ioo L. A. MOUND 



a series of stout thorn -like setae. The wings are narrow and pale although the cilia 

 are dark. The basal wing setae are hyaline or weakly shaded (cf. gaboniensis) . 



Holotype <$. [Tanganyika]: Moschi, 15.viii.1905 (Katona). 



Holotype <$ of nigrospinosus. Tanganyika : Morogoro, hi. 1925 (A. H. Ritchie). 



Holotype <$ of atrispinis. East Africa : Nairobi, 1905 [this may be Engare 

 Nairobi, between Moschi and Arusha in Tanganyika]. 



Holotype $ of variispinis. Tanganyika : Arusha, Rasha-rasha, on Onion, 

 viii.1926 (A. H. Ritchie). 



Euoplothrips buxtoni Bagnall 



Euoplothrips buxtoni Bagnall, 1928b : 68-71. 

 Euoplothrips incognitus Bagnall, 1928b : 71-72. Syn. n. 



Bagnall described buxtoni from two females, and incognitus from a female and two 

 males, but the differences between the two forms are here interpreted as being due 

 to size variation. The specimens labelled buxtoni are much larger than those labelled 

 incognitus but they were all collected together and they all have very similar post- 

 ocular and basal wing setae. E. buxtoni may be separated from the related uncinatus 

 as follows : 



1 Postocular setae acute, shorter than half of eye length ; basal wing setae slightly 

 expanded, the second seta about 1 -5 times as long as the distance between the 

 second and third seta .......... uncinatus 



- Postocular setae blunt, about as long as eye ; basal wing setae softly rounded, the 

 second seta about 2-5 (2-7 in $, 2-3 in o*) times as long as the distance between the 

 second and third seta .......... buxtoni 



LECTOTYPE $. Tonga : Nukualop, leaves of Ficus, 20.ii.1925 (Buxton & 

 Hopkins). 



LECTOTYPE $ of incognitus. Tonga : Nukualop, leaves of Ficus, 20.ii.1925 

 (Buxton & Hopkins). 



Euoplothrips uncinatus Bagnall 

 Euoplothrips uncinatus Bagnall, 1928b : 73-74. 



This species was described from one male and one female and characters for 

 separating these from buxtoni are given above. 



LECTOTYPE $. Samoa : Upolu Is., Apia, leaves of Ficus, 25.V.1925 (Buxton 

 & Hopkins). 



EUPATHITHRIPS Bagnall 



Eupathithrips Bagnall, 1908c : 203. Type-species E. dentipes, by monotypy. 

 Eupathithrips Bagnall ; Stannard, 1957 : 43~44- 



This genus is similar to Acanthothrips as pointed out by Stannard. The praepectus 

 is absent, there are three subapical sense cones on antennal III and the abdominal 

 tergites bear more than two pairs of wing retaining setae. 



