LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 1103 



1. Sericothrips Staphylinus. 



Sericothrips staphylinus, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 444. Burm. Handh. 

 Ent. 413. Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Him. 641. 



Subaptera, Mas et Fcem. abdominis dorso subtilissime seriatim 

 ciliato. 



Nigra ; capite thoraceque opacis, scutello albomicante, abdo- 

 mine sericeo ; antennae articulo 2ndo et 3tio pedesque pallide fer- 

 ruginei, femoribus basi fuscis ; alarum rudimeuta alba, radice ni- 

 gricante. Long. ^ lin. 



Hah. In floribus Ulicis, agiUime cursitans et saltitans. 



Foeminae perfecte alatae, hemelytris nigricantibus basi albidis, 

 abdomine vix ciliato, occurrunt rarius cum subapteris commixtae ; 

 lit in pluribus speciebus e genera Phlceothripe. 



a — d. England. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



Genus 5. THEIPS. 



Thrips, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 444, iv. Burm. 



Thrips, p., Linn., Fabr., Deg., Mull., Geoffr., Schrank, Gmel., Shaw, 



Latr., Kirhy. 

 Thrips, Physapus, et Odontothrips, Amyot et Serv. 



Abdomen laeviusculum, subglabrum aut seriatim foveolatum, 

 et ciliatum: abdominis segmentum extremum $ brevius et obtusius 

 quam 9 • hemelytra alis parum latiores, vena utraque in apicem 

 fere excurrente, vel alse abbreviatae aut nullae. 



Intestinum corpore fere duplo longius folliculis et stricturis non 

 tarn enunciatis : proventriculus ab alveo vix discretus: intestinum 

 tenue diametro multiplo longior. 3Ias vesiculis geminis tantum, 

 brevioribus, strictis : ovum lagviter curvatum (phaseoliforme) : larva 

 anteunis 4-articulatis citra apiculam biarticulatam : propupa anten- 

 nis porrectis divaricatis : pupa antennis supra verlicem reflexis pa- 

 rallelis. 



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