Mr. R. S. Bagnall on neio Thysanoptera, 289 



stout, a basal series of very stout dark spines on outer 

 margin in adclitiou to the usual l^ristles, and a yellow sickle- 

 formed bristle at apex ; fore-tibia very short and stout ; 

 tarsal tooth rather short. 



Tube 0*08 as long as the head, slender ; terminal hairs 

 colourless, 0*65 the length of tube and those on tergite 9 not 

 quite as long as tube. 



Recognized by the long and slender head. 



Ilah. German East Africa : Moschi, 1 ^ collected by 

 Mr. C. Katona, Aug. 15, 1905 (National Hungarian Museum). 



Dicaiolhrips proximus, sp. n. 



S . Near malayensts, Bagn., a little longer and much 

 stouter. Anterior femora very greatly enlarged, witli a 

 brown sickle-sliaped bristle at apex. Head with vertex less 

 noticeably ])rolonged ; postocular bristles present. Antennal 

 joints 3 and 4 subequal ; 4 with basal third, and 5 basally 

 yello-wish. Prothorax much larger tlian in malayensis, not 

 quite 0'5 the length of the head ; disc sloping from basal 

 margin, wliich is raised. Tube about 0'75 the length of head 

 and longer than either of the abdominal segments 7 or 8 ; 

 two stout spines on ninth sternite. 



Type. In Hope C'dlections, University Museum, Oxford. 



IJab. Ceylon: Peradeniya, 1 (^ (in association with wjiat 

 is probably the $ of the species), from pods of Crotalaria up 

 November 1912 (E. E. Green, No. 3180). 



Uicaiothrips greenly sp. n. 



Length 7*2 mm. 



This species comes in my first division of the genus, in 

 which the head is produced beyond the eyes lor at least the 

 length of the eye and for more than the width at the base of 

 the produced [larf. 



Colour dark brownish-black ; fore-tibire yellowish-l>rown ; 

 intermediate tibias brown, lighter at both ends ; hind-tibiic 

 light at base, and shading to yellow distally. Antennae with 

 joint 3 yellow, brown at apex, basal half of 4 and third of 5 

 shaded to a light brown. 



Head nearly 35 times as long as broad near base, the 

 ])roduccd ])art occupying about 0-25 and the eyes 0*2 the 

 total length. Postocular bristles long, and a second ])air of 

 dorsal bristles near basal fourth as in AnacUiKAhrlps, 13agn., 



