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  PROF. 
  M. 
  BEZZI. 
  

  

  near 
  its 
  base. 
  The 
  small 
  cross-vein 
  is 
  placed 
  noticeably 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   discoidal 
  cell 
  ; 
  the 
  last 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  longitudinal 
  veins 
  are 
  slightly 
  

   divergent 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  cross-vein 
  is 
  straight 
  and 
  placed 
  a 
  little 
  obliquely 
  ; 
  the 
  produced 
  

   lower 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  anal 
  cell 
  is 
  rather 
  broad, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  second 
  basal 
  

   cell. 
  

  

  Type 
  ?, 
  a 
  single 
  damaged 
  specimen 
  from 
  Cape 
  Colony, 
  Grahamstown, 
  30. 
  xL 
  

   1908 
  (C. 
  W. 
  Mally). 
  

  

  Capparimyia, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  I 
  will 
  erect 
  here 
  this 
  new 
  genus 
  (which, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  at 
  present 
  known, 
  is 
  not 
  Ethiopian 
  

   but 
  only 
  Mediterranean) 
  with 
  Ceratitis 
  savastani, 
  Martelli,* 
  as 
  type. 
  This 
  species 
  

   shows 
  all 
  the 
  characters 
  of 
  Pardalaspis, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  same 
  coloration 
  of 
  body 
  

   and 
  the 
  same 
  wing 
  pattern, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  once 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  complete 
  want 
  

   of 
  the 
  oc. 
  bristles, 
  a 
  character 
  which 
  is 
  present 
  in 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  allied 
  forms. 
  The 
  

   ending 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  longitudinal 
  vein 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  also 
  unique 
  among 
  

   the 
  allies 
  of 
  Ceratitis, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  rendered 
  even 
  more 
  evident 
  by 
  the 
  distinct 
  narrowing 
  

   of 
  the 
  first 
  posterior 
  cell, 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  curving 
  downwards 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  longitudinal 
  

   vein 
  in 
  its 
  last 
  portion. 
  

  

  The 
  erection 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  genus 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  species 
  is 
  supported 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  gall-making 
  insect 
  ; 
  the 
  young 
  buds 
  of 
  the 
  flowers 
  of 
  Capparis 
  spinosa, 
  

   L. 
  (whence 
  the 
  generic 
  name), 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  larvae 
  live, 
  become 
  hypertrophied, 
  

   deformed 
  and 
  arrested 
  in 
  their 
  development, 
  the 
  effects 
  being 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  

   caused 
  by 
  the 
  Itonid 
  midge, 
  Asphondylia 
  capparis, 
  Riibsaamen. 
  The 
  gall 
  of 
  

   Capparimyia 
  savastani 
  is 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  work 
  of 
  Prof. 
  Houardf 
  ; 
  and 
  

   it 
  must 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  the 
  allied 
  forms 
  live 
  in 
  fruits 
  and 
  are 
  

   not 
  galligenous, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  faculty 
  of 
  making 
  galls 
  is 
  very 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  subfamily 
  

   Ceratitinae, 
  while 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  subfamily 
  Trypaneinae. 
  

  

  The 
  main 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  genus 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  Pvt. 
  yellow 
  ; 
  ocp. 
  black 
  

   and 
  acute 
  ; 
  two 
  i. 
  or. 
  ; 
  the 
  s. 
  or. 
  are 
  inserted 
  on 
  indistinct 
  and 
  not 
  converging 
  

   plates 
  ; 
  genal 
  bristle 
  thin 
  and 
  yellow 
  ; 
  dc. 
  placed 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  behind 
  the 
  line 
  

   of 
  the 
  a. 
  sa. 
  ; 
  one 
  mpl. 
  ; 
  pt. 
  as 
  developed 
  as 
  the 
  St., 
  and 
  both 
  yellowish 
  in 
  colour, 
  

   like 
  the 
  middle 
  scp., 
  while 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  bristles 
  are 
  black. 
  Wings 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  

   but 
  strong 
  costal 
  bristle 
  ; 
  first 
  longitudinal 
  vein 
  ending 
  noticeably 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   small 
  cross-vein, 
  which 
  is 
  placed 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  discoidal 
  cell 
  ; 
  third 
  

   vein 
  bristly 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  its 
  last 
  portion 
  ; 
  first 
  posterior 
  cell 
  narrower 
  at 
  end 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  last 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  vein 
  being 
  curved 
  downwards 
  

   before 
  the 
  end 
  ; 
  fourth 
  vein 
  ending 
  very 
  near 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  lower 
  angle 
  

   of 
  the 
  discoidal 
  cell 
  acute, 
  the 
  hind 
  cross- 
  vein 
  being 
  however 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  oblique 
  ; 
  

   lower 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  anal 
  cell 
  acute 
  and 
  produced, 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  second 
  

   basal 
  cell. 
  

  

  The 
  single 
  species 
  at 
  present 
  known 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  only 
  in 
  Sicily 
  and 
  in 
  Southern 
  

   Italy. 
  

  

  * 
  Boll. 
  Arboric. 
  Ital., 
  vii, 
  1911, 
  p. 
  19, 
  figs. 
  1-4, 
  and 
  Mem. 
  K. 
  Accad. 
  Zelanti, 
  (3) 
  vii, 
  

   1912, 
  p. 
  50, 
  figs. 
  1-4. 
  In 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Record, 
  vol. 
  L, 
  p. 
  423, 
  the 
  species 
  appears 
  as 
  

   published 
  in 
  1913. 
  

  

  f 
  Les 
  Zooeecid. 
  des 
  plantes 
  d'Europe, 
  etc., 
  iii, 
  1913, 
  p. 
  1355, 
  n. 
  6730. 
  

  

  