Mr. R. S. Bagnall on new Thysanoptera. 295 



Suborder Tobulifera. 

 Family Phlceothripidae. 



Compsothrips reuteri, sp. n.* 



? . — Length about 2 - mm. 



Dark chestnut-brown, including legs and tarsi. Basal 

 antennal joint brown ; 2 shaded to yellow apically ; 3 clear 

 y ellowish- white ; 4 to G yellow, with 5 lightly and G more 

 strongly shaded with brown apically; 7 brown and 8 

 yellowish-brown, lighter than 7. Head about 2"5 times as 

 long as the prothorax, and 1*75 as long as broad behind eyes ; 

 cheeks slightly arcuate at about the posterior third. Ptero- 

 thorax slightly longer than broad. Abdomen oblong-ovate, 

 sharply narrowed from segment 8 to base of tube. Tube. 

 about G"6 the length of the head and less than half (0*5) as 

 broad at apex as at base. Legs long. 



Resembles C. (Leurothrips) linearis (Bagn.) in type o£ 

 coloration, but may be recognized by its smaller size, broader, 

 more ovate, and shorter body, and the relatively longer head 

 and legs. 



Hub. Egypt: Suez, 1 ? , Aug. 4th, 1902 (Biro). 



Cryptothrips trybomi, sp. n.| 



$ . — Winged ; length just over 2'0 mm. 



Colour chestnut-brown, head yellowish brown, and tip of 

 tube lighter ; all legs yellow, wings tinged lemon-yellow ; 

 antennae yellowish-brown, joint 3 lemon-yellow and 4 a 

 deeper yellow. Head about 1"G times as long as broad and 

 2*2 as long as the prothorax. Mouth-cone broadly rounded, 

 extending to mesosternum. Eyes rather small, vertex uiised. 

 Ocelli large ; postocular bristles present. Antenna? 1"75 times 

 as long as head, joints 3 and 4 mildly claviform, and 5 and G 

 elongate-fusiform, almost cylindrical. Prothorax strongly 

 transverse, 2*5 times as wide through middle as long; all 

 bristles present, long and light-coloured. Legs long. Nine 

 cilia near apex of fore wing duplicated. Abdomen elongate ; 

 tube 0"G the length of the head. 



Uab. German East Afiuca : Moschi, Aug. 15th, 1905, 

 1 S [C. Katona). 



Easily distinguished by its type of coloration and by the 

 unusual form of the antennal joints 5 and 6. 



* Named iu honour of Prof. O. M. Reuter. HeMngfors. 

 t Named in honour of the late Dr. Filip Trybom of Stockholm. 



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