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pear-tlirips, P. pj/)'i, was synonymous witli the earlier- 

 described 1\ inconsequens of Uzel, a conclusion that Mr. C. B. 

 Williams had also come to. On going into the question 

 together recently, comparing material from North America, 

 Central Europe, ajul England, we confirmed this opinion. 



It is interesting to note that in the Czech account of the 

 habitat of P. inconsequens in Uzel's monograph the food- 

 plant Prunus cerasus is mentioned. 



For a pest of such importance the trivial uSimQ. inconsequens 

 is unfortunate. 



Odontothrips fasciatipennis, sp. n. 



? . — Length 1'3 mm. 



Daik brown, pterothorax rather lighter ; fore-tibise light 

 yellow, shaded to grey-brown basally ; apices of inter- 

 mediate and hind tibise and all tarsi light yellow ; antennal 

 joints 3 and 4 yellow. 



Fore-wing with basal third clear, then a band or patch of 

 browji, and the distal two-liftlis with but the slightest tinge 

 of grey ; cilia grey-brown. Posterior ocelli on a line drawn 

 behind eyes and contiguous to their inner angles. Fore- 

 tibial teeth small, sharp, the larger sharply bent ; fore-tarsus 

 apparently without tooth. 



This species differs from both phaleratus (Hal.) and inter- 

 medius (Uz.) in the coloration of the wings. 



Type. Hope Department of Zoology, University Museum, 

 Oxford. 



Hab. S. Australia, Outer Harbour, Adelaide ; collecled 

 by Prof. Poulton in the flowers of Mesonhryanthemum, 

 Aug. 28th, 1914. 



Grenus Physothrips. 



a. Sjostedti-usitatus group. 



Physothrips xisitatus, Bagn., var. cinctipennisj nov. 



Fore-wings with the middle third and extreme tip greyish- 

 brown. Relative lengths of antennal joints as follows : — 

 12 : 16 : 25 : 25 : 16 : 23 : 7 : 8. 



Distinguished from the type-form (only known from 

 India) by the distinct clear band near distal end of fore-wing. 

 This baud is weakly suggested in the Indian specimens. 



