FRUIT FLIES OF GENUS TOMOPLAGIA — ACZEL 395 



black dots may exceptionally be present. Fifth tergite approximately 

 as long (0.23 (0.25) mm.) as the sixth (0.25 (0.24) mm.). 



Ovipositor sheath very short, trapezium-shaped, dorsoventrally 

 strongly flattened and entirely shining testaceous yellow, covered 

 with appressed minute brownish yellow hairs; much shorter (0.41 

 (0.41) mm.) than wide at base (0.73 (0.70) mm.), and approximately 

 as long as apically wide (0.41 (0.41) mm.); at base only 0.16 (0.20) 

 mm. high in profile. Median part of ovipositor (rasper) testaceous 

 yellow, apical part shining and translucent testaceous yellow, long- 

 oval with rounded tip and with a distinct small dorsal hook at the 

 apex. 



Species originally described from Paraguay (San Bernardino) and 

 Trinidad (Port of Spain). 



Types: In Vienna Museum and Hungarian National Museum, 

 Budapest. 



Specimens examined: Brazil: Sao Paulo, Ipiranga, cT, October 

 1937, F.Lane, Porto Cabral, 2 cTcT', April 1-25, 1944, Travassos 

 Filho, M. Carrera, and E. Dente, Batatais, cT , June 1945, Pereira, 

 and Irapolis, 9, May 1947, F. Lane (all in Dep. ZooL, Sao Paulo); 

 near Sao Paulo, 9, 1932, Kisliuk and Cooley No. 263 (in USNM); 

 Santa Catarina, Nova Teutonia, cf , 9, March 17-23, 1938, F. Plaus- 

 m.ann,"T. reimoseri Hend., det. M. Hering" (in coll. Aczel), and 2 

 cfcf, 2 99, November 1, 1950, F. Plaumann (in Naturhistorisches 

 Museum, Basel). Argentina: Misiones, Pindapoy, cf, J. M. Bosq, 

 "J", jonasi (Lutz and Lima) det. E. E. Blanchard," Corrientes, Corri- 

 entes, 3 cf cf, 2 99, April 1938, D'Angelo (all in coll. Blanchard); 

 Misiones, Puerto Bemberg, 13 cf cf, 13 99, and Iguazu, 44 d" cf , 32 99, 

 January 30-March 14, 1945, Hayward, Willink, and Golbach (all in 

 FML). Venezuela, Carabobo, Valle Seco, cf, 2 99, January 1940, 

 P. Anduze, (in USNM). Paraguay, Villarica, May and June 1939, 

 2 99, F. Schade (in USNM). 



Tomoplagia rudolphi (Lulz and Lima) 



Figures 101, a-d; 102, a,6; Platk 26, figure 25 



Plagiotoma biseriata Ihering (not Loew), 1912, p, 14. 

 Plagiotoma rudolphi Lutz and Lima (new name), 1918, p. 10. 

 Tomoplagia rudolphi (Lutz and Lima), Lima, 1934, p. 116. 



One of the largest species of the genus which belongs to the atelesta- 

 phaedra group. There is no doubt that T. vernoniae Hering is but a 

 synonym to this species because the original description of vernoniae 

 entirely agrees with the examined rudolphi specimens, and Hering ap- 

 parently did not know this species ("von der schon bekannten cecido- 

 genenArtan Vernonia, T. rudolphiist sie sogleich durch die ganz gelbe 



