266 Mr. R. S. Bagnall on Thysanoptera 
separated. Eyes coarsely facetted, not pilose, prominent ; 
ocelli large, situated on a raised prominence remote from eyes, 
with a pair of interocellar sete. Antenne .... Mouth- 
cone bluntly rounded at apex ; maxillary palpi . . 
Prothorax strongly transverse, only about 0°7 the ‘length 
of the head and without prominent sete. Pterothorax large, 
broader than long. Fore-legs long, otherlegs .... Wings 
long, reaching beyond tip of abdomen, surface of both pairs 
minutely and closely setose. Fore-wing brown, eleven to 
twelve times as long as broad through middle ; costa with 
19-20 long bristles, the longest being about three times the 
breadth of the wing ; veins obsolete, a series of five or six 
spines on line of upper vein rather close to costa; lower cilia 
wavy. Hind-wing lightish grey-brown, mid-vein brown; 
cilia of upper margin few and widely spaced, lower cilia, as 
in fore-wing, wavy. 
Abdomen broadly ovate, 15 times as long as broad, 
broader than the pterothorax ; pleurites of segments 2-8 
prominent, overlapping; 9 drawn into 8, cylindrical, al- 
together 1°8 as long as broad distally; 10 short, broader 
than long with the terminal hairs short and weak. Lateral 
abdominal bristles long, especially those on segments 8 
and 9. 
On account of the opacity of the single specimen, the 
description of the abdomen is incomplete and possibly at 
fault. It is to be hoped that more material of this curious 
insect may shortly be forthcoming. 
Loc. Srycueties. Mahé: Cascade Estate, about 1000 feet, 
iii. 1909, 1 9. 
Genus Limornriprs, Hal. 
3. Limothrips cerealium, Hal. 
This species is widely known as a pest to cereal crops and 
is of wide distribution. 
Loc. Seycunttes. Mahé: 24, x. 1908, from the high 
forest of Morne Blane, 1 9. 
Genus Turirs, L. 
4. Thrips sp. 
6. There is one moderately preserved example of this 
