﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  ETHIOPIAN 
  FRUIT 
  PLIES, 
  OTHER 
  THAN 
  DACUS. 
  231 
  

  

  Pardalaspis 
  aliena, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  cosyra 
  and 
  silvestrii, 
  but 
  distinct 
  from 
  them 
  as 
  well 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  

   species 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  costal 
  band 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  basal 
  one, 
  and 
  in 
  

   having 
  a 
  complete 
  middle 
  band 
  across 
  the 
  last 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  longitudinal 
  vein. 
  

  

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  Length 
  of 
  body 
  4*2 
  mm. 
  ; 
  of 
  ovipositor 
  0*6 
  mm. 
  ; 
  of 
  wing 
  4*2 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head 
  pale 
  yellowish, 
  without 
  any 
  dark 
  spot, 
  only 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  ocellar 
  dot. 
  

   Face 
  whitish, 
  not 
  prominent 
  at 
  the 
  mouth-border. 
  Antennae 
  wanting 
  in 
  

   the 
  type, 
  only 
  the 
  shortened 
  and 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  basal 
  joints 
  being 
  present. 
  Palpi 
  

   whitish, 
  not 
  very 
  broad, 
  without 
  bristles, 
  with 
  whitish 
  hairs 
  ; 
  proboscis 
  pale 
  yellow. 
  

   Cephalic 
  bristles 
  black 
  ; 
  oc. 
  well 
  developed. 
  Thorax 
  shining 
  yellow, 
  with 
  short 
  

   whitish 
  pubescence. 
  Humeri 
  whitish, 
  immaculate 
  ; 
  above 
  them 
  there 
  is 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  a 
  shining 
  black, 
  longitudinal 
  stripe, 
  which 
  ends 
  before 
  the 
  suture, 
  but 
  is 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  behind 
  it 
  along 
  the 
  dorsocentral 
  lines 
  by 
  a 
  black 
  sub 
  quadrate 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  dc. 
  

   bristles, 
  and 
  by 
  a 
  broad 
  stripe 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  including 
  a 
  broad 
  whitish 
  

   patch, 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  rounded 
  spot. 
  Above 
  the 
  notopleural 
  line 
  and 
  above 
  the 
  

   root 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  there 
  are 
  the 
  usual 
  velvety 
  black, 
  opaque 
  spots, 
  which 
  are 
  separated 
  

   by 
  the 
  whitish 
  notopleural 
  callus 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  postalar 
  calli 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  rounded, 
  

   deep 
  black 
  spot 
  ; 
  above 
  the 
  shining 
  supra- 
  alar 
  patch 
  there 
  is 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  a 
  short 
  

   whitish 
  stripe. 
  The 
  pleurae 
  are 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  and 
  shining, 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  meso- 
  

   pleural 
  spot 
  and 
  a 
  double 
  white 
  hypopleural 
  spot. 
  Postscutellum 
  deep 
  black; 
  

   mesophragma 
  pale 
  yellowish, 
  with 
  faint 
  whitish 
  dust. 
  Scutellum 
  shining 
  whitish, 
  

   with 
  three 
  sub 
  quadrate, 
  equally 
  broad 
  spots 
  at 
  hind 
  border 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  convex 
  and 
  less 
  

   distinctly 
  trilobate. 
  All 
  the 
  thoracic 
  bristles 
  are 
  black, 
  even 
  the 
  middle 
  scp. 
  and 
  

   the 
  pt., 
  only 
  the 
  st. 
  being 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  one 
  mpl. 
  Squamulae 
  white 
  ; 
  halteres 
  whitish. 
  

   Abdomen 
  shining 
  yellow, 
  with 
  whitish 
  pubescence 
  and 
  with 
  black 
  bristles 
  at 
  sides 
  

   and 
  at 
  end 
  ; 
  the 
  narrow 
  hind 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  and 
  third 
  segments 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  

   whitish 
  dust, 
  forming 
  thus 
  a 
  very 
  narrow 
  and 
  ill-defined 
  white 
  cross 
  band 
  ; 
  ovipositor 
  

   shining 
  yellow 
  ; 
  venter 
  pale 
  yellowish. 
  Legs 
  entirely 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  and 
  with 
  

   concolorous 
  bristles 
  and 
  hairs, 
  only 
  the 
  spur 
  of 
  middle 
  tibiae 
  being 
  black. 
  Wings 
  

   with 
  entirely 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  veins, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  and 
  black 
  costal 
  bristle 
  ; 
  

   the 
  bands 
  are 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  infuscated 
  towards 
  the 
  hind 
  border 
  ; 
  the 
  stigma 
  is 
  yellow, 
  

   with 
  the 
  extreme 
  upper 
  corner 
  subhyaline. 
  At 
  base 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  darkish 
  dots 
  

   and 
  streaks, 
  three 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  costal 
  cell, 
  one 
  streak 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  cells 
  and 
  none 
  

   in 
  the 
  anal 
  cell. 
  The 
  basal 
  band 
  is 
  perpendicular, 
  beginning 
  at 
  stigma, 
  including 
  

   the 
  small 
  cross- 
  vein, 
  which 
  is 
  situated 
  just 
  at 
  its 
  outer 
  border, 
  and 
  ending 
  with 
  a 
  

   slight 
  curve 
  at 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  sixth 
  longitudinal 
  vein. 
  After 
  this 
  band 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  complete 
  

   hyaline 
  band, 
  which 
  extends 
  to 
  the 
  fore 
  border 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  stigma 
  ; 
  the 
  marginal 
  

   band 
  is 
  therefore 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  basal 
  one. 
  The 
  marginal 
  band 
  extends 
  below 
  

   to 
  the 
  third 
  vein, 
  passing 
  beyond 
  it 
  with 
  its 
  infuscated 
  end, 
  and 
  ending 
  at 
  apex 
  

   about 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  posterior 
  cell 
  ; 
  it 
  includes 
  two 
  darker 
  marginal 
  dots 
  

   in 
  the 
  marginal 
  cell, 
  and 
  a 
  rounded 
  hyaline 
  spot 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  vein. 
  A 
  little 
  

   before 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  marginal 
  band 
  arises 
  the 
  narrow 
  and 
  complete 
  middle 
  band, 
  

   which, 
  passing 
  across 
  and 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  vein, 
  ends 
  infuscated 
  at 
  hind 
  border 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  posterior 
  

   cell. 
  The 
  cubital 
  band 
  extends 
  across 
  the 
  hind 
  cross- 
  vein 
  and 
  is 
  only 
  slightly 
  oblique 
  ; 
  

   .above 
  it 
  becomes 
  gradually 
  paler, 
  but 
  is 
  distinctly 
  united 
  with 
  the 
  costal 
  band 
  just 
  

  

  