﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  ETHIOPIAN 
  FRUIT 
  FLIES, 
  OTHER 
  THAN 
  DACUS. 
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  pleurae 
  shining 
  brown, 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  oblique 
  whitish 
  mesopleural 
  stripe, 
  on 
  which 
  

   there 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  hairs, 
  while 
  the 
  hairs 
  are 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  rest 
  ; 
  no 
  

   distinct 
  lighter 
  hypopleural 
  spots. 
  Postscutellum 
  and 
  mesophragma 
  shining 
  black. 
  

   Scutellum 
  of 
  a 
  semicircular 
  shape, 
  flattened 
  above, 
  shining 
  whitish, 
  with 
  three 
  

   broad 
  shining 
  black 
  spots 
  at 
  hind 
  border 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  visible 
  from 
  above 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  

   clothed 
  above 
  with 
  rather 
  long 
  whitish 
  hairs 
  and 
  bears 
  four 
  bristles, 
  the 
  middle 
  

   pair 
  being 
  not 
  decussate. 
  Thoracic 
  bristles 
  black, 
  even 
  the 
  long 
  and 
  approximated 
  

   middle 
  scp. 
  ; 
  dc. 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  a. 
  sa.\ 
  one 
  mpl. 
  ; 
  pt. 
  stronger 
  than 
  the 
  

   st. 
  Halteres 
  blackish, 
  with 
  yellowish 
  base 
  ; 
  squamulae 
  dark 
  yellowish, 
  with 
  blackish 
  

   border 
  and 
  with 
  dark 
  fringe. 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  parallel 
  sides, 
  not 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  

   thorax 
  and 
  not 
  narrowed 
  at 
  base 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  shining 
  black, 
  clothed 
  with 
  black 
  hairs, 
  

   and 
  with 
  black 
  bristles 
  on 
  sides 
  and 
  at 
  end 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  first, 
  and 
  the 
  

   whole 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  segment 
  are 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  whitish-grey 
  dust, 
  thus 
  forming 
  

   two 
  transverse 
  bands, 
  which 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  whitish 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  fourth 
  segment 
  

   is 
  reddish 
  brown 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  ovipositor 
  elongate 
  triangular, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  last 
  

   three 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  together, 
  depressed, 
  shining 
  black, 
  with 
  black 
  hairs 
  and 
  

   with 
  the 
  apical 
  segment 
  reddish 
  ; 
  venter 
  shining 
  black. 
  Legs 
  with 
  reddish 
  brown 
  

   coxae 
  and 
  femora, 
  the 
  latter 
  more 
  blackened 
  outwardly, 
  and 
  with 
  black 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  

   tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  and 
  with 
  whitish 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  bristles 
  of 
  the 
  femora 
  

   black, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  tibiae 
  tawny. 
  Wings 
  long 
  and 
  narrow, 
  hyaline, 
  with 
  a 
  blackish 
  

   pattern 
  ; 
  costal 
  bristle 
  strong 
  but 
  short 
  ; 
  veins 
  dark 
  brown 
  or 
  blackish, 
  but 
  the 
  

   costa 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  longitudinal 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  hyaline 
  indentation. 
  

   The 
  extreme 
  base 
  is 
  blackened, 
  being 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  basal 
  band 
  by 
  a 
  triangular 
  

   hyaline 
  indentation, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  at 
  costa 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  basal 
  cells, 
  and 
  the 
  

   vertex 
  is 
  below 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  basal 
  cell 
  ; 
  in 
  this 
  hyaline 
  part 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  

   blackish 
  dots, 
  likewise 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  blackish 
  part 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  narrow 
  hyaline 
  

   streaks, 
  forming 
  thus 
  a 
  Ceratitis-]ike 
  pattern, 
  though 
  closer 
  and 
  less 
  distinct. 
  The 
  

   stigma 
  is 
  entirely 
  black. 
  The 
  basal 
  band 
  begins 
  at 
  the 
  stigma 
  and 
  extends 
  to 
  the 
  hind 
  

   border 
  below 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  sixth 
  vein, 
  filling 
  up 
  almost 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  axillary 
  

   lobe, 
  and 
  being 
  thus 
  broadly 
  united 
  to 
  the 
  basal 
  blackish 
  part 
  ; 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  

   first 
  basal 
  cell, 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  discoidal 
  and 
  third 
  posterior 
  cells 
  are 
  broadly 
  

   united 
  with 
  this 
  band. 
  The 
  marginal 
  band 
  is 
  broadly 
  united 
  at 
  base 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  

   one, 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  extend 
  beyond 
  the 
  third 
  vein, 
  passing 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  it 
  in 
  its 
  

   terminal 
  part, 
  and 
  ending 
  at 
  costa 
  near 
  the 
  first 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  posterior 
  cell 
  ; 
  

   it 
  encloses 
  two 
  darker 
  dots 
  in 
  the 
  marginal 
  cell, 
  and 
  two 
  hyaline 
  streaks 
  at 
  costa 
  

   before 
  and 
  behind 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  longitudinal 
  vein. 
  About 
  at 
  middle 
  of 
  

   the 
  last 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  vein 
  arises 
  the 
  narrow, 
  but 
  complete 
  and 
  even, 
  middle 
  

   band, 
  which, 
  crossing 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  vein, 
  ends 
  

   at 
  hind 
  border 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  this 
  same 
  vein. 
  The 
  oblique 
  cubital 
  band 
  is 
  

   broader 
  than 
  the 
  middle 
  one, 
  and 
  is 
  broadly 
  united 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  small 
  

   cross- 
  vein 
  ; 
  it 
  runs 
  along 
  the 
  hind 
  cross- 
  vein, 
  leaving 
  hyaline 
  the 
  upper 
  external 
  

   corner 
  of 
  the 
  discoidal 
  cell, 
  and 
  ends 
  at 
  hind 
  border 
  symmetrically 
  with 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  fifth 
  vein. 
  Small 
  cross- 
  vein 
  long 
  and 
  oblique, 
  the 
  first 
  posterior 
  cell 
  being 
  as 
  

   broad 
  as 
  the 
  discoidal 
  cell, 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  acute 
  below, 
  the 
  hind 
  cross-vein 
  being 
  

   very 
  oblique. 
  Alula 
  entirely 
  infuscated. 
  

  

  Type 
  $, 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  from 
  Uganda, 
  Entebbe, 
  12-13.xii.1912 
  (C. 
  C. 
  Gowdey). 
  

  

  