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fourth M'in not or very slii^htly approaching toward the third vein; 
U'o-s yellow, apices of middle and hind femora and ])a,sesof middle tibiie 
ycUowi.sh ])rown, hind tibitv larj^'ely and last four joints of all the tarsi 
reddish l>rown; tibite and apices of femora sometimes yellowish red; 
halteres yellow; ovipositor of female almost cylindrical, the basal seg- 
ment shorter than the last abdominal segment; length 5.5 to 6.5 mm. 
Two males and four females. Paratypes returned to Mr. Lounsbury. 
ILihitat. — Bathurst, Cape Colony, Africa. 
Ty2^v.—Cdit. No. 5787, U.S.N.M. 
DACUS SIGMOIDES, new species. 
Differs from the above description of hreois only as follow^s: The 
dark brown spot above center of front is connected with the upper two 
spots in each of the orbital rows, no l)rown spot below each eve, no 
mediodorsal black line on the abdomen, apical section of fourth vein 
strongly l)isinuous, the apex strongly approaching toward the third 
vein, legs j^ellow, the apices of the femora, bases of the tibite and last 
four joints of the tarsi slightly darker, more lirownish yellow, knob of 
halteres yellowish brown, ovipositor greatly flattened, the basal seg- 
ment one and one-fourth times as long as the last abdominal segment; 
length 7 mm. A female specimen. 
Ildhltat. — Island of Mauritius, Africa. 
T>j2Jc.—Ojit. No. 5788, U.S.N.M. 
DACUS IMMACULATUS, new species. 
I )i Iters from hrevis as follows: The spot above center of front scarcely 
darkei- than the reddish-yellow frontal vitta, no black spots on the 
face, bases of palpi pale yellow, yellow spot on each hypopleura nearly 
twice as long as wide, abdomen almost twice as long as wide, brown in 
marginal cell not connected with that in apex of the submarginal, the 
latter extending one-third of distance from apex of third vein to apex 
of second, ovipositor of female greatly flattened, legs yellow; length 
5 to 6.5 mm. Four males and four females. Paratypes returned to 
Mr. Lounsbury. 
Ilahltat. — East London, Cape Colony, Africa. 
Type.—OAi. No. 5789, U.S.N.M. 
Near hhiotatus Loew, as 1 identify it, ))ut with nuich paler legs and 
flattened, instead of cylindrical, ovipositor. 
CERATITIS RUBIVORA, new species. 
Head yellowish, a gray spot streaked with ])lack a])ove the neck and 
sending a wide stripe to each eye, a black ocellar dot; mouth parts 
and antennai yellow, the arista short plumose, brown, the base yellow, 
antenna' three-fourths as long as the face, front in both sexes bearmg 
oidy normal bristles; thorax yellowish brown, largel}^ grayish prui- 
uose, mesonotum marked on each side with a broad, interrupted, black, 
