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Nesothrips insularis (Bagnall) 



Cryptothrips insularis Bagnall, 1914c : 2<)=,. 



Cryptothrips icarus var. tubercnlatus Priesner, m>zz : 105. Syn. n. 

 Cryptothrips brachyurus Bagnall, 1927a : 573-574. Syn. n. 

 Nesothrips tuberculatus (Priesner) ; Priesner, i<>'>4 : 143. 



The present author is grateful to Dr. zur Strassen for loaning specimens of tuber- 

 culatus and indicating the probability of this synonymy. 



Holotype $. Canary Islands : Lancerota (T. V. Wollaston). 



LECTOTYPE $ of brachyurus. France: Tamaris, on grass, [.iii.1927 (R.S.B.). 



Nesothrips minor (Bagnall) 



Coenurothrips minor Bagnall, i«»2il) : 287 288. 



This may be a small form of validus, the antennae arc paler and the unique 

 specimen is much smaller than the available series of that species. 



Holotype $. Rodriguks : vii-xi.1918 (Sm-ll & Thomasset). 

 Nesothrips oahuensis Kirkaldy 



Nesothrips oahuensis Kirkaldy, 1907 : 103. 



Oedemothrips laliceps Bagnall, igiod : 680 681. 



Nesothrips hawaiiensis, lapsus ior oahuensis Kirkaldy ; Bianchi, i<M4 : 31-38. 



Syntype $ of laticcps. Hawaii : Oahu, Mts. nr. Honolulu, 2-3,000 ft., vii.1900 

 (Perkins no. 667). 



Nesothrips propinquus (Bagnall) 



Oedemothrips propinquus Bagnall, 1916b : 408-409. 

 Oedemothrips propinquus var. breviceps Bagnall, 1924k : 634-635. 

 Oedemothrips propinquus var. obscwricornis Bagnall, 1924k : 634. 

 Cryptothrips dimidiatus Hood, 1918b : 145-146. Syn. n. 

 Oedemothrips propinquus Bagnall ; Morison, 1931 : 453-454. 

 Bolothrips dimidiatus (Hood) Hartwig, 1948 : 116 & 124. 

 Neosmerinthothrips oleriae Moulton, 1949 : 492-494. Syn. n. 



Type material of dimidiatus has not been studied. The author is grateful to 

 Miss Anne Ward of Levin, New Zealand for material of this species and for discussing 

 the range of variation. N. brevicollis and ceylonicus are rather similar, but in these 

 species the lateral lobes of the pelta are joined to the median portion, whereas in 

 propinquus the lateral lobes are small and quite separate from the rectangular 

 median part of the pelta, even in the macropterous form. 



Holotype 52. Australia : Victoria, Healesville, Badger Weir, on clover, 6.iv. 

 1915 {R. Kelly). 



