,330 ME. R. S. BAGNALL ON TWO NEW 



Eyes small ; ocelli equidistant ; postocular bristles very long, and a similar 

 pair of bristles placed dorsally a little above the posterior third ; anteociilar 

 pair short and very stout. Antennae slender, more than half as long again 



as the head. 



Prothorax transverse. Fore-legs in the male strongly developed, and the 

 tarsus armed with a very long, sharp tooth ; in the female slender, and tarsus 

 armed with a minute, forwardly-directed tooth. Sides of metathorax broadly 

 rounded and armed with a sublateral bristle, and the metascutum furnished 

 with a ]jair of long bristles, one near each anterior angle. Hind and inter- 

 mediate legs long and slender. Wings moderately long, broad ; median 



vein obsolete. 



Abdomen broader than metathorax ; more slender in the male than in the 

 female. Tube long. Only a single pair of wing-retaining bristles on each 

 of the seo-ments so furnished ; a pair of short postero-lateral spines on 

 each of the segments one to eight ; abdominal bristles strong. 



Species large. 



Type, Anactinotlirips Meiiierti, mihi. 



Anactinothrips Meinerti, sp. nov. (PL 46. figs. 1-7.) 



$ . Leno-ih 7'5 mm., breadth of mesothorax 0'875 mm., and breadth of 

 metathorax through middle I'O mm. 



Colour dark chestnut-brown, sides of intermediate abdominal segments with 

 a reddish tino-e ; legs lighter and all tibise and tarsi reddish yellow ; antennae 

 with second joint yellowish brown, third and fourth yellow and lightly shaded 

 with brown near apices, basal half of fifth and base of sixth also yellow. 



Head apparently elliptical in section, twice as long as the prothorax and 

 three times as long as the width immediately behind eyes ; vertex slightly 

 produced beyond eyes. Cheeks rounded at basal third, where the head is once 

 and one-third as wide as the width immediately behind eyes ; set with a few 

 short spines, a stout and prominent spine at basal third and two other slightly 

 shorter ones immediately behind each eye. Eyes small, occupying laterally 

 three-twentieths the length of head, and together four-sevenths the breadth ; 

 finely faceted ; postocular bristles very long, and a pair of still longer ones 

 set dorsally at about the basal third of head. Ocelli not large, equidistant ; 

 the posterior pair set on a line through anterior third of eyes and near their 

 inner margins ; anteocular spines moderately long and very stout. Mouth- 

 cone not quite so long as broad, rounded at tip ; maxillary palpi short, with 

 the apical joint only about twice the length o£ basal, and labial palpi also 

 short and broad. Antennae subapproximate, inserted at the extreme vertex 

 of head which is slightly swollen for their reception ; long and slender, one 

 and three-quarter times as long as the head ; basal joint cylindrical, longer 

 than broad, equal in length to the second but broader ; second slightly 



