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polished sti'i})(' iiiid with thi'ec narrow, indistinct, hlack, mcdiiin lines 
which at their posterior ends expand so as to meet each other; between 
this ])oijit and the sciitelluni is a transverse pair of })olished, whitish 
spots, humeri whitish, iip})er part of mesopleura yellow; sciitelhmi 
yellow, the outer margin marked with three black spots, metanotum 
polished black, crossed in the middle l)y a broad, transverse, opaque, 
grayish pruinose fascia emarg'inate in the middle of the lower edge, 
two yellow spots on each side of the metathorax; abdomen yellowish, 
the third and fifth segments, except a large triangular spot in middle 
of each, black; wings hyaline, a brown crossband on a line with the 
humeral crossvein, followed by a))out ten brown dots; a second l)rown 
crossband, yellowish in the vicinity of the small crossvein, extends 
from the costa beyond apex of auxiliary vein to apex of the sixth, 
including the small crossvein in its outer portion; a brown stripe, yel- 
lowish in the central part, extends close to the costa from l)eyond apex 
of first vein to beyond apex of the third, its margins marked with 4 or 
5 darker brown dots; an elongated, oblique, brown spot on the fourth 
vein before its apex, and a larger one bordering the hind crossvein; 
legs yellow, in the male the front femora marked with a black streak 
on the iq^per and another on the posterior side, middle femora on the 
broad apex, except a streak on the anterior side and the extreme apex, 
black; hind femora with a black spot before apex of under side pro- 
longed as a streak in the middle of the anterior side; middle tibise, 
except the extreme ends, black; in the male the under side of middle 
femora on the apical half, also the inner and outer sides of the middle 
til)ia^, densely fringed with long flattened bristles; halteres 3'ellowish; 
ovipositor of female greatly flattened, the basal piece as long as the 
last two abdominal segments; length 4 to 5 nun. Fifteen males and 
ten females. Paratypes returned to Mr. Lounsbury. 
Habitat. — Wynberg, Cape Colony, Africa. 
Type.^C^t. No. 5790, U.S.N.M. 
CERATITIS LYCII, new species. 
Head yellow, a black spot above the neck, sending a branch to each 
eye, a black spot in the :niddle of upper part of face; antenuic yellow, 
three-fourths as long as the face, proboscis brown, the palpi yellow; 
body black, mesonotum opaque, grayish pruinose, the margin, pro- 
duced inward at the front and hind angles and in the middle in front, 
also a pair of round dots behind the suture, polished; a spot on the 
humerus uniting with a broad stripe on upper edge of pleura, also a 
sinuous, interrupted line at base of scutellum, light yellowish; abdo- 
men polished, the posterior portion of the first and third segments 
opaque, whitish pruinose, remainder of third segment opaque, l)rown- 
ish pruinose; ovipositor Hat beneath, convex above, the basal portion 
