FRUIT FLIES OF GENUS TOMOPLAGIA — ACZEL 



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without darker vittae, geno vertical plate hardly infuscated; at vertex 

 0.43, at anterior margin 0.27 mm. wide, and in median line 0.38 mm. 

 long, slightly shorter than wide at vertex. Occiput (postcranium) 

 apparently brownish yellow, because it is translucent except for 

 narrow inferior part around posterior part of oral margin, which^is 

 opaque and pale ochraceous yellow. Ocelli clear transparent yellow. 

 Oral margin of mesofacial plate raised and but very slightly prominent. 

 Postpedicel wide-oval, 0.19 mm. long and 0.13 mm. wide, about 1.4 

 times as long as wide; seta bare and shining black except the slightly 



Figure 96. — Tomoplagia carrerai: a, lateral view of head; b, dorsal view of epandrium; c, 

 left maxillary palpus, inferior view. T. trivittata: d, dorsal view of head; e, lateral view 

 of head. 



thickened, brownish yellow basal fourth; about 2.5 times as long as 

 postpedicel. Eyes, in profile, only 1.4 times as high as wide. MaxU- 

 lary palpi wide-oval. 



Head bristles brownish yellow; the weak posterior pair of the 

 recurved upper orbital bristles (o?s) and the anterior pair of the in- 

 curved lower orbital bristles {ori) the shortest; the two posterior pairs 

 of ori about as long as the anterior pair of ors, and slightly shorter 

 than the outer vertical bristles {vte); ocellar bristles slightly longer 

 than vte, but much shorter than inner vertical ones. One pair of weak, 

 hardly distinguishable genal bristles. 



Thorax 1.3 mm. long and 0.9 mm. wide, ochraceous yellow Id ground 



