NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF THYSANOPTERA 1 89 



broadly seated tooth as in AL papuensis, the apical part point- 

 ing more directly forward. Anterior tibiae each armed with a 

 pair of comparatively small teeth side by side, shortly before 

 the apex within, and a series of minute teeth between the apex 

 and the principal teeth ; tarsal tooth very long and narrow. 

 The wings reach to the apex of the fifth abdominal segment, 

 whilst the tube is long, being four times the length of the ninth 

 abdominal segment and about one and one-third times the 

 length of the head. 



Type — In coll. Bagnall by the kindness of Dr. Schouteden, 

 Brussels. 



Hab. — Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, German New Guinea, 

 one male (?). 



Genus MACHATOTHRIPS* nov. 



Head longer than its breadth or than the length of the pro- 

 thorax. Cheeks set with a few short spines. Eyes medium 

 sized. Ocelli present. Anteniice . . . Mouth-cone about 

 as long as its breadth at base, and ending in a comparatively 

 sharp point. 



Prothorax simple ; anterior coxas large but simple ; femora 

 swollen, and each armed with a series of long sharp teeth 

 from the centre to apex within ; each tarsus armed with two 

 small spurs. Wings present. 



Abdomen long and comparatively heavy. 



Species large. 



Type — Machatothrips biuncinata mihi. 



Machatothrips biuncinata sp. n. (PI. VI., figs. 5, 6). 



Length 6*2 mm. ; width of mesothorax 0*9 mm. 



General colour brownish black, unicolorous. 



Head one and one-third times as long as width of cheeks, 

 which are slightly swollen at basal third and unequally set 

 with short stout spines. Eyes medium in size, finely faceted ; 

 space between them one and one-half the width of each eye. 

 Ocelli not large, posterior pair on a line with centre of eyes 

 * Macliato- = warrior 



