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Dacus olece, Fb. 



This well-known serious pest of cultivated olives in Southern Europe 

 is known to occur in wild olives at Cherat, North-West Frontier Province, 

 and probably throughout North-West India. So far as we know, ifc 

 has not yet been noted to attack cultivated olives in India but the olive 

 industry is as yet a very young one and there is little doubt but tha,t we 

 shall have trouble with this olive fruitfly. 



Ch cefodacusferrvgin eiisferrvgin ew5, Fb . (1791). 



Bezzi, Bull. Ent. Res., VII, 104 (Oct. 1916). 



Recorded by Bezzi from Peradeniya, Katihar, Pusa, fruits of guava 

 (Psidium gmjava) and loquat {Eriobofrya jajjonica). Also known from 

 Mandalay, on mango ; Myitkyina, larva in peach and pomelo ; Maymyo, 

 larva in mango. 



CluE'todaciis femigineiis dorsalis, Hendl. (1912). 



Bezzi, Bull. Ent. Res. VII, 104-105 (Oct. 1916). 



This species is known from the following localities and food-plants : — 



Peradeniya. 



Pusa ; in loquat {Eriobofrya japotuca). 



Coimbatore ; on mango. 



Taru ; larva in peach. 



Mandalay ; larva in mango and chilly {Capsicum friitescens). 



Myitkyina ; larva in pomelo and guava. 



_, ,, ' >• larva in SoJammi verbascifoUmn fruits. 

 Tatkon ; ) '' 



Maymyo ; larva in American chillies {Capsicum sp.), pear {Pyrus 

 communis) and peach {Primus per sica). 

 At Ma tale, in Ceylon, I have reared it from larvae in Solatium melon- Mr. Se:iicr.Wliit 

 gena. 



That is new record, but hardly unexpected as we already have it Mr. Fletcher 

 recorded from a wild Solanv.m. 



Chcetodacus fernigineus incisus, Wlk. (1860). 



Bezzi, Bull. Ent. Res. VII, 105 (Oct. 1916). 



This fruitfly is known from the following locahties and food-plants : — 



Kumaon ; Pollibetta, larva in jak {Artocarpus integrijolia) ; 

 Santikoppa, larva in fruit of Careya arborea ; Bangalore 



