. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 369 Trichothrips bujfcu sp. nov. (Fig. 5). Female.—Length about mm. General color black; antennal segments 1-3, tarsi, and articulations of legs, usually yellowish brown. Head nearly as wide as long, broadly rounded in front; cheeks sHght ly converging posteriorly; lateral and dorsal surfaces noticeably trans versely striate, sparsely, briefly, and scarcely visibly spinose; postoculai bristles blunt, slightly longer than eyes. Eyes almost one-third as long as head. Ocelli anterior; anterior ocellus scarcely overhanging. An- tennee slightly more
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. 369 Trichothrips bujfcu sp. nov. (Fig. 5). Female.—Length about mm. General color black; antennal segments 1-3, tarsi, and articulations of legs, usually yellowish brown. Head nearly as wide as long, broadly rounded in front; cheeks sHght ly converging posteriorly; lateral and dorsal surfaces noticeably trans versely striate, sparsely, briefly, and scarcely visibly spinose; postoculai bristles blunt, slightly longer than eyes. Eyes almost one-third as long as head. Ocelli anterior; anterior ocellus scarcely overhanging. An- tennee slightly more than twice as long as head, faintly reticulate; seg- ments 4-8 concolorous with body; 1 and 3 usually slightly paler, dark- ened laterally, the latter pale yellow at extreme base; 2 brownish yellow, darkened laterally and basally; sense cones long, slender; segment 3 with one on outer apical surface; 4-6 each with one on either side of apex and 5 and 6 each with a inidimentary additional one on dorsum; 7 with a long, sub-apical one on dorsum. Mouth cone long, attaining base of presternum. Prothorax about as long as head, and (including coxae) slightly more than twice as wide as long; all spines present, blunt, the pair at the posterior angles longest. Pterothorax rectangular, slightly wider than protho- rax, and about one and one-third times as wide as long. Wings short, attaining base of abdomen. Fore femora not en- larged; fore tarsi unarmed. Abdomen large, heavy, times as wide as prothorax, narrowing roundly from segment 6 to base of tube. Tube slightly shorter than head, tapering evenly from base to apex. Measurements:—Total length mm.; head, length .21 mm., width .20 mm.; prothorax, length .19 mm., width (including coxae) .42 mm.; pterothorax, width .43 mm.; abdomen, width .54 mm.; tube, length .20 mm., width at base .094 mm., at apex .042 mm. An- : 1, 30 /x; 2, 56 pt; 3, 64 //; 4, 63 //; 5, 62 n; 6, 63 ft; 7, 62 /x; 8, 42 /.t; total, .44 mm. Male.—Si
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