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d. Antennae twice as long as head, usual sense cones present 
on segment 3. 
e. Bristles of the anterior and posterior margins of pro- 
thorax about equal. 
f. Antennal segments 3-6 bright yellow; abdominal spines 
(except those of the tube) slender and faint; pro- 
thorax about 1.5 times as wide as long. 
H. verbasci (Osborn) 
ff. Antennal segments 3-6 light brown or yellow; abdom- 
inal spines stout and conspicuous; prothorax about 
twice as wide as long......... H. variabilis (Crawford). 
ee. Bristles of the anterior margin of the prothorax much 
shorter. 
f. No interlocated hairs on wing......... H. malifloris Hood. 
ff. About 20 interlocated hairs. 
H. orlando Watson and Osborn. 
dd. Antennae less than twice the length of the head. 
e. No sense cones on the inner surface of segment 3. 
f. Prothorax less than twice as wide as long. 
g. Only antennal segment 3 entirely yellow or brown- 
ish yellow. 
h. Antennal segment 3 shorter than 2. 
H. graminis Hood. 
hh. Antennal segment 3 longer than 2. 
H. pini (Watson) (Cryptothrips pini Wats.) 
ff. Prothorax nearly or quite twice as wide as long. 
g. Antennal segments 3-6 yellow, 3 longer than 2. 
H. faurei Hood. 
gg. Only antennal segment 3 yellow, shorter than 2. 
H. humilis Hood. 
ee. Sense cones present on segment 3...........-... H. querci Wats. 
ee. Wings clouded with gray with a nearly black area at the base 
and a paler one just before the middle, 2 interlocated hairs. 
H. nubilipennis Hood. 
CALLING US NAMES 
In a recent advertising circular the Country Gentleman lists 
among its writers a former “entymologist of Texas State Univ.” 
HAS HE CROSSED THEM WITH WATER HYACINTHS? 
A correspondent writes: “I have thirty acres of onions on 
Lake Okeechobee.” 
