﻿Mr. 
  R. 
  S. 
  Bagnall 
  on 
  neio 
  Thysanoptera. 
  289 
  

  

  stout, 
  a 
  basal 
  series 
  o£ 
  very 
  stoat 
  dark 
  spines 
  on 
  outer 
  

   margin 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  usual 
  bristles, 
  and 
  a 
  yellow 
  sickle- 
  

   formed 
  bristle 
  at 
  apex 
  ; 
  fore-tibia 
  very 
  short 
  and 
  stout 
  ; 
  

   tarsal 
  tooth 
  rather 
  short. 
  

  

  Tube 
  0'68 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head, 
  slender 
  ; 
  terminal 
  hairs 
  

   colourless, 
  0'65 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  tube 
  and 
  those 
  on 
  tergite 
  9 
  not 
  

   quite 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  tube. 
  

  

  Recognized 
  by 
  the 
  long 
  and 
  slender 
  head. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  German 
  East 
  Africa 
  : 
  Moschi, 
  1 
  ^ 
  collected 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  C. 
  Katona, 
  Aug. 
  15, 
  1905 
  (National 
  Hungarian 
  Museum) 
  . 
  

  

  Dicaiothrips 
  proximus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ^ 
  . 
  Near 
  malayensis, 
  Bagn., 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  and 
  much 
  

   stouter. 
  Anterior 
  femora 
  very 
  greatly 
  enlarged, 
  with 
  a 
  

   brown 
  sickle-shaped 
  bristle 
  at 
  apex. 
  Head 
  with 
  vertex 
  less 
  

   noticeably 
  prolonged 
  ; 
  postocular 
  bristles 
  present. 
  Antennal 
  

   joints 
  3 
  and 
  4 
  subequal 
  ; 
  4 
  with 
  basal 
  third, 
  and 
  5 
  basally 
  

   yellowish. 
  Prothorax 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  malayensis, 
  not 
  

   quite 
  0*5 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  disc 
  sloping 
  from 
  basal 
  

   margin, 
  which 
  is 
  raised. 
  Tube 
  about 
  0*75 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  

   and 
  longer 
  than 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  7 
  or 
  8 
  ; 
  

   two 
  stout 
  sjjines 
  on 
  ninth 
  sternite. 
  

  

  Type. 
  In 
  Hope 
  Collections, 
  University 
  Museum, 
  Oxford. 
  

  

  IJah. 
  Ceylon 
  : 
  Peradeniya, 
  1 
  $ 
  (in 
  association 
  with 
  wliat 
  

   is 
  probably 
  the 
  $ 
  of 
  the 
  species), 
  from 
  pods 
  of 
  Ci'otalaria 
  sp., 
  

   November 
  1912 
  (E. 
  E. 
  Green, 
  No. 
  3180). 
  

  

  Dicaiothrips 
  greenly 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Length 
  7*2 
  mm. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  comes 
  in 
  my 
  first 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  produced 
  beyond 
  the 
  eyes 
  for 
  at 
  least 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  eye 
  and 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  width 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   the 
  produced 
  part. 
  

  

  Colour 
  dark 
  brownish-black 
  ; 
  fore-tibi?e 
  yellowish-brown 
  ; 
  

   intermediate 
  tibiae 
  brown, 
  lighter 
  at 
  both 
  ends 
  ; 
  hind-tibiae 
  

   light 
  at 
  base, 
  and 
  shading 
  to 
  yellow 
  distally. 
  Antennas 
  with 
  

   joint 
  3 
  yellow, 
  brown 
  at 
  apex, 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  4 
  and 
  third 
  of 
  5 
  

   shaded 
  to 
  a 
  light 
  brown. 
  

  

  Head 
  nearly 
  35 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  near 
  base, 
  the 
  

   produced 
  part 
  occupying 
  about 
  0-25 
  and 
  the 
  eyes 
  0'2 
  the 
  

   total 
  length. 
  Postocular 
  bristles 
  long, 
  and 
  a 
  second 
  pair 
  of 
  

   dorsal 
  bristles 
  near 
  basal 
  fourth 
  as 
  in 
  Anactinothrips, 
  Bagn,, 
  

  

  