1114 LIST OP HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



Section 5. HETEROGYN^. 



Mares apteri, ocellis nullis : fcemincB alatae : antennse apicula 

 biarticulata. Vasa hepatica rufescentia quod in hoc familia fere 

 singulare. 



20. ThEIPS ERICiE. 



Thrips Ericae, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 448, 15. Amyot et Serv. Hist. 

 Nat. Hem. 644, 4. 



Nigra, abdomiue piceo, hemelytris fuscanis et fusco ciliatis, 

 tibiis tarsisque ferruginosis, illis margine his puncto apicali fuscis, 

 foem. — aut crocea antennis basi dempta oculisque fuscis, abdominis 

 glandulis rufis perlucentibus segment© penultirao biglumi, mas. 

 Long, f lin. 



Var. foem. piceo-rufa (immalurae). 



Obs.— 'Etia.m in varietate antennae nigro-fuscae, et inde corpore 

 obscuiiores sunt. 



Hab. In floribus Ericce Tetralix in montosis. 

 Larva simul lecta pinguis lutea. 



Section 6. MICROPTERiE. 



Tmetothrips, Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Hem. 645, 12. 



Alarum tantum rudimenta jthorace breviora, foem. : abdomen 

 subdepressum subtilissime verticillalum : ocelli nulli. 



21. Theips subapteea. 



Thrips subaptera, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 450, 26. Burm. Handb. Ent. 



ii. 416, 14. 

 Tmetothrips subaptera, Amyot etServ. Hist. Nat. Hem. 645, 1. 



Nigra, antennis dempta basi et apiee tibiis pro parte tarsisque 

 obscure ferrugineis, alarum rudimentissubfuscis,/flsm. Long. ^ — f 

 lin. 



Hab. In Plantagine maritima F 



