220 Mr. R. S. Bagnall on vew Thysanoptera, 



The S is easily separated from ^ Ph. funtumicB by the 

 ratnve of tlie depressions in steniites 3 to 7, the line of spines 

 in ninth tergite, the unicolorous antennae, and the excep- 

 tionally long sixth joint. 



c. Palhpennis group. 



Physothrips hrevicornis, sp. n. 



2 . — Lengtli 1-2 to 1-3 mm. 



Colour dark brown, fore-tibise, apices of fore-femora and 

 of hind and intermediate tibise and all tarsi yellowish ; fore- 

 wings wholly greyish 3'ellow-brown, hind-wings greyish at 

 base. Antennw with firsr joint and style giey to grey-brown, 

 second dark brown, 3 to 5 yellowish, the latter very lightly 

 tinted with grey ; 6 yellow, with distal half grey-brown. 



Head transverse, about 0*65 as long as broad, cheeks appa- 

 rently converging posteriorly ; eyes large, not bulging, 

 coarsely facetted and very minutely setose ; interocellar 

 bristles moderately long. Antennas short and rather stout, 

 a little more than twice as long as the head; relative lengths 

 and breadths of joints 3 to 8 as follows : — 



.32 : 29 : 20 : 36 : 6 : 11 

 18 : 18 : 14 : 15 : 6 : 4 ' 



3 to 4 broadly claviform. 



Prothorax transverse, about 1*25 times longer than the 

 head ; bristles at posterior angles rather short, the inner one 

 of each pair longer than the outer, and about 0*4 as long as 

 the prothorax. Upper vein of fore-wing with 3 or 4 setse 

 (l-f (or 1) + 1 + 1) in the distal half; in one specimen 4 

 are placed in the dist;il third ; lower vein with 11 to 15 setse. 



Al)domen only slightly broader than the pterothorax, 

 elongate-ovate. 



Type. Hope Department of Zoology, University Museum, 

 Oxford. • 



IJah. AUSTUALIA, Ballarat, Victoria ; 3 ? ? on Hypo- 

 clue ris rddicata, 28. i. 15 (7?. Kelly). 



Physothrips lonfficeps, sp. n. 



$ . — Length 1'5 mm. 



Colour chestnut-brown; fore tibife yellowish distally, 

 margins dark ; tar.si yellowish. Antennge brown, joint 2 



