316 Mr. R. S. BagnalT c»/t new Thysanoptera. 



Cranothrips poultoni, sp. n. 



? . — Length 1*65, breadth of mesothorax 0*25 mm. 



Colour gi'ey-brown ; fore-legs yellow-brown ; antennae 

 with the produced part of first joint clear yellow, joint 3 

 yellow tinged with grey, and 4 yellowish-brown. Fore- 

 wings light grey-brown, with the first and third fourths 

 white. 



Head broader than long, broadest near base. Eyes large, 

 somewhat coarsely facetted, pilose, occupying at least 0*5 

 the length of the head. A long stout genal spine behind 

 each eye; inter-ocellar and postocular spines rather long. 

 Mouth-cone reaching across prosternum ; maxillary palpi 

 long, apical joint shorter and narrower than either joints 1 

 or 2. AntenifB more than twice as long as head, first joint 

 with the characteristic prolongation described in the generic 

 diagnosis, which almost reaches the apex of the second 

 joint. Relative lengths of joints 3-9 as follows: — 19 : 17 : 

 16 : 15 : 9 : 6 : 8. 



Prothorax about as long as the head and 1*75 times as 

 broad as long ; furnished with several stout setse, of which 

 the mid-lateral pair, two at each hind angle, and certain 

 of the postero-marginal series are the longest. 



Legs typical of the family ; femora and tibite sparingly 

 setose. Pterothorax large, 1"25 times longer than broad, 

 sides rounded, giving an oviform appearance. 



Wings broad, reaching to the seventh abdominal segment. 

 Fore-wings broadest near middle, where they are nearly 0*2 

 (one-fifth) as broad as long ; both longitudinal veins set 

 with, roughly, 20-22 longish black spines, and costa with 

 about 36. Cilia on lower edge wavy. 



Abdomen elongate-ovate, tenth segment shorter than ninth, 

 setse on 9 and 10 about as long as segment 9. 



Hah. Western Australia, near Fremantle, on flowers 

 (nos. 17 and 22). The only named flower is a proteaceous 

 shrub [Dryandra florihunda, R. Br.), and it is impossible to 

 !^ay whether this species is attached to Dryandra (or any 

 other flower) or is a general species. 



I find particular pleasure in naming the species after 

 Prof. E. 13. Poulton, F.R.S., who obtained several other 

 interesting species on the occasion of the recent British 

 Association visit to Australia, and who has encouraged my 

 researches in manv directions. 



