274 Mr. R. S. Bagnall on new Thysanoptera. 



long, about 0'26 the length of the head, fundibulifortn. 

 Antennae approximately twice as long as the head, segments 

 3 and 4 subequal, and 5 to 7 slightly shorter and also approxi- 

 mately subequal ; relative lengths of 3 to 8 as follows : — 36 : 

 35 : 30 : 30 : 30 : 21. 



Pronotum transverse, nearly twice as broad as long ; all 

 setae present, dilated apically and well-developed ; those at 

 posterior angles longest, about 0'4 the length of pronotum ; 

 the postero-marginal and mid-lateral pairs 0'35 and the antero- 

 marginal pairs 0*3 the length respectively. Fore-femora 

 stout ; fore-tarsi each armed with a short tooth. Fore-wings 

 normal, cilia sparse, few and widely spaced, duplicated cilia 

 in three specimens 5 : 6, 5 : 6 and 5 : 7 respectively. 



Abdomen not as broad as the pterothorax, tube 0*75 to 0*8 

 the length of the head, about 0'45 as broad at base as long, 

 and half as broad at apex as at base. Apical hairs longer 

 than tube, dark in the basal two-thirds but losing colour and 

 very slender distally. Abdominal bristles light-coloured, the 

 longest on segment 9 about 0*6 the length of tube, and colour- 

 less distally ; those on 7 the same length, but stouter. 



Type. In Coll. Bagnall, University Museum, Oxford. 



Hah. INDIA, Taliparamta, Malabar, on diseased pepper- 

 berries, September 1918 (Ramakrishna), iteg. no. 348. 



b. Fore-wings without duplicated cilia. 



Haplothrips unicolor, sp. n. 



? . — Length 1*5 to 1*6 mm., breadth of mesothorax c. 

 03 mm. 



Colour of a uniform deep black-brown including tarsi, fore- 

 tibiae yellowish-brown distally ; third antennal joint a little 

 lighter in shade than the others. Wings, excepting scale 

 which is brown, clear. 



Head rather large, divergent posteriorly (though this may 

 have been caused in mounting), and about 1*5 times as long 

 as the pronotum ; ocelli situated well forward on a produced 

 prominence, the anterior ocelli overhanging and well in front 

 of a line drawn across the anterior margins of the eyes. 

 Antennae about 1*5 times as long as the head ; joint 4 

 broader than any of the others ; relative length of segments 

 3 to 8 approximately as follows : — 44 : 47 : 44 : 42 : 38 : 24, 

 last two joints closely united, 4 to 7 each with a narrow 

 basal constriction. 



