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about seven prominent setae along the vertical angle ; antennae yel- 

 low, aristae black; ocelli and tip of the proboscis l)lack. Thorax 

 and scutellum shining blue- black; pleurie and a dorsal line, or spot 

 on the front of the thorax, red; scutellum bearing two prominent 

 sette. Abdomen black ; terminal segment and ovipositor shining 

 blue-black. Venter yellow. Legs yellow, with minute black 

 hairs ; outer third of the femora, and the entire tibiae of the front 

 legs, black ; front tarsi white, terminal joints brown. AVings with 

 a uniform brownish tinge. 



Upwards of thirty specimens. Port Antonio, April. Many of 

 the specimens collected are immature. 



Micropeza producta Walker? List, etc., IV, 1056. 



One specimen, Port Antonio. Agrees fairly well with Walker's 

 description, but the specimen is immature. 



ORTALID^. 



Euxesta annonae Fabricius. 



Musca annoncE Fabr., Ent. System., IV, 358, 189. 



Tephiitis annotue Fabr.. System. Antl., 320, 10. 



Ortalis annoucv Wied., Auss. Zw., II, 403. 



Amethvsa anuoncc Scliiner, Novara, 283. 



Urophora quadrh'ittala Afacq., Hist. Nat. Dipt., II, 450 [I.w.]. 



Common, Port Antonio. This and the two following species were 

 usually found in the crooked corolla of a large Artstolochia (?). 



Euxesta costalis Fabricius. 



3fiisca cosfalis Fabr., Ent. System., IV, 360, 196. 

 Dacus costalis Fabr., Syst. Autl., 278. 

 Ortalis costalis Wied., Auss. Zw., IT, 464. 

 Dacus aculeatiis Fabr., Syst. Antl., 375 [Loew]. 



One specimen. Port Antonio. 



Euxesta sp. 



Port Antonio. 



TRYPETIDJE. 



Trypeta (Aciura) insecta Loew, Mcmogr., I, 72, Tab. ii, f. 8. 

 Common, Port Antonio. 



Trypeta (Ensina) humilis Loew, Monogr., I, 81, Tab. ii, f. 17. 

 Acinia pice iota Bigot, R. de la Sagr., etc., 824, Tab. xx, f. 10 [Loew]. 



Common, Port Antonio. 



Trypeta (Tephritis) fucata Fabricius. 



Musca fucata Fabr., Ent. System., IV, 359, 194. 

 Tephritis fucata Wied., Auss. Zw., II, 505. 



Common, Kingston. 



