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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  leafy 
  thoracic 
  shield 
  and 
  in 
  coloration 
  the 
  insect 
  is 
  very 
  well 
  protected 
  ; 
  

   it 
  is 
  often 
  found 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  make 
  out 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  on 
  

   the 
  leaves 
  due 
  to 
  its 
  protective 
  resemblance. 
  

  

  Thysanoptera. 
  

   As 
  a 
  supplement 
  to 
  my 
  paper 
  on 
  " 
  Thysanoptera 
  " 
  read 
  at 
  the 
  last 
  

   meeting 
  (see 
  page 
  618 
  of 
  the 
  Report), 
  the 
  following 
  further 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  on 
  some 
  South 
  Indian 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  interest. 
  In 
  April 
  1919 
  

   we 
  forwarded 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Bagnall 
  a 
  consignment 
  of 
  Thysanoptera 
  collected 
  

   from 
  difierent 
  parts 
  of 
  South 
  India 
  and 
  found 
  on 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  plants. 
  

   Of 
  these, 
  Mr. 
  Bagnall 
  has 
  since 
  described 
  the 
  following 
  new 
  species 
  in 
  

   the 
  Annals 
  and 
  Magazine 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  for 
  October 
  1919 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  (1) 
  DendrotJirijJS 
  indicus, 
  on 
  leaves 
  of 
  arrow-root 
  plants, 
  in 
  company 
  

  

  with 
  Panchcetothrips 
  indica, 
  Bgll., 
  North 
  Malabar 
  (Septem- 
  

   ber). 
  

  

  (2) 
  Euthrips 
  citricinctvs, 
  on 
  arrow-root 
  leaves. 
  North 
  Malabar 
  

  

  (September). 
  

  

  (3) 
  Haplothrips 
  pictipes, 
  in 
  diseased 
  pepper 
  berries, 
  North 
  Malabar 
  

  

  (September). 
  

  

  The 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  sent 
  is 
  still 
  unidentified. 
  Later 
  on 
  we 
  

   sent 
  him 
  specimens 
  of 
  an 
  interesting 
  species 
  of 
  large 
  sized 
  Thrips 
  collected 
  

   on 
  Eugenia 
  wrightiana 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Muliyil 
  on 
  the 
  Palni 
  Hills 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  Bagnall 
  

   has 
  identified 
  this 
  as 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Leeuwenia, 
  almost 
  certainly 
  L. 
  indicus^ 
  

   Bgll. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  group 
  Hystrichothiipidse. 
  Species 
  

   of 
  Leeuwenia 
  noted 
  elsewhere 
  till 
  now 
  also 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  

   on 
  species 
  of 
  Eugenia 
  plants 
  only. 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  added 
  that 
  recently 
  I 
  have 
  noted 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Thrips 
  

   doing 
  severe 
  damage 
  to 
  leaves 
  of 
  garden 
  crotons 
  both 
  in 
  Bangalore 
  

   and 
  Coimbatore. 
  The 
  foliage 
  becomes 
  thickly 
  spotted 
  and 
  sickly 
  and 
  

   gradually 
  fades. 
  The 
  adult 
  is 
  dark 
  brown 
  with 
  the 
  anal 
  end 
  reddish;, 
  

   young 
  ones 
  are 
  pale 
  whitish. 
  

  

  