26 }>[y. R. S. Bagnall on new Thysanoptera. 



base of 4 light lemon-yellow ; 2 and 4 to 7 brown, 2 some- 

 times lighter distally. Fore-wings smoky-brown, basal 

 fourth light. 



Head almost as in hohJencus, about 1*25 times as broad as 

 long, and about as long as the prothorax. Eyes as in Aolo- 

 /e«<c»5, pigmentation deep puiplish-black ; ocelli with crimson 

 crescentic pigmentation. xMouth-coiie not quite reaching 

 across prosternum ; maxillary palpi long, with middle joint 

 the shortest ; labial palpi long and slender. Auteniise about 

 2*3 times as long as the head; relative lengths of joints ap- 

 proximately: — 7 : 12 : 17 : 16 : 12 : 17 : 5 — 2 broader than 

 any of the following, 3 pediceUate, and 5 and G latlier 

 broadly jointed. 



Prothorax 1*5 times as long as broad, with seta3 as in 

 ho/oleucus, dorsal surface not striated. Pterothorax about as 

 broad as long. Legs as in hololeucus, hind-tibise shorter, 

 with a series of short setse on the distal half within. Wings 

 reaching to the ninth abdominal segment, fore-wings about 

 15 times as long as broad across middle. Veins of fore-wing 

 not distinct, upj)er vein with 3 widely-spaced seta? in distal 

 half ; lower vein with a series of 11 and costa 26 to 30 seta\ 

 Oilia as in hololeucus. Hind-wing with a dark median vein 

 to apex. 



Abdomen ovate or, when segments are fully extended, 

 elongate-ovate, apically rather sharply iiai rowed and pointed, 

 iilighth teigite very finely fringed. Terminal bristles long, 

 ninth segment with a pair of short widely-separated biistles 

 (0'3 to 0"4 the length of the long ones), which are inwardly 

 directed distally. Lateral abdominal bristles somewhat long. 



Also a distinctive species. 



Type. In Hope Collections, University Museum, Oxford. 



llah. Japan : Okinawa, Luchu Is., on nasturtium, May, 

 and at Kobe, with T. hololeucus, sp. n., July 1013 («7. E. A. 

 Lewis) . 



Suborder T U B U L I F E i{ A. 

 Docessissophoiltn'ps frontalis, sp. n. 



Length about 5"5 mm. 



Colour deep blackish-l)rown ; forc-tibiie light yellowish- 

 brown, all tarsi dark yellowish-brown ; wings smoky-brown, 

 cilia darker. Antennre absent in the unique exam})le. 



Head twice as long as broad, almost as in D. major, Bagn., 

 but with the vertex produced into a |)roniinent hump, with 



