92 L. A. MOUND 



South America (Hood, 1955), it appears reasonable to treat the slender differences 

 between these three specimens as variation within one species. The postocular 

 setae of the male (distinctus) are small, whereas these setae are well developed in the 

 two females (affinis and assimilis). The stems of antennals III to V are yellow, 

 although IV and V have a dark basal ring. 



Holotype $. Nicaragua : Chontales (Jansen). 



Holotype $ of assimilis. Nicaragua : Chontales (Jansen). 



Holotype <$ of distinctus. Nicaragua : Chontales (Jansen). 



Elaphrothrips angustatus (Bagnall) 



(Text-fig. 31) 



Idolothrips angustatus Bagnall, 1910a : 380-382. 



Bagnall's records of brevicomis from Trinidad (1915) and St. Vincent (1917) are 

 here regarded as mis-identifications of angustatus. The anterior reticles of the pelta 

 are equiangular but the reticles on the posterior half are transversely elongate. The 

 postocular setae of the male are small although these setae are long in the female. 



Holotype J. Venezuela : Los Trincheras, n.xii.1891 (Meinert). 



Elaphrothrips antennalis Bagnall 



Elaphrothrips (Idolothrips) antennalis Bagnall, 1921c! : 398. 



The fore tarsus of this species bears a broad-based tooth rather similar to that 

 found in the minor males of procer Schmutz. 



Holotype <$. Japan : Kobe, on grass, 11.vii.1916 (/. E. A. Lewis). 



Elaphrothrips bagnallianus Priesner 



Elaphrothrips bagnallianus Priesner, 1952 : 863. Nomen novum for clarispinis of Bagnall. 

 Elaphrothrips clarispinis Bagnall, 1935a : 134-135, nee clarispinis Priesner, 1935 : 247. 



Holotype $. [Zambia] : Kipushi, Congo Border, in dry dead leaves, 9.XL1928 

 (H. S. Evans). 



Elaphrothrips brae hypes Bagnall 



Elaphrothrips brachypes Bagnall, 1934b : 495-497. 

 Elaphrothrips jeanneli Bagnall, 1935a : 140-142. Syn. n. 



In this species the postocular and interocellar setae are colourless, and the pronotal 

 and femoral setae are shaded yellow. The extreme base of the femora and tibiae are 

 yellow, and the hind tibiae are light brown in the distal half. 



Holotype <$. East Africa : without data. 



Holotype $ of jeanneli. [Kenya] : Molo, Mau Escarpment, 7,000 ft., 2.XU.1911 

 (Alluaud & Jeannel). 



