TEPHRITIS. A419 
| TEPHRITIS. 
Tephritis, Latreille, Hist. Nat. Crust. et Ins. xiv. p. 389 (1804). 
J. The fuscous pattern of the wings covering the small cross-vein as well 
as the posterior cross-vein. . 2... ee ee ee ee ee 
_ The fuscous pattern of the wings at most covering one of the cross-veins. 4. 
2. Tips of the wings fuscous, without hyaline incision or spot. . . . . finalis, Low. 
Tips of the wings with a hyaline incision or spot between the third and 
fourth veins . . . ., a SP 
3. Beyond the stigma three hyaline costal spots . . . . . . . . . staminea, v. d. W. 
Beyond the stigma two hyaline costal spots. . . . . . . . . . subradiata, v. d. W. 
4, Stigma clear, the tip only infuscated . . one we oe ee.) 6eancellata, v. d. W. 
Stigma blackish, sometimes with one or two small white dots. . . . 5. 
5. First posterior cell with a rather large hyaline apical dot . . . . . 6. 
First posterior cell without hyaline apical dot . . 2. 2. 2... 1. OY. 
6. Femora, the tip excepted, black; stigma with a white dot . . . . . fibulata,v.d. W. 
Femora rufous; stigma without a whitedot . . . . . . . . . obsoleta,v.d. W. 
7. Anterior half and tip of the wings fuscous, with some hyaline dots only; 
stigma without white dots . . . .... . . . . semifusca, v. d. W. 
Wings near the stigma with a large fuscous spot, which is broadly 
separated from a second fuscous spot at the tip; stigma with two 
white dots . 2. 2. 1. ee ee ee ee ee ee ee tntricata, v. A.W. 
1. Tephritis finalis. (Tab. XII. fig. 22, wing.) 
Trypeta finalis, Low, Dipt. Amer. Sept. Cent. 11. no. 78°; Monogr. Dipt. N. Amer. ill. p. 296, 
t. 11. fig. 47; Ost. Sacken, Western Diptera, p. 193°; Gigl.-Tos, Mem. R. Accad. Sci. di 
Torino, ser. 2, xlv. (sep.) p. 54°. 
Hab. Norts America ~*.—Mexico4, Ciudad in Durango (Forrer), Jalisco (Schumann), 
Chilpancingo, Amula, and Omilteme in Guerrero (H. H. Smith), Orizaba (H. H. Smith 
& F, D. Godman). 
Several specimens, including both sexes. They agree perfectly with Low’s description 
and figure. In some of the males the abdominal segments show more or less distinctly 
a pair of brownish spots. 
9. Tephritis staminea, sp.n.g. (Tab. XII. fig. 23, wing.) 
Cinereous; head and legs yellowish-rufous ; the fuscous pattern of the wings covering the small and posterior 
cross-veins ; stigma clear, its distal half brown; beyond the stigma three hyaline costal spots ; at the tip 
of the first posterior cell a hyaline dot. 
Length 3°25 millim. 
Front as broad as the eyes, rufous, the sides and anterior border yellow ; frontal bristles black ; postvertical 
bristles yellow ; face and cheeks yellow ; the face perpendicular; the cheeks rather broad ; oral margin 
not prominent. Antenne rufous; third joint elliptic, reaching beyond the middle of the face. 
Proboscis and palpi pale rufous. Thorax, scutellum, and abdomen cinereous, with yellow hairs ; 
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