THRIPS. THRIPS. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum obscurum. 

 Antennee longitudine tho- 



racis. 

 Corpus linearc. Abdomen 



sursum reflexilc. 

 Al<e quatuor, recta?, dorso 



incumbentes, longitudi- 



nales, angustae, subcruci- 



atze. 



Snout inconspicuous. 



Antenn<e the length of tho- 

 rax. 



Body linear. Abdomen re- 

 flexile upwards. 



Wings four, strait, long, 

 narrow, incumbent on the 

 back, slightly crossed. 



A HIS is a genus consisting of very small in- 

 sects, which are principally found on flowers. The 

 antennae are submoniliform, and of the length of 

 the thorax: the snout is obscure or inconspicuous, 

 short, and placed beneath the neck or head*: the 

 body of a lengthened or sublinear shape, and the 

 abdomen is at pleasure bent upwards or back- 

 wards: the wings are four in number, long, nar- 

 row, incumbent, and very slightly, or scarcely 

 crossed over each other. 



The most familiar example of the genus is the 



* It seems to have been most accurately described by Gleichen 

 in his Microscopical Observations. 



