98 L. A. MOUND 



hystrix may be minor males of this species or they may represent a distinct species. 

 The colour of the stem of antennal V varies from yellow to light brown, but the 

 extreme apex of III and base of IV are black, contrasting with the surrounding 

 yellow colour. The basal wing setae are light brown. 



Holotype <J. Seychelles : Mahe [near Morne Blanc, x-xi.1908 (H. Scott)]. 



Holotype <$ of rex. Seychelles : Silhouette [Mare aux Cochons, 6.ix.ic)o8 



(H. Scott)}. 



Holotype $ of hystrix. Seychelles : Silhouette [Mare aux Cochons, 6.ix.igo8 

 (H. Scott)]. 



Elaphrothrips malayensis (Bagnall) 



Dicaiothrips malayensis Bagnall, 1909J : 525-526. 



Three males remain in the Bagnall collection, and in one of these there is a well 

 developed, fore femoral, sickle-shaped seta (cf. Priesner, 1934 : 195). From this 

 specimen it appears that bruneitarsis Schmutz may well prove to be a synonym, 

 particularly as Priesner (1935 : 64) has recorded that species from Indonesia. How- 

 ever bruneitarsis of Bagnall (1934c : 630) is not the same species. 



Holotype cJ. Indonesia: Isle of Nias (Jordan). 



Elaphrothrips nitidus (Bagnall) 



Dicaiothrips nitidus Bagnall, 1910a : 372-373. 



The posterior reticles of the pelta are smaller than the anterior reticles. Unlike 

 foveicollis the postocular setae are well developed in this male specimen. 



Holotype (J. Brazil : Rio de Janeiro, near La Tijuca, 1901 (E. R. Wagner). 



Elaphrothrips priesneri (Bagnall) 



Dicaiothrips priesneri Bagnall, 1926c! : 554-555. Nomen novum for D. breviceps Priesner, 

 1921b nee Bagnall, 1921c!. 



This species was described by Priesner from Paraguay. 



Elaphrothrips procer (Schmutz) 

 (Text-figs. 37 & 38) 



Dicaiothrips procer Schmutz, 1913 : 1063— 1065. 

 Dicaiothrips proximus Bagnall, 1914c : 289. Syn. n. 

 Elaphrothrips achaetus Bagnall, 1934c : 633-634. Syn. n. 

 Elaphrothrips approximatus Bagnall, 1934c : 635-636. Syn. n. 

 Elaphrothrips procer (Schmutz) Priesner, 1935 : 60-61. 



This synonymy is based on a comparison of Bagnall's type specimens with 

 Priesner's redescription of procer. The fore tarsal tooth is quite distinctive in the 



