INDEX. 



147 



melanderi 



description and distribution, 82 



key. 67 

 melanica 



chromosomes, 39 



courtship, 6 



description and distribution, 95 



eggs, 19 



key, 67 



spermatheca, 36 



variability, 43 

 melanissima 



description and distribution, 95 



key, 67 

 melanogaster, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 27, 30, 31, 109, 

 115, 116, 119-121 



chromosomes, 39 



courtship and mating, 5 



description and distribution, 89-91 



eggs, 19 



genetics, 12-13 



head, 92 



hybrids with simulans, 14, 117-118 



key, 68, 70 



larval mouthparts, 21 



male genitalia, 33, 34 



ovipositor, 32 



puparium, 23, 24 



sex-comb, 44 



spermatheca, 36 



variability, 41-43 



wing, 29 

 mentum, 21 

 mesonotum, 28 

 mesopleura, 28 

 mesothorax, 27-28 

 metallica 



description and distribution, 73 



key, 68 

 metanotum, 28 

 metathorax, 27-28 

 Metz, C. W., 3, 14, 19, 39, 40, 51, 61, 70, 71, 75, 



79, 83, 97 

 metzii 



description and distribution, 78 



key, 68 

 mexicana, 106 

 Mexico, 114 

 Michigan, 111 

 Microperiscelis, 107 

 Mik, J., 59, 91 

 Milichiinse, 41, 49 

 miniature, 120 

 Minnesota, 111 

 minuta, 106 

 Mississippi, 111 

 Missouri, 111 

 mites, 17 



Mohr, O. L., 2, 14 

 Monocera, 107 

 Montana, 109 

 Morgan, T. H., 12, 13 

 mouth-hook, 21 

 Muiaria, 17 

 Muller, H. J., 13 

 mulleri, 100, 109, 112 



chromosomes, 39 



mulleri, description and distribution, 101 



key, 68, 69 

 multipuncta, 103, 106 

 Mumetopia, 49 

 Musca, 26 

 Muscidae, 8, 48 

 Muscoidea, 48 

 mutants, 12, 119 

 Mutchler, A. J., 2 

 Mutilloptera, 120 



Mycodrosophila, 16, IS, 30, 35, 41, 50, 108, 109, 

 113, 114, 115, 116, 132 



description and distribution, 62 

 Myodaria, 48 

 Nachtsheim, H., 13 

 nana 



description and distribution, 87 



key, 68 

 Nearctic region, 108-112 

 Nebraska, 109 

 nebulosa, 54, 71 



chromosomes, 39 



courtship and mating, 6 



description and distribution, 88 



eggs, 19 



key, 68 



spermatheca, 36 

 nebulosa (Cladocheata), 39, 54, 71 

 nebulosa (Pseudiastata), 55, 109, 112 

 neglecta, 106 

 nematodes, 17 

 Neoleucophenga, 59, 132 

 Neotropical region, 108, 112-114 

 Neuroctena, 40 

 Nevada, 109 



New Hampshire, 109, 111 

 New Jersey, 109, 111 

 New Mexico, 111 

 New York, 109, 111 

 New Zealand, 108. 116 

 Nicaragua, 114 

 Nicotiana, 122 

 nigricornis, 106 

 nigriventris, 89 

 nigropunctata, 99, 100 

 nigrosparsa, 44 

 Nitidulidae, 18 

 Nonidez, J. F., 38 

 North Carolina, 111 

 North Dakota, 109 

 Northrop, J. H., 15 

 notch, 121 

 Noterophila. 132 

 Notiphila, 51 

 notopleurals, 28 

 notopleural suture, 28 

 Nova Scotia, 112 

 nurse-cells, 38 

 nutrition. 15 



obesa (Pseudophortica), 33, 58, 106 

 obscura, 20. 109, 114, 120, 121 



chromosomes, 39 



courtship and mating, 7 



description and distribution, 93 



eggs, 19 



key, 68 



mutations, 14 



