1116 LIST OF HOMOPTEEOUS INSECTS. 



Tribe 2. COLEOPTRATA. 

 Coleoptrata, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 450. Bunn., Amyot et Serv. 



AntennsB difformes 9-articulatae : hemelytra abdominis latitu- 

 dine, obtusa, coriacea, postice ciliata; venis nonnullis transversis : 

 terebra/flsw. recurva. 



Antennae articulis Gen. 



9 omnibus discretis 1. Melanthrips 



5 et apicula attenuata 2. jEolothrips. 



Genus 6. MELANTHRIPS. 



Melanthrips, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 450. 



Melanothrips, -Bunn. Handh, Ent. ii. 417. Amyot et Serv. 



Antennae distincte Q-articulatae : haustellum breve : palpi max- 

 illares articulis subequalibus : hemelytra margine costali pubescente, 

 venis transversis 3. [Tibiae anticae apice dentatae : terebra a basi pa- 

 rum recurva]. 



Larva antennis gracilibus 7-articulalis. 



1. Melanthrips obesa. 



Melanthrips obesa, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 450, 1. Melanothrips, 

 Burm. Handh. Ent. ii. 417. Amyot et Serv, Hist. Nat. Hem. 

 645. 



Atra, hemelytris nigricantibus. Long, f lin. 



Hab. In floribus Resedce et Ranunculi. 



Genus 7. iEOLOTHRIPS. 

 .Eolothrips, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 451. Burm., Amyot et Serv. 



Antennae articulis 5 interioribus majoribus discretis turn qua- 

 tuor reliquis minutissimis in apiculum attenuatum cum 5to fere 

 confusam compactis: haustellum longiusculum teres: palpi max- 

 illares sat longi geniculati articulo apicali brevissimo. [Oculi ver- 

 sus OS producti : tibiae anticae inermes. Foemince abdominis apice 

 subreflexa terebra recurva]. 



Sub-g. 



.1 j completas 1. Coleothrips. 



abortivae 2. ^olothrips. 



