Three neio Species q/'Thysanoptein. 



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Phlceothripidae. 

 Genus UoCESSISSOrnOTHRIPS, Bagnall. 



Docessissophothri'ps major, sp. n. 



Length about 6*5 mm. 



Colour reddish brown ; third antennal joint yellowish 

 white, shaded with l)rowM at tip. 



Head more strongly flattened laterally than in ampUceps, 

 Bagn., but not so flattened as in monstrosus, Bagn. ; con- 

 stricted behind eyes and widest just before the constriction ; 

 eyes small but prominent. Maxillary palpi with second 

 joint very long^ about four times as long as the first. Third 

 joint of antenna longest, seventh and eighth joints apparently 

 connate. 



Docessissophot /trips major, sp. n. 



A. Head and prothorax, viewed dorsally. 



J3. The same, viewed laterally, with right front leg-. 



All prothoracic bristles exceptionally long. Wings 

 reaching to tube. Hind and intermediate legs long and some- 

 what stout, each tibia with two exceptionally long seta? on 

 outer margin. 



Tube stout, not quite as long as the head ; bristles of the 

 ninth abdominal segment about seven-eighths the length of 

 the tube. 



Ti/pe. British Museum. One carded specimen, without 

 data. Coll. Fry. 



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