450 BRITISH GENERA, IN THE 



Subs. BBB. Alee pterothorace breviores. 

 Sp. 26. Thr. subaptera. Fem. 



Colour dark, like Thr. Physapus, but the metathorax is shorter. 

 Occurs on muddy coasts, on Plantago maritima, I believe. 



Sp. 27. Thr. pallens. Fem. Pallide testacea abdomine nigri- 

 cante ; antennis basi et apice fuscis stylo vix distincte 

 biarticulato. 



[See also Thr. obscura var. and Thr. dispar male.'] 



Subgen. V. — Belothrips. 



Antenna stylus biarticulatus, articulo 6 to . longior: fem. 

 segmentum ultimum elonyatum, compresso-carinatum, spi- 

 niforme : (maris vero ut in reliquis, brevius, apice subtrun- 

 cato): characteres reliqui fere Thripsidis. 



Sp. 28. Thr. B. acuminata. Mas et Fem. 



Black, with brown legs ; darker antennae and blackish thighs ; fore- 

 shanks incrassate and a little concave below, but less so than in 

 Thr. manicata, where they may be called clypeate. 

 Found on sand-hills by the sea, but whether in the flowers of 



Galium verum, Lathyrus pratensis, or Plantago, I could not 



determine. 



FAM. III. — COLEOPTRATA. 



Elytra latiuscula, postice ciliata, nervis longitudinalibus et 

 transversis : terebra recurva: antennce varies: corpus 

 minus depressum. 



Gen. V. — Melanthrips. 



Antennce distincte 9-articulatcs : os breve: palporum maxil- 

 larium articuli subcequales : alee anticce, costa pubescentes, 

 nervis transversis tribus : tibia anticce apice productee: 

 terebra a basi parum recurva. 



Sp. 1. Mel. obesa. Mas et Fem. 



Deep black, with blackish elytra: larva depressed, pale yellow, 

 body broad behind, the last segment with 4 small pointed scales : 

 antennae rather long, 7-jointed. 

 Found in the flowers of Reseda and Ranunculus. 



