Oct.,1918 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 79 
Measurements of allotype (2): Length 6.9 mm.; head, length 1.10 mm., 
width across eyes 0.307 mm., width in front of eyes 0.132 mm., width be- 
hind eyes 0.222 mm., width at base 0.324 mm., length of produced part 
0.270 mm.; eyes, length 0.215 mm., width 0.091 mm.; postocular bristles, 
length 0.240 mm. ;, prothorax, length 0.352 mm., width (inclusive of coxz) 
0.696 mm.; abdomen, greatest width 0.864 mm., length of segment 8, 0.384 
mm., length of segment 9, 0.330 mm.; tube, length 0.864 mm., width at 
base 0.152 mm., at apex 0.078 mm. 
Antennal segments: I 2 3 4 5 6 Fi 8 
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Described from four males and one female collected by Mr. A. 
A. Girault in North Queensland, Australia, as follows: Proser- 
pine, November 3, 1912, 1 4, swept from foliage and grass in 
open forest; Nelson, May 11 and 25, 1913, and June 2, 1914, 
3 dd, sweeping in jungle; Nelson (no date given), 1 2, sweeping 
in jungle. 
It is difficult to state just how this species differs from K. sim- 
plex (Bagnall), described from the Philippines, though it would 
appear to be distinct by the shorter tube and the prominent pro- 
thoracic denticle of the male. 
EXPLANATION oF PLate VIII. 
Fic. 1. Kleothrips acanthus new species. Head and prothorax, male, 
holotype (bristles on appendages not shown). 
Fic. 2. Kleothrips acanthus. Fore knee (left), ventral view, male, holo- 
type. 
Fic. 3. Kleothrips acanthus. Portion of prothorax and head, female, 
allotype. 
Fic. 4. Kleothrips acanthus. Right antenna, male, holotype. 
Philosamia cynthia.—Of several thousand cocoons gathered last winter, 
emergence was normal in those collected in December. Of those collected 
after January I, not one emerged. Dissection showed they were frozen 
to death. The winter was the coldest in history and it is to be supposed 
that the species, imported from China about 1867, is now nearly extinct in 
this climate. Information on the point will be welcome. 
