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EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 

 Plate II. 



Fig. 1. rsechrus torvus inverted below web, which here crosses a dry 



mountain torrent, x yV- 

 Fig. 2. Psechrus torvus web edge on, to show the tubular retreat deuied 



by Simon, also its slightly arched nature. 



Plate III. 



Fig. 3. Argiope anasuja ; young resting on lacework stabilimentum. 



x 1. 

 Fig. 4. Argiope anasuja ; web with full x stabilimentum on Opuntia. 



X j. 



Plate IV. 



Fiy, 5. Argiope. anasuja; stabilimentum with only one stroke of X, 



spider rolliug up a fly. X \. 

 Fig. 6. Cyrtophora cicatrosa within domed web. x ^. 



Plate V. 



Fig. 7. Cyclosa sp. ? (Ceylon) with stabilimentum as diameter (broken) 



bearing spider and cocoons. Web against aloe-leaf. 

 Fig. 8. Araneus nauticus resting by day on bark of a cypress-tree. X \. 



Plate VI. 



Fig. 9. (Edignatha retusa ; turret at mouth of burrow. X I. 

 Fig. 10. Nilgiri Barychelid ; turret at mouth of burrow, x 5. 

 Fig. 11. Agelena inda ; web on aloe-bush, showing cocoon-case within. 



[All the Plates are from photographs taken by the Author.] 



XXV. — Brief Descriptions of new Thysanoptera. — X.* 

 By Richard S. Bagnall, F.L.JS. 



Suborder Terebrantia. 



Family .ffiolothripidae. 

 ^Eolothrip>s fulvicollis, sp. n. 



? . — This species very closely resembles the common 

 liolarctic species A. fasciatus, L. The following differences 

 are evident in the material at my disposal : — 



The pronotum, instead of being ot the same colour as the 

 head and body, is much lighter, being of a yellow to 

 yellowish-brown colour. The fore-legs are only present in 



* Continued from Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 9, vol. i. p. 221 (1918), 

 Ann. & May. N. Hist. Ser. 9. Vol. iv. 19 



