LIST OF HOMOPTEROUS INSECTS. 



1. Sebicothrips Staphylinus. 



Sericothrips staphylinus, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 444. Burm. Handb. 

 Ent. 413. Amyot et Serv. Hist. Nat. Him. 641. 



Subaptera, Mas et Fcem. abdominis dorso subtilissime seriatim 

 ciliato. 



Nigra; capite thoraceque opacis, scutello albomicante, abdo- 

 mine sericeo ; antennae articulo 2ndo et 3tio pedesque pallide fer- 

 ruginei, femoribus basi fuscis ; alarum rudimeuta alba, radice ni- 

 gricante. Long. ^ lin. 



Hab. In floribus Ulicis, agillime cursilans et sallitans. 



Fcemina; perfecte alalte, hemelytris nigricantibus basi albidis, 

 abdomiue vix ciliato, occurrunt rarius cum subapteris commixtae ; 

 ut in pluribus speciebus e genere Phlwolhripe. 



a — d. England. Presented by F. Walker, Esq. 



Genus 5. THRIPS. 



Thrips, Hal. Ent. Mag. iii. 444, iv. Burm. 



Thrips, p., Linn., Fabr., Beg., Mull., Geoffr., Schrank, Gmel., Shaw, 



Latr., Kirby. 

 Thrips, Physapus, et Odontothrips, Amyot et Serv. 



Abdomen la;viuscuhira, subglabnim aut seriatim foveolatum, 

 et ciliatum : al)doiniiiis segnienluni extremum $ brevius et obtusius 

 quam 9 '■ hemelytra alis i)arum latiores, vena utraque in apiceni 

 fere excurrentc, vel ala; abbrevialie aut nulls. 



Intestinum corpore fere duplo longius folliculis et stricturis non 

 tam enunciatis : proventriculus ab alveo vix discretus: intestinum 

 tenue diametro multiple longior. Mas vesiculis geminis tantum, 

 brevioribus, striclis : ovum Iseviler curvatum (pbaseoliforme) : larva 

 antennis 4-articulatis citra apiculam biarticulatam: propupa anten- 

 nis porrectis divaricatis : pupa antennis supra verlicem reflexis pa- 

 rallelis. 



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