42 DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS OF VICTORIA: 



black, finely shagreened with only a few hairs at the 

 base of the wings ; a pale silver-grey parallel band runs 

 round the centre, with a pale yellow stripe on either side ; 

 the sides of the pro- thorax in front of the wings, and the 

 sides of the meta-thorax marked with creamy white ; the 

 scutellum large, angular, broad in front, and thickly 

 margined with pale yellow ; a pair of stout black bristles 

 standing out on the spiral margin ; the legs brownish 

 yellow, clothed with very fine hairs ; tarsal spines and 

 claws black. The wings are hyaline, very slightly 

 clouded at the extreme tip ; nervures black ; the trans- 

 verse cubital nervure clouded on either side with black, 

 giving it a thickened appearance ; the apical portion of 

 the second costal, the base of the third costal, and the 

 third basal cell clouded with brown. The abdomen 

 turbinate, very narrow at the waist, elongated, widest in 

 the centre and tapering to the extremity, ovipositor 

 consisting of a stout horny process enclosed in a pale 

 yellow sheath, showing a granulated structure." 



THE NEW HEBRIDES FRUIT FLY. 



Our plate shows figures of a fruit fly said to be very 

 destructive to bananas and other soft fruits growing in 

 the New Hebrides. The fly, as will be noticed in figure 

 14 is larger than any of the other fruit flies here mentioned, 

 and particulars as to its identity will be welcomed by 

 economic entomologists both in Australia and elsewhere. 



PREVENTION AND REMEDIES. 



In dealing with the subject of fruit fly prevention and 

 remedies, it should be understood that our first care 

 should be to keep out the pest if at all possible to do so, 

 and no measures, however strong they maybe, should be 

 disregarded. The great danger of introducing fruit flies 

 into this State is, first, through the agency of shipping 

 consignments from infested areas ; and secondly, through 

 the medium of fruit sent by rail to some of our Northern 



