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  Mr. 
  R. 
  S. 
  Bagnall 
  07i 
  neio 
  Thysanoptera. 
  

  

  liolitev 
  tlian 
  base 
  ; 
  fore-tibise 
  yellow 
  with 
  inner 
  and 
  outer 
  

   margins 
  brown, 
  fore-tarsi 
  yellow. 
  Antennpe 
  brown, 
  joint 
  3 
  

   yellow 
  lightly 
  tinged 
  with 
  brown 
  distally 
  ; 
  4 
  light 
  brown 
  

   with 
  basal 
  third 
  and 
  tip 
  yellow 
  ; 
  5 
  to 
  8 
  dark 
  brown^ 
  5 
  and 
  G 
  

   with 
  basal 
  fifth 
  or 
  thereabouts 
  sharply 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Head 
  1"23 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  just 
  behind 
  eyes, 
  and 
  

   1*4 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  prothorax; 
  cheeks 
  straight 
  ; 
  evi- 
  

   dently 
  sliohtly 
  diverging 
  posteriorly, 
  sparsely 
  and 
  minutely 
  

   setose. 
  Eyes 
  finely 
  facetted, 
  occupying 
  nearly 
  O'o 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  head 
  ; 
  space 
  between 
  tlum 
  about 
  three 
  times 
  the 
  breadth 
  

   of 
  one 
  of 
  them. 
  Ocelli 
  large, 
  posterior 
  pair 
  above 
  a 
  line 
  

   drawn 
  across 
  middle 
  of 
  eyes 
  and 
  near 
  their 
  inner 
  margins; 
  

   anterior 
  one 
  foiwardly 
  directed. 
  Postocular 
  bristles 
  long 
  

   and 
  very 
  slender. 
  Antennae 
  about 
  18 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  tlie 
  

   head, 
  relative 
  lengths 
  of 
  joints 
  3 
  to 
  8 
  as 
  follows: 
  — 
  

   24 
  : 
  25 
  : 
  24 
  : 
  19 
  : 
  18 
  : 
  14 
  —'3 
  and 
  4 
  equally 
  broad 
  and 
  5 
  

   about 
  0'2 
  narrower 
  than 
  either 
  of 
  them. 
  Sense-cones 
  short 
  

   and 
  stout, 
  2 
  (or 
  more) 
  on 
  3, 
  4 
  on 
  4, 
  and 
  2 
  each 
  on 
  5 
  and 
  6. 
  

   Mouth-cone 
  almost 
  reaching 
  across 
  prosternum 
  ; 
  basal 
  joint 
  

   of 
  maxillary 
  palpi 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  distal 
  joint. 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  almost 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long 
  ; 
  setae 
  very 
  

   slender, 
  tliose 
  at 
  anterior 
  angles 
  0'4 
  and 
  those 
  at 
  posterior 
  

   angles 
  0"7 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  prothorax. 
  Pterothorax 
  large, 
  

   1'35 
  times 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  prothorax 
  and 
  but 
  slightly 
  longer 
  than 
  

   broad. 
  Fore 
  and 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  rather 
  short, 
  hind 
  pair 
  

   moderately 
  long. 
  Fore-femora 
  slightly 
  incrassate, 
  tarsus 
  

   unarmed. 
  Wings 
  reaching 
  to 
  about 
  eighth 
  abdominal 
  seg- 
  

   ment, 
  apparently 
  slightly 
  narrowed 
  medianly; 
  cilia 
  dark. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  than 
  j)terothorax, 
  gradually 
  

   narrowing 
  from 
  segment 
  3 
  to 
  7, 
  and 
  thence 
  more 
  roundly 
  

   and 
  rapidly 
  to 
  base 
  of 
  tube. 
  Tube 
  0"()5 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head, 
  

   terminal 
  hairs 
  very 
  slender, 
  colourless 
  distally, 
  and 
  about 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  tube. 
  Those 
  on 
  9 
  exceptionally 
  slender 
  and 
  also 
  

   about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  tube 
  ; 
  lateral 
  bristles 
  on 
  4-8 
  long, 
  

   slender, 
  colourless. 
  

  

  Type. 
  In 
  Hope 
  Collections, 
  University 
  Museum, 
  Oxford. 
  

  

  Ilah. 
  Corfu, 
  1 
  ? 
  collected 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Salilberg, 
  to 
  

   whom 
  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  for 
  a 
  small 
  but 
  interesting 
  collection, 
  

   including 
  the 
  types 
  of 
  SipJwnothrips 
  hrevis 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  

   here 
  described. 
  

  

  Recognized 
  by 
  its 
  short 
  head, 
  structure 
  and 
  coloration 
  of 
  

   antenna^ 
  coloration 
  of 
  legs, 
  and 
  the 
  unusually 
  slender 
  

   })ost()cular, 
  prothoracic, 
  and 
  terminal 
  abdominal 
  bristles. 
  

  

  