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



Additional Records. W. AUSTRALIA, 1 £ , Coltsloe Beach, 

 near Fremantle, Aug. 31, 1914, and New South Wales, 

 several ? ? , Blue Mountains (Jenslan Caves to Ml". Victoria), 

 in flowers of Helichrysum sp. {E. B. Poulton). Reg. 40 and 

 37 respectively. 



Physothrips brunneicornts, Bagn. 



Originally described from Japan. 



Hah. India, 1 ? , teneral, Ringtong, T.E., Darjiling Dist., 

 on rose, 14. vi. 1916 {E. A.Andrews). Reg. 287, I.B.E. 121. 



Physothrips brevicornis, Bagn. 



g . — Much smaller than the ? , with a large, broad, ellip- 

 tical area on each of the sternites 3 to 7. Two pairs of 

 specialized setee on tergite 9 of normal form, the inner pair 

 situated more posteriorly, long, being about twice the length 

 of the outer pair. 



Additional Records. Australia, Melbourne, 1 ? and 1 £ 

 in dandelion-flower, 1914 (F. Spry), Reg. 121 ; and Heales- 

 ville, Victoria, both sexes in numbers on Helianthus sp., 

 February 1914 {R. Kelly), Reg. 89. 



Physothrips peculiar is, sp. n. 



$ , — Length approximately 1*2 mm. 



Colour light lemon-yellow, thorax and first two antennal 

 segments of a little deeper shade, and head and last two 

 abdominal segments of a brownish golden-yellow. Fore- 

 wings clear excepting for a faint and ill-defined bar occupying 

 the median third or thereabouts, and a short similar bar at 

 extreme tip. Cilia and seta} faintly fuscous. Note : the 

 specimens before me had been preserved in spirits for ten or 

 so years before being mounted. 



Head slightly broader across eyes (where it is broadest) 

 than long, and not as long as the prothorax. Eyes prominent, 

 coarsely facetted, occupying about 0'6 the length of head ; 

 ocelli large, interocellar setae somewhat close together. 

 Cheeks somewhat swollen immediately behind eyes, then 

 slightly emarginate, widening again near base. Antenna? 

 about three times as long as the head; basal joints approxi- 

 mate, distinctly stouter than any of the succeeding, which 

 are more than usually slender, 3 and 4 constricted both 



