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(4) Physoihrips vsitatus, p. 291, Annals and Ilagazine of N. H. XII, 1913 on 



flowers of Butea Jrondosa, Allahabad. 



(5) Phoxothrips breviceps, p. 380, Annals and Magazine of N. H. XIV, 1914 on 



wild plants, Himalayas. 



(6) Leeuwenia indicus, p. 377, Annals and Magazine of N. H. XIV, 1914 from 



Burma ; on wild plants. 



(7) Hindsiana apicalis, p. 323, Annals and Magazine of N. H. XV, 1915 Almora 



(North India) ; on wild plants. 



(8) Physoihrips longicej)s, p. 221, Annals and Magazine of N. H. XVII, 1916— on 



Rhododendron, Garhwal (North India). 



(9) Tosniothrips major, p. 216, Annals and Magazine of N. H. XVII 1916 on 



Rhododendron, Garhwal (Himalayas). 



(10) Apiinothrips ruficomis var. connaicornis, Uz., p. 205, Annals and Magazine of 



N. H., 1918^on tea flowers, Darjiling. •' 



(11) Haplothrips tenvipennis, p. 206, Annals and Magazine of N. H. 1918 on tea 



and rose, Darjiling. 



(12) Physoihrips seiivenlris, p. 65, Bulletin of Eniomological Research IX, 1918 



tea ; North India. 



(13) Physoihrips brunneicornis, p. 206, Annals and Magazine of N. H. 1918 



rose, Darjiling. 



(14) Physoihrips peculiaris, p. 206, Annals and Magazine of N. H. 1918 



lucerne, Pusa. ' '' 



In 1915, my specimens of Thrips collected on paddy from Madurantakam (Chinaleput) 

 were described by Mr. Williams in the Bulletin of Entomological Research 

 p. 353, to belong to a species of Thrips and was named Thrips (Baonallia) 

 oryzce, being the first record of a species of the genus Thrips from India. 



Eecently I forwarded some of my material to Mr. Hood of the United 

 States and lie has so far identified the following new forms from my lot 

 The descriptions of these have not yet appeared in print. [Since appeared 

 in Insecutor Inscitice Menstruus, April 1919.] 



(1) ArrJienothrips ramakrishnce (Plate 99). On Mimusops elengi, Coimbatore 



(2) Rhipiphorothrips cruentatus. On grape t^ine leaf, Coimbatore. 



(3) Scirioihrips dorsalis. On chillies and castor shoots, Coimbatore. 



(i) Neoheegeria indica. On ^4 iZan/Aws shoots, Coimbatore. * * 



(5) Perissothrips parviceps. On Ailanthus shoots, Coimbatore. 



The above appear to be the species so far noted from India till now. 



Speaking of the economic side of Thysanoptera, there are some species 

 which are really very injurious. Thijps oryzce on young paddy does 

 considerable damage in certain seasons in different parts of South India 

 There are, I know, one or two species of Thrips {Phijsothrips) which often 

 give a good deal of trouble in the tea gardens, as Mr. Andrews will be 

 able to tell us. The turmeric thrips {PanchcBtotlirijJs indicvs, Bgl.) 

 is sometimes found bad also. The onion crop in different parts of the 

 country is often seriously injured by Thrips (Heliothrips indicus). The 

 one on Mimusops {ArrJienothrips minakrishncB) is very serious on this 

 garden plant in Coimbatore. The Jeaves are twisted and galled and the 

 plant suffers considerably. The grape-vine Thrips (Rhijnphorothrips 

 cruentatum) is also capable of doing appreciable harm to the tender 

 foliage of grape. I have recently noted a species on young pepper 

 leaves, curling up the leaves, and the species appears similar to one 

 noted on pepper in Ceylon {Gynaikothrips karnyi, Bgl.). 



