COLLECTED IN BATCHIAN, KAISAA, ETC. 295 



and with a diffuse brown stripe hindward ; the dark costal part diflFuse 

 towards tlie tip of the wing ; veins black ; discal transverse vein un- 

 dulating, parted by one-fourth of its length from the border, and by 

 a little more than its length from the praebrachial transverse vein, 

 which is oblique ; halteres pale yellow. Length of the body 4 lines ; 

 of the wings 8 lines. 



88. Dacus pectorahs. Walk. See Vol. III. p. 114. 



89. Dacus AREOLATUS, n. s. Fam. Fulvus, capite pallide flavo, facie 

 guttis quatuor nigris, antennarum articulo 3" Jongissirao, thorace vittis 

 duabus nigris lituris nonnullis scutelloque flavis, abdomine brevi- 

 elliptico, oviductu gracili cylindrico longissimo, pedibus flavescentibus, 

 alis limpidis vittis duabus connexis fuscis 2" furcata, halteribus pal- 

 lide flavis. 



Female. Tawny. Head pale yellow, except the disk of the front, which 

 is pale tawny ; face with two black dots in the groove for the antenna 

 on each'side. Antennae a little longer than the face ; 3rd joint linear, 

 slender, rounded at the tip, six times the length of the 2nd ; arista 

 simple, a little longer than the 3rd joint. Thorax with two black 

 stripes ; two calli and a short hinder stripe on each side, scutellum, a 

 spot on each side of the metathorax, and an oblique streak on each 

 side of the pectus yellow. Abdomen short-elliptical, not longer than 

 the thorax, terminated b)"^ a slender cylindrical oviduct, which is as 

 long as the preceding part. Legs yellowish. Wings limpid, with a 

 brown costal stripe which is dilated towards the tips, and with a brown 

 irregular forked hindward stripe which is twice connected with the 

 costal stripe ; two elongated limpid spots included in the brown part ; 

 veins black, tawny towards the base ; discal transverse vein almost 

 straight, parted by one-fourth of its length from the border, and by a 

 little more than its length from the oblique praebrachial transverse 

 vein ; halteres pale yellow. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 5 lines. 



90. Dacus STRiGiFiNis,n. s. Favi. Testaceus, elongatus, capite ma- 

 culis duabus nigris, antennarum articulo 3° epistoma attingente, tho- 

 race vittis tribus piceis, abdomine fusiformi, alis limpidis costa fusces- 

 cente, vena transversa discali fusco nebulosa. 



Female. Testaceous, elongate. Head with a piceous point on the ver- 

 tex, and with a black spot on each of the grooves for the antennae. 

 Antennae reaching the epistoma ; 3rd joint linear, slender, rounded at 

 the tip, about four times the length of the 2nd; arista bare, much 

 longer than the 3rd joint. Thorax with three indistinct piceous stripes. 

 Abdomen fusiform, narrower and a little longer than the thorax. Wings 

 lim))id ; costa brownish ; veins testaceous ; discal transverse vein 

 straight, clouded with brown, parted by one-sixth of its length from 

 the border, and by about its length from the praebrachial transverse 

 vein. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



91. Dacus sepsoides. Walk. See ant^, p. 163. 



