38 II. C. EFFLATOUN. 



The a])Ove is the original deserijition liy Walker of tliis douljtful 

 species. 



I hâve not seeii the type and am not aware that it exists; more- 

 over I hâve seen no spécimen to which thi.s description applies. 



CHAETODACUS (Daci/s) ZONATUS, Saunders 

 (PI. II fig. 7 and PL I fig. 22) 



Saund., Trans. Entom. Soc. Lond., III. 61 PL 5. f. 3 {Dasy- 

 neura) (1841); Walk., List Dipt. Brit. Mus., IV. 1075. (Dfis^/nnii'a) 

 (1849); Bez., BolL Eahor ZooL Portici, III. 293 et 299 '(Durus) 

 (1909) et Mem. Indian Mus., III. 3. 94. PL VIII. f.4. {Ihirtmccra) 

 (1913), Enderl., ZooL Yahrb., XXXI. 408. {Dams) (1911). 



maculigera, Doleschall, Nat. Tijdschr. v. Ned. Indie, XVTI. 

 122.79. {Bactrocera) (1859); Frogatt, Report on par. and inj. Ins., 

 1907-08.94. {Dacus) (1909); Bez.. BolL Labor. ZooL Portici, III. 

 294 et 300 {Dacux) (1909). 



fi'rdcae. Bigot. Ind. Mus. Notes, 1.192 (Rrvellia) (1889); 

 Cotes, 1.c.195. (Rivellia) (1889); Lefroy, Ind. Ins. Pests 170. f. 

 193 (RJpdbn) (1906); Bez., BolL Labor. ZooL Portici, HT. 2'!3 .^t 

 298. (Dacus) (1909); Frogatt, Report on par. and inj. Ins.. 1907- 

 08.82.P1.II f.5. (DacNs) (1909). 



DTAGNOSIS: — A médium size yellow species, easily distin 

 guished by the présence of the prsc. and bv the rather large and 

 i'road wings. 



Maie and Femah. Length of bodv : 6.5 — 7 mm. ; ovipositor : 

 0.7 mm. ; wing : 5.7 mm. 



DESCRIPTION:— Frons and face reddish-yellow to yellow, 

 the latter with the two blackish oval spots in the lower half of the 

 anteiuial furrows; clieeks, occiput, proboscis and palpi reddish- 

 yellow; vertical triangle blackish; antennae reddish-yellow with the 

 apex of the third joint dark brown ; ail the bristles are reddish- 

 brown. 



Thorax reddish-yellow with irregular longitudinal darker lines 

 on the dise and a thin yellow line close to the outer margin below the 

 suture: the humerai and prealar calli are paie yellow as well as more 

 than half of the mesopleurae, the whole of the hvi)opleurae and a spot 

 on the upper margin of the sternopleurae; the whole of the thorax 

 is covered with a very délicate white pulverulence, except in the po- 

 sition of the darker lines; the pubescence is short and white ail over; 

 ail the bristles are dark reddish-brown and the présence of the prsc. 

 at once distinguishes this species; scutellum shining yellow with two 



