324 Mr. R. S. Bagnall on new Jltysanoptera. 



Lt'otJirips micrurus, Bagnall. 

 Ann. & Mag-. Nat. Ilist. ser. 8, vol. xiii, p. 292 (March 1914). 



This .^species is apparently attached to Zi/ziphus spini-chrisf,'\ 

 and was described from a specinidi obtained by Mr. F. G. 

 AVillcocks at Matarieh, near Cairo. Mr. VVillcocks has 

 found other specimens on the same tree from Ezbet-el-Nakhl, 

 February, and at Gizeh, near Cairo, March 11)11. Evidently 

 rare. 



In describing it I stated that a carded specimen captured 

 by Prof. Sahlberg of llelsingt'ors at lleluan exliibited a pro- 

 nounced metallic-purplish coloration. 



Mr. Willcocks has furnished me with the following live- 

 colour notes of the species — the first known thri[)s to exhibit 

 metallic coloration of any kind : — 



Head, thorax, and abdomen deep metallic violet — in some 

 lights appears jet-black ; hairs on abdomen pale. Eyes very 

 dark brown. Antennse: two basal joints dark, otliers pale 

 yellowish-brown. Wings silvery, with pale brownish fringe. 

 Legs deep metallic violet. 



Genus Aleurodothrips, Franklin, 1909. 



CJiromatothrips, Schmutz (type C.f'isciata, Schmutz), K. Akad. Wiss. 

 Wien., Matliem.-Naturw. Kl. cxxii., July 1913, p. 1043. 



I consider that the type-species of Ghromatothrips is closely 

 related to Aleurodothrips fasciatipennis , Franklin, and con- 

 generic with it. 



Aleurodothrips fasciapennis (Franklin). 



Ceylon, Peradeniya, 1 ^ taken by Mr. A. Rutherford 

 among Aspidiotus latanice, 27. vi. 1913. 



The only difference I can detect in this example and 

 specimens from Florida lies in the coloration of the antennae, 

 the former having the sixtii joint entirely grey-brown. 

 A. fusciatus closely resembles this species, but is easily 

 distinguished by the coloration of the body, antennse, and 

 legs. 



Androthrips Jlavipes, Schmutz. 



Androthripsjlavipes, Schmutz, I. c. cxxii. p. 1031 (July 191 3) ; Bag- 

 nall, Ann. & Mag. Nat, Hist. ser. 8, vol. xiii. p. 27 (Jan. 1914). 



