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Mr. R. 8. Bagnall on new Thysanoptera. 365 
Head gently narrowed behind eyes, from thence widening 
basally and again constricted near base ; widest before neck, 
where it is 0°5 as wide as long; genal spines pointed, 
minute, and scattered; postocular spines colourless, very 
short, stout, and knobbed, placed well back and near the 
lateral margins. Eyes occupying about 0°3 the total length 
of head. Antenne long and slender, about twice as long as 
the head; relative lengths of joints 3 to 8 approximately 
as follows :—91: 57:58:52: 30: 16. 
Pronotal setz colourless, short, stout, and knobbed. Fore- 
tarsus with a small broadly-seated tooth. Wing broad, 
fore-wings widening before apex, with a series of 28-380 
duplicated cilia. 
Abdomen long and slender, gradually narrowing pos- 
teriorly ; tube 1'4 times as long as the head, slender and 
sparingly set with fine recumbent setz; terminal hairs 
weak, only about 0°3 aslongasthe tube. Lateral abdominal 
setz short, stout, and blunt or knobbed at ends. 
Similar to previously described forms, but sharply dis- 
tinguished by the coloration of tibie. 
Type. In Coll. Bagnall. 
Hab. Cryuon. Two examples (Nos. 82 and 88), one of 
which is labelled from Careya arborea (E. E. Green). 
Gigantothrips caudatus (Bagn.). 
My Panurothrips caudatus is apparently referable to this 
genus. 
Mesothrips indicus, sp. n. 
Belonging to the first division of the genus (containing 
only M. parvus, Karny), wherein the head is not or scarcely 
longer than broad and the tube longer than the head. 
?.—Length 3°6 to 3°8 mm. 
Chestnut-brown, tube black-brown ; fore-tibiz and tarsi 
yellowish-brown and third antennal joint inclined to 
yellowish, but almost concolorous with others in fully 
coloured examples. Wings faintly clouded. 
Head only about 1:1 times as long as broad; cheeks 
subparallel, set with one or two minute spines, one near the 
eye being most conspicuous. Eye about 0°26 the total 
length of head, with space between them wide. Posterior 
ocelli widely separated, situated near the inner margin of 
