2S Mr. R. S. Bagnall on new Thysanoptera. 



clieeks dark greyish-brown. All legs (excepting coxae) 

 yellow. Antennae with joints I and 2 dark brown, the latter 

 lighter apically ; 3 and 5 yellow, with very i'aint tinge ol' grey 

 distally; 4 yellow, grey-brown near apex; 6 yellow, dis- 

 tinctly tinged with grey distally; and 7 and 8 light grey- 

 brown. 



Head approximately 1*2 rimes longer than broad and 1*5 

 times as long as the prothorax, sides parallel. Mouth-cone 

 exceptionally short, maxillary palpi with second joint veiy 

 long. Antennae 1"55 times as long as the head, joints 3 and 

 4 much broader than any of the others. Relative lengths ot" 

 joints approximately :— 12 : 18 : 22 : 22 : 19 : 18 : 17 : 12.' 



Prothorax transverse, about twice as broad as long ; bristles 

 at jiosterior and anterior angles, and the mid-lateral and 

 jjostero-marginal pairs present. The postero-marginal pair 

 and those at posterior angles long, the latter 0*6 as long 

 as the protliorax. Pterothorax transverse. Fore-femora 

 strongly incrassate, with a stout, blunt, tooth-like projection 

 at the base within, the inner margin straight and set with a 

 few very minute " teeth." Fore-tarsus set with a stout, 

 sharp, curved tooth. 



Wings practically clear, rather broad ; £ore-wings appa- 

 rently not constricted as in Iloplothrlps, witli 8-11 duplicated 

 cilia. 



Abdomen about as broad as the pterothorax, elongate, 

 narrowing evenly from sixth segment to base of tube. Tubu 

 0*6 the length of head, about twice as long as broad at base, 

 and twice as broad at base as at apex. Terminal hairs longer 

 than tube, but very slender (and difficult to see) distally, 

 colourless, except near base. Lateral abdominal bristles long 

 and slender, faintly knobbed ; none so long as the tube. 



Ti/i)e. In the British ]\Iuseum of Natural History. 



Hah. ('eyloN : Peradeniya, I S taken by Mr. A. 

 Rutherford from Memc.vyloii nndxUalvm, 28. G. 13 (Fntmno- 

 logical Research Committee). 



(iijnaikothnps karnyi *, sp. n. 



Tjcngth 1"0, breadth of mesothorax ()'42 mm. 



('ol'inr deep blackish-brown, thorax and distal halt' ol' tube 

 not rpiile so dark ; all tibia3 and tarsi li.L;ht lemon-yellow, 

 and antcnnal joints 3-8 lemon- to golden-yjUow. 



Head about l'i2 times as long as broad and piactically 



• Named in lioivun- of l»r. II. Kainy, who has done so much work on 

 (j'all-linips. 



