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hyaline with black. brown and oehraceous markings with somewhat 

 faded tints as shown in fi^. S) PL IL 



This well known species bas a wider geographieal distri- 

 bution than any other "fruit-fly" and this fact is chiefly due to its 

 extraordinary variety of host plants belonging to no less than 

 twenty four natural orders, as can be seen in the list given on 

 page 125. C. capitata is known in almost the whole of Continental 

 Africa, Southern Europe, Azores, India, Australia, New Zealand, 

 South America, Cape Verde Islands, Madeira. Bermuda Islands, 

 Hawaiian Islands and probably the East Indies. 



In Egypt it is a very serions pest on peaehes, mandarine, 

 orange, sweet orange, and mangoes and the adult may l)e bred from 

 any of thèse fruits in their respective sea.sons. 



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