Mr. R. S. Bagnall on new 'ihysanoptera. 



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at apex, and liiiicl tibi«? brown except tlie extreme base and 

 distal tliiid which are yellow. Antennai more than twice as 

 long as the iiead ; relative lengths of joints 3 to 8 as follows : — 

 61 : 50 : 45 : 33 : 10 : 14. 



Abdominal segment G furnished with a pair of lateral 

 spine-like tubiform processes at anterior angles, slightly out- 

 wardly directed but scarcely curved, and not quite reaching 

 the line of the posterior margin ; 8 with a pair of lateral 

 toolh-like processes near posterior angles. 



Tube about 1*5 times as long as head, stout near base but 

 sharply constrictetl in the lirat fourth ; more strongly setose 

 (and with lunger setio) than in the ? . Terminal hairs 

 short. 



Ilah. Japan, Kobe, 1 ? , 1912 ; 1 cJ, April 1915, tho 

 latter Reg. no. 139 {J. E. A. Leicis). 



Family PhlceothripidaB s. 1. 

 a. Docessissophothrips group. 



Docessissophothrips longiceps, sp. n. 



? . — Forma aptera. Length about 5*5 mm. 

 Colour deep blackish-brown, second antennal joint reddish- 

 brown (rest of antennse broken off in the unique specimen) ; 

 all tibiae orange-yellow, tarsi clouded with brown. 



Fi^. 3. 



Head and protliorax of Docessissophothrips longiceps, sp. u. 

 A. Viewed dorsally. B. Viewed laterally. 



Head more than 4"5 times as long as the prothorax and 

 2'7 times as long as broad at middle ; dorsum gently arched 

 in ])roiile. Eyes small, finely facetted, not prominent; post- 

 ocular bristle apparently absent. 



Fore-margin of prothorax strongly emarginate ; bristles 

 moderately long, colourless. Pterothorax short; wings 

 absent. 



