﻿Mr. 
  R. 
  S. 
  Bagnall 
  on 
  neio 
  TJiysano'plera. 
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  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  protliorax 
  ; 
  sides 
  parallel. 
  Moutli-coiie 
  

   reaching 
  across 
  prosternum, 
  somewhat 
  pointed. 
  Eyes 
  occu- 
  

   pying 
  about 
  one-third 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  finely 
  facetted 
  ; 
  

   postocular 
  bristles 
  moderately 
  long 
  and 
  stout. 
  Vertex 
  raised, 
  

   in 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  hump. 
  Ocelli 
  large. 
  Antennse 
  1"5 
  times 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  relative 
  lengths 
  of 
  joints 
  approximately 
  : 
  — 
  

   10 
  : 
  16 
  : 
  23 
  : 
  22 
  : 
  22 
  : 
  21 
  : 
  18 
  : 
  13—7 
  and 
  8 
  broadly 
  jointed, 
  

   8 
  narrowly 
  pyriform, 
  pointed 
  apically. 
  

  

  Protliorax 
  very 
  short 
  and 
  strongly 
  transverse, 
  at 
  least 
  2'3 
  

   times 
  as 
  broad 
  across 
  posterior 
  angles 
  as 
  long 
  ; 
  all 
  bristles 
  

   ])resent, 
  long 
  and 
  rather 
  stout, 
  pointed 
  ; 
  postero-marginal 
  pair 
  

   0*8 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  protliorax. 
  Pterothorax 
  a 
  little 
  wider 
  than 
  

   width 
  across 
  fore-coxse 
  and 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad. 
  Legs 
  normally 
  

   stout 
  and 
  long. 
  Wings 
  reaching 
  to 
  eighth 
  abdominal 
  seg- 
  

   ment, 
  cilia 
  smoky. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  about 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  pterothorax, 
  gently 
  nar- 
  

   rowing 
  from 
  fifth 
  segment. 
  Tube 
  0*6 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head, 
  

   slightly 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  at 
  base, 
  and 
  twice 
  

   as 
  broad 
  at 
  base 
  as 
  at 
  apex. 
  Terminal 
  hairs 
  coloured 
  at 
  

   base 
  and 
  continued 
  as 
  long 
  colourless 
  filament*!, 
  about 
  O'S.*) 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  tube. 
  Lateral 
  abdominal 
  bristles 
  yellow, 
  long 
  

   and 
  rather 
  stout 
  on 
  segments 
  6-8 
  at 
  least 
  ; 
  those 
  on 
  9 
  parti- 
  

   cularly 
  long 
  and 
  very 
  slender 
  (and 
  indistinct) 
  apically, 
  up 
  to 
  

   1*7 
  titnes 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  tube. 
  

  

  Tj^'pe. 
  In 
  the 
  British 
  xMuseum 
  of 
  Natural 
  Hi.^tory. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Ceylon 
  : 
  Peradeniya, 
  ex 
  marginal 
  leaf-galls 
  of 
  black 
  

   pepper 
  [Piper 
  nigrum) 
  , 
  A. 
  Rutherford, 
  21. 
  7. 
  13 
  (Entomo- 
  

   logical 
  Itesearch 
  Committee). 
  

  

  CEdenwthrips 
  (?) 
  brevicol/h^ 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  1*9, 
  breadth 
  of 
  mesothorax 
  0'4 
  mm. 
  

  

  CJoIour 
  of 
  abdomen 
  black, 
  first 
  segment 
  brownish 
  ; 
  thorax 
  

   grey-brown; 
  head 
  yellow 
  to 
  yellowish-brown, 
  cheeks 
  darker. 
  

   Antennae 
  with 
  joints 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  yellow, 
  3-5 
  yellow, 
  lightly 
  

   shaded 
  with 
  grey, 
  tiie 
  fifth 
  darker 
  ; 
  6 
  chestnut-brown, 
  rather 
  

   lighter 
  at 
  base, 
  and 
  7 
  and 
  8 
  dark 
  blackish-brown. 
  

  

  Head 
  only 
  0*9 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  and 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   thorax, 
  cheeks 
  feebly 
  arcuate, 
  converging 
  towards 
  base. 
  

   Eyes 
  occupying 
  about 
  0'3-i 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  head. 
  Ocelli 
  

   small, 
  posterior 
  pair 
  widely 
  separated, 
  almost 
  touching 
  the 
  

   inside 
  margins 
  of 
  eyes. 
  Postocular 
  bristles 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   the 
  eye, 
  and 
  interocular 
  pair 
  only 
  ab'out 
  0*5 
  as 
  long. 
  An- 
  

   teinise 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  tiie 
  head 
  ; 
  relative 
  lengths 
  of 
  

   joints 
  approximately 
  : 
  — 
  14 
  : 
  19 
  : 
  23 
  : 
  21 
  : 
  20 
  : 
  19 
  : 
  14 
  : 
  9. 
  

   Joint 
  2 
  constricted 
  near 
  base, 
  3 
  clavate, 
  4 
  and 
  5 
  roughly 
  

  

  