Mr. R. S. Bagnall on neio Thysanoptera. 395 



and albipes possess a stoutisli pair of setse behind posterior 

 ocelli which are not developed in this species, whilst the 

 interocellar pair is longer and not placed so far forwards \\\ 

 andrewsi. 



Type. British Museum of Natural History (Imperial 

 Bureau of Entomology). 



TIah. India, Uingtong, T. E., Darjiling Dist., India; on 

 rose, 14. vi. 1916, ? ? only. Reg. no. 287. 



Suborder T U B U L I F E R A. 



Mecjathrips honoris^ sp. n. 

 Syn. M. quadi-ituherculatus iu part. 



Ill referring 'Idolothrips quadrituherculatus to the genus 

 ]\legathrips 1 described a ^ example which, despite certain 

 colour-differences, I presumed to be referable to the species 

 quadriiuherculatus. This male example is described in this 

 perie.s of descriptions. Part VIII. (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 ser. 8, vol. xvii., May 1916, pp. 406-407), but further 

 material has produced c? examples of another species of 

 Megathrips agreeing in the type of coloration with M. qiiadn- 

 iuhercnlatus and undoubtedly referable to that s|)ecies. 



^ . — Length (including tube) 4*5 mm. 



Fore-tibise brown excepting at apex and basally; inter- 

 mediate tibiae brown except at apex, and hind-tibiae brown 

 exce[)t the extreme base and distal tliird, which are yellow. 

 Antennae more than twice as long as the head; relative 

 lengths of joints 3 to 8 as follows :— 61 : 50 : 45 : 33 : 1(5 : 14. 



Abdominal segment 6 furnished with a pair of lateral 

 spine-like tubiform processes at anterior angles, slightly 

 outwardly directed, but scarcely curved, and not quite 

 reaching the line of the posterior margin ; 8 with a pair of 

 lateral tooth-like processes near posterior angles. 



Tube about 1*5 times as long as head, stout near base, but 

 sharply narrowed in the first fourth, more strongly setose 

 (and with longer selae) than in quadrituherculatus. Terminal 

 hairs short. 



Type. In Coll. Bagnall. 



Hah. Japan, Kobe; 1 c? , April 1915. Reg. no. 139 

 [J. E. A. Leicis). 



