130 L. A. MOUND 



Kleothrips gigans Schmutz 



Kleothrips gigans Schmutz, 1913 : 1058-1062. 

 Dracothrips ceylonicus Bagnall, 1914c : 290-291. 



The two original specimens of ceylonicus have apparently been lost. The original 

 data were ; Ceylon : Peradeniya, swept from bushes (E. E. Green 2961). Priesner 

 indicates that gigans always has a small tooth at the base of the fore tibia of the male, 

 but a gynaecoid male apparently of this species from Ceylon is in the British Museum 

 (Natural History) and lacks all trace of the tooth. K. simplex may be a synonym of 

 gigans but further series are essential to establish the range of variation. 



Kleothrips simplex (Bagnall) 



Mecynothrips simplex Bagnall, 1912a : 216. 



As indicated above the unique male of this species is very similar to gigans 

 Schmutz, of which it may prove to be a synonym. 



Holotype^. Philippines: without data (E. Simon). 



KOPTOTHRIPS Bagnall 



Koptothrips Bagnall, 192911 : 197. Type-species K. flavicornis, by monotypy. 



The unique male upon which this genus is based is contracted and crushed. The 

 praepectus is apparently absent, the pelta small and triangular, and the abdominal 

 tergites bear two pairs of wing retaining setae. A redefinition of the genus must 

 await the collection of further material. 



Koptothrips flavicornis Bagnall 

 Koptothrips flavicornis Bagnall, 1929I1 : 197-198. 



Holotype $• Australia : Victoria, Gippsland, Acacia sp. (C.French). 



LAMILLOTHRIPS Bagnall 



Lamillothrips Bagnall, 1923c : 630-631. Type-species L. typicus, by orignal designation. 



This genus is very similar to Machatothrips but differs in having more than one 

 pair of wing retaining setae on the tergites, and the lateral expansions of the pelta are 

 typically slender. Hylothrips Priesner, 1932c, may be a synonym as one male in the 

 Paris Museum collection labelled Hylothrips vitnlus (Karny) by Priesner is congeneric 

 with typicus. The anterolateral margins of the pronotum are expanded into distinct 

 flanges in the male but only weakly expanded in the female. Similarly the tubercle 

 which bears the epimeral seta is much larger in the male than in the female. 



