Nov., '04] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 297 



short hairs. Fringe on posterior margin wavy. Wings white ; 

 fore wings with two broad dark cross bands. 



Abdomen with posterior margin of segments serrate, these 

 serrations becuming acuminate in the last five. 



Caliothrips woodworthi. 



Female. — Length 0.91 mm.; width of mesothorax 0.31 mm. General 

 color yellowish brown to brown. 



Head slightly wider than long, rectangular in outline ; not retracted 

 into prothorax ; cheeks nearly straight ; surface of head reticulate and 

 closely punctate. Eyes large, black, circular, borders light, coarsely 

 faceted ; ocelli of medium size, yellow, and placed quite close together. 

 Mouth cone sharply pointed, maxillary palpi geniculate, 3 segmented. 

 Antennae 9 segmented, a little over three times as long as head, slender, 

 approximate at the base ; length of segments : 19, 35, 49, 49, 39, 32, 14, 11, 

 18. Segments i and 2 cylindrical, light brown in color; second of little 

 greater diameter than first ; center of segments 3 and 4 nearly twice the 

 diameter of extremities, brown shading to yellow ; segment 5 light at 

 base, apex concolorous with segments six to nine inclusive (dark brown). 

 Sense cones on segments 2 to 6 inclusive with portion beyond middle of 

 segments 3 to 6 bearing sense hairs. 



Prothorax about twice as broad as long, a little wider than head, sides 

 slightly arched, no conspicuous spines, but several weak ones. Meso- 

 thorax smoothly rounded at the anterior angles. Metathorax slightly 

 narrower than mesothorax and tapering posteriorly. Entire surface of- 

 thorax faintly reticulate and coarsely punctate. Wings long, extending 

 beyond tip of abdomen, narrow, pointed at tip ; fore wings with strong 

 veins ; fringe on posterior margin long and wavy, about four times as 

 long as that on anterior margin ; anterior wings with two white bands, 

 one at the base and one just beyond the middle, with a dark brown band 

 between the white ones, and one at the apex of the wing. Hind wings 

 without these areas. 



Legs pale yellow, except the middle of the femora and tibiae, where 

 they are concolorous with thorax. Femora coarsely punctate and faintly 

 reticulate ; tibiae clothed with several small hairs ; the under side of the 

 hind tibia bears a row of spines, the last being the longest and stoutest. 



Abdomen obtusely conical, twice as long as wide, about the length of 

 the insect, brown, surface faintly reticulate and coarsely punctate. Seg- 

 ments gradually increase up to 4th, then gradually decrease to tip. Seg- 

 ments overlap considerably ; serrate, serrations appearing as strong 

 spines on the edges of segments 4 to 8 inclusive. Spines on last 2 seg- 

 ments fine lemon yellow, inconspicuous. Transverse oval areas in the 

 middle of segments 2 to 6, yellowish. 



Found on grass in Berkeley. 



