﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  ETHIOPIAN 
  FEUIT 
  FLIES, 
  OTHER 
  THAN 
  DACUS. 
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  mesophragma 
  shining 
  yellow, 
  the 
  latter 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  reddish, 
  in 
  middle 
  or 
  on 
  upper 
  

   border. 
  Squamulae 
  very 
  small, 
  with 
  sparse 
  and 
  short 
  pale 
  hairs 
  at 
  border 
  ; 
  halteres 
  

   pale 
  yellowish, 
  with 
  more 
  reddish 
  knob. 
  Abdomen 
  entirely 
  shining 
  yellow 
  ; 
  but 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  narrow 
  dark 
  longitudinal 
  stripe 
  along 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  basal 
  

   segments, 
  rather 
  faintly 
  marked 
  ; 
  the 
  pubescence 
  is 
  more 
  dense 
  than 
  that 
  

   of 
  the 
  thorax, 
  but 
  is 
  always 
  short 
  and 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  macrochaetae 
  are 
  

   black. 
  The 
  venter 
  is 
  shining 
  yellow 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  whitish 
  dusted 
  on 
  the 
  sides. 
  

   Male 
  genitalia 
  shining 
  yellow, 
  with 
  pale 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  ovipositor 
  shining 
  yellow, 
  

   with 
  very 
  short 
  and 
  sparse 
  pubescence. 
  Legs 
  entirely 
  shining 
  yellow, 
  with 
  more 
  

   reddish 
  tarsi 
  ; 
  their 
  sparse 
  pubescence 
  is 
  pale, 
  but 
  the 
  bristles 
  of 
  the 
  femora 
  and 
  

   tibiae 
  are 
  black, 
  like 
  the 
  apical 
  spurs 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  tibiae 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  tibiae 
  haver 
  

   a 
  longitudinal 
  row 
  of 
  three 
  rather 
  strong 
  black 
  bristles 
  towards 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  are 
  ciliated 
  below, 
  chiefly 
  on 
  the 
  praetarsi 
  ; 
  the 
  claws 
  

   are 
  black, 
  the 
  pulvilli 
  whitish. 
  Wings 
  yellowish-hyaline, 
  very 
  shining 
  and 
  

   iridescent 
  ; 
  costa 
  and 
  veins 
  yellowish, 
  but 
  the 
  thickened 
  basal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  and 
  the 
  common 
  stem 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  third, 
  are 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  cross-veins 
  

   and 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  veins 
  are 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  stigma 
  is 
  entirely 
  yellow. 
  

   The 
  apical 
  dark 
  spot 
  is 
  small, 
  extending 
  symmetrically 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  third 
  longitudinal 
  vein, 
  along 
  the 
  wing 
  border 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  broader 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  The 
  infuscation 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  cross-vein 
  is 
  very 
  small 
  and 
  faintly 
  

   indicated, 
  sometimes 
  even 
  indistinct. 
  The 
  first 
  longitudinal 
  vein 
  ends 
  in 
  the 
  costa 
  

   a 
  little, 
  but 
  distinctly, 
  before 
  the 
  small 
  cross-vein. 
  

  

  Type 
  (J 
  and 
  type 
  $, 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  specimens 
  from 
  Nyasaland, 
  Limbe, 
  Chiromo, 
  

   Kuo 
  K., 
  22.ix.1916 
  (R. 
  C. 
  Wood). 
  

  

  CoeKopacidia 
  melanostigma, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  species, 
  but 
  differing 
  in 
  some 
  particulars 
  of 
  the 
  

   coloration 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  longer 
  third 
  antennal 
  joint. 
  

  

  (J. 
  Length 
  of 
  body 
  8*5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  of 
  wing 
  7*5 
  mm. 
  Head 
  and 
  its 
  appendages 
  exactly 
  

   as 
  in 
  C. 
  strigata, 
  but 
  the 
  pvt. 
  more 
  developed 
  and 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  antennal 
  joint 
  

   is 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  and 
  reaches 
  the 
  mouth-border, 
  being 
  about 
  2*5 
  times 
  as 
  long- 
  

   as 
  broad. 
  Thorax, 
  scutellum 
  and 
  halteres 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  species, 
  but 
  there 
  i& 
  

   no 
  trace 
  of 
  the 
  whitish 
  middle 
  stripe 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  moreover 
  a 
  small 
  but 
  distinct 
  p., 
  

   which 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  C. 
  strigata. 
  Abdomen 
  the 
  same, 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  stripe 
  

   blacker 
  and 
  more 
  sharply 
  defined. 
  The 
  wings 
  likewise, 
  but 
  the 
  stigma 
  is 
  entirely 
  

   of 
  a 
  deep 
  black 
  colour 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  longitudinal 
  vein 
  ends 
  opposite 
  to 
  the 
  small 
  cross- 
  

   vein, 
  not 
  before 
  it 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  dark 
  spot 
  is 
  similarly 
  shaped, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  trace 
  

   of 
  the 
  infuscation 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  cross-vein. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  identical. 
  

  

  Type 
  (-J, 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  day 
  as 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  C. 
  strigata, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  certainly 
  distinct 
  (R. 
  C. 
  Wood). 
  

  

  Conradtina 
  acrodiauges, 
  Speiser, 
  1913 
  (PL 
  xvii, 
  fig. 
  2.) 
  

  

  A 
  couple 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  characteristic 
  fly 
  from 
  S.jNigeria, 
  Ibadan^ 
  

   29.xi.1913— 
  20.L1914 
  (Dr. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Lambom). 
  

  

  