116 A MANUAL OF DANGEROUS INSECTS. 



Ceiatitis nigerrlma Bezzi. 

 (Nigeria Fruit Fly. Trypetidse; Diptera.) 



Hosts: Coffee berries, fruit of wild plant (?), Eugenia uniflora. 



Injury: Breeds in fruit. 



Description: Adult female with black polished body, head umber, winga colored 

 with brown, tibiae and tarsi dirty yellowish white, ovipositor slightly recurved. 



Distribution: Southern Nigeria, Kamerun. 

 SiLVESTRi, F. Bd. Agric. and Forestry, Terr. Hawaii, Div. Entom., Bui. 3, 1914, 



p. 72. 



Ceratttis glffardl Bezzi. 



(Giffard Fruit Fly. Trypetidse; Diptera.) 



Hosts: Chrysobalanus ellipticus, Sarcocephalu^ esculentus. 



Injury: Larvae feed in fruit of Sarcocephalus and less so in Chrysobalanus. 



Description and biology: Adult female, body ochraceous, thorax marked 'with 

 black, wings with black lines and markings at base, bearing also yellowish and 

 brown bands. Transformation to the pupa takes place in the soil, requiring from 10 

 to 12 days before emerging as adult. 



Distribution: Senegal, Dahomey, southern Nigeria. 



Bezzi, M. Boll. Lab. Zool. R. Sc. Agr., Portici, vol. 7, 1912, p. 2, fig. 1. 



SiLVESTRi, F. Bd. Agric. and Forestry, Terr. Hawaii, Div. Entom., Bui. 3, 1914, 



p. 61. 



Ceratltls punctata Wiedemann. 



(The Cacao Fruit Fly. Trypetidse; Diptera.) 



Hosts: Cacao-jwds, mango, guava, passion fruit. 

 Injury: Breeds in fruit. 



Biology: Eggs deposited under peel of ripening pods. Pupates in soil. Life 

 cycle requires from 77 to 92 days for completion. 



Distribution: Ashanti, West Africa and Uganda, East Africa. 

 Froggatt, W. W. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales. 1910, vol. 35, pt. 4, p. 863. 



Ceratitis rublvora Coquillett. 

 (Natal Fruit Fly. Tryijetidae; Diptera.) 



Host: Various cultivated and wild fruits. 



Injury: Considered one of the most important pests in Natal, infesting both native 

 and cultivated fruits. 



Description: Adult female 4-5 mm. long, head yellowish, thorax yellowish brown, 

 abdomen yellowish, ovipositor flattened. Biology similar to that of C. capitata. (See 

 plate XXVI, fig. c.) 



Distribution: Natal, Cape Town, South Africa. 



Froggatt, W. W. Dept. Agric. New South Wales, Farmers' Bui. 24, 1909, p. 48 



Ceratitis sllvestril Bezzi. 



(Fruit Fly. Trypetida;; Diptera.) 



Hosts: Chrysobalanus, Butyrospermum parkii. 

 Injury: Breeds in fruit. 



Description and biology: Adult, body clay or leather color, face and occiput whitened, 

 thorax with a few black markings. Biology similar to C. capitata. 

 Distribution: Senegal, French Sudan. 



Bez/i, M. Boll. Lab. Zool. R. Sc. Agr., Portici, vol. 7, 1912. 



SiT.VESTRi, F. Bd. Agric. and Forestry, Terr. Hawaii, Div. Entom, Bui. 3, p. 63. 



