182 KANSAS UNIVERSITY SCIENCE BULLETIN. 



DROSOPHILID^. 

 Zaprionus. 



( Coquillett, Proc. U. S. National Museum, xxiv, 32.) 



Zaprionus vittiger. 



Zaprionus vittiger Coq., 1. c, xxiv, 32. Cape Colony, Africa. 



Several specimens of this beautiful species, collected during 

 February and April. In perfect specimens the facial carina is 

 also white. 



Drosophila. 



(Fallen, Geomyz.; 1823.) 



Drosophila latifrons, n. sp. 



Female : Head and members yellow ; front broader than one 

 eye, sides slightly converging anteriorly, opaque, in certain 

 lights with a silvery reflection, three fronto-orbital bristles on 

 each side, middle one small, lower one directed forward, other 

 two upward, two vertical bristles near upper angle of each eye, 

 ocellar bristles strong and pointing forward, a pair of smaller 

 bristles behind the ocelli ; antenn^ie two-thirds as long as the 

 face, third joint about one and one-half times as long as broad, 

 faintly tinged with brown on the upper margin ; face subshin- 

 ing, median carina broad and prominent inferiorly, oral margin 

 rounded, prominent, separated from carina by a transverse line. 

 Thorax brownish yellow ; one humeral, two posthumeral, two 

 presutural, two supraalar, and one postalar bristle present; 

 scutellum with two bristles on each side ; two sternopleural 

 bristles present ; halteres and legs yellow. Abdomen obscure, 

 dark broAvnish yellow, subshining. Wings with a brownish 

 tinge, costa.Ireaches tip of fourth vein, third section of costa 

 about a third as long as the second section, and four-fifths as 

 long as the penultimate section of fourth vein. Length, 3.2 mm. 



One specimen ; April. 



Drosophila CLuadrimaculata, n. sp. 



Male : Head and members largely yellow ; front not broader 

 than one eye, frontal triangle opaque yellow, nearly reaching 

 the antennae, narrowly bordered with brown, sides of front 

 grayish white, four fronto-orbital bristles on each side, the low- 

 est one directed forward, ocellar bristles directed forward, a 

 pair each of vertical and postvertical bristles directed backward, 

 a row of minute hairs just laterad to the fronto-orbitals ; third 

 joint of/^antennte brownish above and at apex ; face with an 



