Antennae inserted so far below the margin 
of the head as to completely hide the first segment. First and second seg- 
ments, all but the extreme apex and base of the third, and the basal halves 
of the fourth and fifth grayish yellow, a little lighter than the head, re- 
mainder dark brown, giving the antennae a distinctly ringed appearance. 
Spines on the basal portion few but moderately long, thick and heavy, dark 
colored. On the apical portion they are more numerous but pale, short and 
inconspicuous. 
Prothorax oblong-oval in outline, anterior margin slightly and the sides 
markedly convex, surface obscurely reticulated, a large triangle in the cen- 
ter conspicuously outlined in dark brown, destitute of conspicuous spines. 
Mesothorax widest, with sides and anterior margin strongly convex. 
Metathorax with straight sides but diverging sharply posteriorly. 
Legs moderately long and slender, yellowish-gray with the tarsi and a 
large spot on the femora brown. 
Wings light gray with two dark bands across the basal third, 19 spines 
on the fore veins and 22 on hind; dark, thick, heavy; four near the base 
of the fore vein short, others long. Hairs on the margins long but few in 
number. 
Abdomen short; sides of the anterior portion, first five segments, arched, 
of the remainder straight and sharply converging. Anteriorly the spines 
are short and inconspicuous, posteriorly rather short but heavy. 
Described from several specimens taken from velvet beans (Stizilobium), 
Gainesville, Fla., July 1918. Type in the author’s collection. Male not seen. 
