214 Mr. R. S. Bagnall on 



white line and broad whitish space beyond cell, crossed by a 

 brownish postmedial line, following contour of dark patcii to 

 inner margin ; traces of subterminal spots and greyish 

 irrorations from vein 4 to inner margin. Hind wings white, 

 the margins broadl}^ black. Fore wings below grey-black ; 

 a broad white patch beyond cell from vein 8 to vein 2. 

 Hind wings below white, the margin broadly grey-black, 

 irrorated with white, except basal half of costa, which is 

 narrowly dark. 



Expanse 30 mm. 



Hab. Juan Vinas. 



The sexes are similar. 



Ilypena thorites, sp. n. 



? . Palpi brown, thickly irrorated with grey. Head dull 

 brown ; collar and thorax reddish brown ; abdomen fuscous 

 brown ; legs buff, irrorated with brown. Fore wings to 

 beyond middle reddisli brown, limited by a straight roseate 

 white line, outwardly shaded with roseate grey ; the outer 

 margin broadly fuscous brown, crossed by a sinuous row of 

 lunular black spots rather remote from margin ; a black 

 point at base of cell ; a fine darker reddish-brown antemedial 

 line, outwardly oblique from costa; a black point in middle 

 of cell ; a dark terminal line. Hind wings fuscous brown ; a 

 terminal darker line ; some pale shadings on base of cilia. 



Expanse 35 mm. 



Hab. Juan Vinas, Sixola, La Florida. 



Some specimens have a greyish shade at apex. 



XIX. — Preliminary Descriptions of Three neio Species of 

 Thysanoptera. By RiciiAKD S. Bagnall, F.L.fS., F.E!S. 



I WAS recently able to spend a couple of hours in the British 

 Museum, and take the opportunity of describing briefly two 

 new and interesting thrips — Docessissophothripsmajor^ sp. n., 

 and Mecynothrips sijnplex, sp. n. 1 also add a short descrip- 

 tion of a new Panurothrips from a small collection submitted 

 to me by Mr. V. Subramania Iyer, M.A., F.L.S., of the Indian 

 Forestry Research Institute, l)ehra Dun. 



