320 ^^^6 Philippine Journal of Science im 



48. Lonchaea ficiperda sp. nov. 



A small, brownish, less shining species, distinguished by the 

 different coloring of the squamulae in both sexes. Reared from 

 maggots in fruits of Ficus megacarpa Merrill. 



Male and female. — Length of body, 3 to 3.2 mm.; of the 

 exerted ovipositor, 1.3 mm. Face and frons as in L. citricola, 

 the frons of the female twice as broad as that of the male. Third 

 antennal joint narrow; arista black, shorter plumose. Scutel- 

 lum not pollinose, with 3 or 4 pairs of lateral bristly hairs, 2 or 

 3 on the sides and 1 on the apex. Halteres black. Abdomen of 

 the male with the last segment short and not especially pilose; 

 hypopygium small, with penis not distinct. Wings hyaline. 



49. Lonchaea excisa Kertesz, 1901. 



A shining black species, well distinguished by the shape and 

 pilosity of the last abdominal segment of the male, as figured by 

 Meijere. L. plumata Lamb, 1912, from the Seychelles seems to 

 be a very closely allied species, if not the same. The pollinose 

 scutellum bears 3 or 4 pairs of small bristles, 1 pair being apical. 



50. Lonchaea filifera sp. nov. 



A shining black species, with white squamulse in both sexes, 

 distinguished by the prominent yellow penis of the male. 



Male and female. — Length of body, 3.5 mm. Frons of male 

 rather broad, one-fourth of the width of the head, somewhat shin- 

 ing sericeous; antennae slightly brownish at the base, the third 

 joint gray, arista rather long pilose. Mesonotum posteriorly 

 and scutellum pollinose, the latter with 3 or 4 pairs of small 

 bristles, 1 pair being apical. Last abdominal segment of male 

 once and a half the length of the preceding, not setose ; hypopy- 

 gium very small; penis prominent, in the shape of a thin pale 

 yellow hair, longer than the usually black surrounding hairs ; of 

 the female ovipositor only the point is visible. Wings hyaline or 

 slightly infuscated. 



51. Lonchaea setifera Meijere, 1910. 



A shining black species, closely allied to the preceding, but 

 distinct by the last abdominal segment, as figured by Meijere. 

 Scutellum the same as in the preceding. 



52. Lonchaea calva sp. nov. 



Shining aeneous on mesonotum and scutellum, black on the ab- 

 domen. Very distinct from any other species in the short pilose 

 arista and the bare scutellum. 



Female. — Length of body, 3 mm. ; of ovipositor, 1 mm. Frons 



