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  Mr. 
  11. 
  S. 
  B 
  agnail 
  on 
  new 
  Thysanoptera. 
  

  

  the 
  length 
  o£ 
  head) 
  ; 
  relative 
  lengths 
  of 
  joints 
  1 
  to 
  5 
  : 
  — 
  

   7 
  : 
  10 
  : 
  30 
  : 
  24 
  : 
  21. 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  transverse, 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long 
  ; 
  all 
  setaa 
  

   present, 
  slightly 
  knobbed, 
  those 
  at 
  hind 
  angles 
  longest, 
  

   almost 
  0*5 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  prothorax. 
  Pterothorax 
  a 
  little 
  

   broader 
  than 
  long, 
  wings 
  absent. 
  First 
  pair 
  of 
  legs 
  rather 
  

   short 
  and 
  somewhat 
  stout 
  ; 
  simple. 
  Intermediate 
  also 
  short 
  

   and 
  somewhat 
  stout 
  ; 
  hind 
  pair 
  longer 
  and 
  more 
  slender, 
  

   femur 
  1*5 
  times 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  intermediate 
  femur, 
  bi'oadest 
  

   at 
  distal 
  third 
  ; 
  tibia 
  correspondingly 
  long. 
  

  

  Side 
  of 
  abdomen 
  gently 
  arched 
  to 
  sixtii 
  segment, 
  which 
  is 
  

   armed 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  short 
  and 
  comparatively 
  stout, 
  out- 
  

   wardly 
  curved 
  lateral 
  processes 
  and 
  reaching 
  slightly 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  a])ex 
  of 
  segment 
  ; 
  7 
  evenly 
  narrowing 
  apically 
  ; 
  8 
  about 
  

   as 
  broad 
  across 
  apex 
  as 
  across 
  base, 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  mid- 
  

   lateral 
  tubercles 
  faintly 
  suggested. 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  Siplionothrips 
  hrevu, 
  sp. 
  n., 
  S 
  • 
  

   1. 
  Abdomiual 
  segments 
  6 
  to 
  8. 
  2. 
  Tube. 
  

  

  Tube 
  broadest 
  at 
  basal 
  fourth, 
  thence 
  sharply 
  narrowed, 
  

   and 
  continued 
  to 
  basal 
  fifth 
  or 
  thereabouts, 
  with 
  the 
  sides 
  

   practically 
  parallel, 
  basal 
  fifth 
  sharply 
  narrowed 
  ; 
  viewed 
  

   laterally 
  the 
  tube 
  is 
  sharply 
  curved 
  upwards 
  at 
  or 
  about 
  the 
  

   basal 
  third, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  distal 
  two-thirds 
  is 
  on 
  a 
  higher 
  level 
  

   than 
  the 
  base. 
  Surface 
  sparsely 
  furnished 
  with 
  moderately 
  

   short 
  and 
  very 
  delicate 
  hairs. 
  Terminal 
  bristles 
  we.'ik, 
  only 
  

   about 
  one-third 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  tube, 
  light-coloured. 
  

   Abdominal 
  bristles 
  also 
  weak, 
  those 
  on 
  7 
  and 
  8 
  directed 
  

   outwardly. 
  

  

  Ti/pe. 
  In 
  Hope 
  Collections, 
  University 
  IMuseum, 
  Oxford. 
  

  

  liab. 
  One 
  male, 
  coll. 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Sahlberg, 
  Narenta. 
  

  

  Family 
  PhlceothripidsB. 
  

   Liothr'ips 
  micrurus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Uniformly 
  dark 
  brown, 
  including 
  fore-tibife, 
  as 
  in 
  

   L. 
  major, 
  Buffa. 
  Antennas 
  with 
  second 
  joint 
  yellowish 
  

   distally 
  and 
  3-5 
  lemon-yellow, 
  •! 
  and 
  5 
  deepening 
  to 
  

  

  