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(he apex arc Ions;: jiihI lliick and hrislle-liko, ventral 

 margin vvilli paler sparse loMi; hairs, of wliicli (lie median 

 five are very lonir and nearly colorless; lihiae disiincily 

 shorter than llie femora, densely furnislied willi l)lack 

 setae, somewhat loni:- and tliick toward tlic apex; tarsi 

 slisrhtly lonijer than ihe lil)iae, a few hri^ily liaiis <in 

 dorsal surface of each segment, the ventral side of the 

 first sc<;menl willi dense pale bristles, some black siuirt 

 blunt bristles at tlie a|)ical portions of remaininLi- seti'- 

 ments. Midleiis (pi. 4, fiu'. Ill): femora a little lunger 

 than tibiae; an ill-delined lariic blackish-ljrovvn patch 

 externallv at almnl iniihllc of apic.-d half, ddrsnl apex 

 blackish, pubescence r.-ithcr sparse and short; tibiae 

 densely covered with sliort black i)ubescence, apical 

 s[)ur a|)proximalely 1 4 as long as hrst tarsal scii'inent, 

 iwo distinct brisile.s in addition to tiie spur; tarsi 

 shorter than tibiae, the first segnioni lonjier than the 

 four followiuir toiretiier, wiiitisii, the pubescence similar 

 to tiiiil of front tarsi. Hindleii's (pi. 4, fiu'. 9) somewiiat 

 shorter than nndlesj,s; femora distinctly loniicr than 

 tibia, an iil-deliiicd lilackish patcii near apex, tlie apical 

 third of dorsum sonu-what brownish, witli some Ion;;- 

 wliitish hairs; four i)lackisli siiort l)ristly hairs alon<i- 

 externo\ential nuiiuin of apex, the rcmainiiiii' pubes- 

 cence almost wiiitisli; til)iae witli a dense black pubes- 

 cence becomiuii' loniier on \entral side and also at apex, 

 "brusii-patch" wantiuii'; tarsi nearly as lonu' as tibiae, 

 the first seirment distincily lonirer than tlie remaininu' 

 seiinients tosi-etiier, the whitish l)rislly hairs on under- 

 side rather \><\\'j: and remainiiiti' pui)escence yellowish, 

 the four apical segments with black pul)escen<'e on tlie 

 upper siu-face and whitish on tiu' lowei- surface, witli 

 some Idack bri^ilc^ in addition. 



I.,eTigth: Body (i mm, wing 4.2 mm, 



Tvi'Es. llolotype, cf (.MAS); p.-iraiype, cT (MAS); 

 both collected by Mr. S. Ixuniyoshi. at Funauki. 

 Iriomole Is., Jan. S, l',)'):^. 



Rem.vhks.- -This species is soMu>what .allied to 

 Strumeta dorsalis Hendcl. i)Ut is distinctly dill'erent in 

 the wings lacking the supernunu'rary lobe, tlie thiid 

 abdominal terguin lacking tlie marginal ciliatioii, the 

 black |)attern of abdomen, the scry shoi't anal cell of 

 wings, the blackish libiae. and many otliei-s. 



Genus I'tirii<liiciis Perkins 



Paradarus Pcrkiu.s )tl38, |). 113. 



I'linnlartis ilfftr^'ssiis (Shiraki) 



1*1,.\TE .') 



Zeugodacus depressiis Shinilvi, l'.)33, p. 00; fif;. 2-1; pi. 2, Cig. n. 



A large brownish species .allied to Parailacu.s caiidatus 

 Fabricins. 



Male. — Head rather small. Frons (])1. 5, fig. '.]) broad, 

 as wide as eye, vei'v slightly broadened anteriorly, 

 nearly 7 S limes as wide as long, yellowish brown with 

 an ill-delined brown median spot, the space Ijetween 

 this spot and occi|)ital margin hartlly hollowed, mat 

 yellowish except, the somewhat waxy coloird \ciiical 

 calli and the narrow median pale longitudinal stripe; 

 ocellar triangle \(>ry small and black; luniile very 

 iiaii'ow, sliining brown. Face (pi. .5, fig. 4) broad, twice 

 as broad as high but conspicuously narrowed upwards, 

 middle callus in jji-ofile very slightly elc\ated, somew hat 

 hollowed below, then distinctly produced to the upper 

 mouth-edge, shining pale yellowish, with .-i p.air of 

 black lateral spots which reach narrowly almost to the 

 oral margin, orbits rather narrow ; cheeks 1 .') as high 

 as eye-height, «illi very indistinct geiial groove, with 

 yellowish short pubescence on the lower |)ortion; back 

 of head (pi. 5, tig. 2) ipiite con\-ex, rather shining yellow , 

 an ill-defined brown patch about the middle of upper 

 |)ortion, lower ])ortion somewhat pubescent. Antennae 

 (pi. 5, fig. N) distinctly longer than face, yellow, lower 

 margin of tliird segment somewhat brownish; third 

 segment, nearly 1/7 as wide as long, very slightly nar- 

 rowed toward the round apex, 2-,s times as long as the 

 second; arista black with yellowisli base. Falpi (i)l. 5, fig. 

 9) dirty yellow , broad, apex somewhat tpiadrate, al)out 

 twice as long as wide. All bristles black: superior 

 fronto-orbital 1, with a black small si)ot at base, in- 

 feriors 3, of which the lower two are placed close to- 

 gether, the lowest very short, the upper inserted on a 

 blackish spot; inner verMicals longest, jiarallel, outer 

 \ertical a little shorter than inner, strongly di\'ergent ; 

 genal somewhat weaker than superior fronto-orbital; 

 bristles of occi|)ital row very irregular, ^•ery short. 



Mesoiiotum (pi. 5, fig. (i) black, covered with yellowish 

 minute pubescence, a rather broad median longitudinal 

 streak (triangularly broadened at the posterior one- 

 third), borders of transverse sutures, inner marginal 

 areas of humcr.-il c,-illi, and lateral borders, reddish 

 yellow ; huiu(M-al, rather narrow lateral and slioiM median 

 postsutural, and notopleural calli, shining dirty yellow : 

 the median reddish-yellow loni^itiulinal streak with a 

 reddish-brown median longiludinal line which is dixided 

 into two idong the outer m.ai'gins of median postsutural 

 callus; a pair of non-obscured black longitudinal >lreak^ 

 on the black portions from near the middle of inside 

 of humeral I'alli to near (he lateral bases of scutcUum 

 through the inner ends of transverse sutures; ; long 

 the inner margins of lateral postsuliiral calli a pair 

 of narrow non-obscured black streaks. Scutellum yel- 

 lowish brown, ajMcal margin somewhat brown, covered 

 with a yellowish pubescence. Pleura (|)1. 5, fig. 5) black, 



