﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  ETHIOPIAN 
  FRUIT 
  PLIES, 
  OTHER 
  THAN 
  DACUS. 
  241 
  

  

  •with 
  rather 
  narrow 
  eyes 
  and 
  distinct 
  lower 
  occipital 
  swellings. 
  Frons 
  as 
  broad 
  

   as 
  the 
  eye, 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  flat, 
  with 
  very 
  short 
  orbital 
  plates 
  ; 
  lunula 
  

   broad. 
  Face 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  frons, 
  convex 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  with 
  no 
  prominent 
  upper 
  

   mouth-border 
  and 
  with 
  diverging 
  antennal 
  grooves 
  ; 
  cheeks 
  linear 
  ; 
  jowls 
  narrow. 
  

   Antennae 
  inserted 
  a 
  little 
  below 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  eyes, 
  rather 
  separated 
  at 
  base, 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  the 
  face 
  ; 
  second 
  joint 
  less 
  prominent 
  above 
  and 
  not 
  spinulose 
  ; 
  third 
  

   joint 
  linear, 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  basal 
  ones, 
  rounded 
  at 
  tip 
  ; 
  arista 
  quite 
  bare. 
  

   Palpi 
  not 
  very 
  broad, 
  bristly 
  ; 
  proboscis 
  short. 
  Ocp. 
  black 
  and 
  acute, 
  less 
  numerous 
  ; 
  

   oc. 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  strong 
  ; 
  one 
  s. 
  or. 
  ; 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  i. 
  or., 
  only 
  the 
  middle 
  pair 
  being 
  long, 
  

   the 
  other 
  very 
  short 
  ; 
  genal 
  bristle 
  well 
  developed. 
  Thorax 
  elongated, 
  about 
  

   twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  with 
  complete 
  chaetotaxy, 
  but 
  the 
  middle 
  scp. 
  are 
  not 
  

   developed 
  ; 
  dc. 
  placed 
  much 
  behind 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  a. 
  sa. 
  ; 
  one 
  mpl. 
  ; 
  pt. 
  rather 
  

   thin. 
  Thoracic 
  suture 
  broadly 
  interrupted 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Scutellum 
  bluntly 
  

   triangular, 
  convex 
  above, 
  bare, 
  with 
  four 
  bristles, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  pair 
  decussate 
  

   at 
  the 
  end. 
  Abdomen 
  oval, 
  elongate, 
  not 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  with 
  terminal 
  

   bristles 
  ; 
  male 
  genitalia 
  prominent 
  and 
  appendiculate. 
  Legs 
  rather 
  slender 
  ; 
  

   front 
  femora 
  with 
  5 
  bristles 
  below 
  ; 
  middle 
  tibiae 
  with 
  one 
  spur 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  with 
  

   only 
  4-5 
  longer 
  bristles 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  side. 
  Wings 
  of 
  usual 
  shape 
  

   in 
  the 
  basal 
  half, 
  very 
  broad 
  and 
  nearly 
  semicircular 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  half, 
  broadly 
  

   infuscated, 
  with 
  hyaline 
  stripes, 
  surrounding 
  a 
  large 
  rounded 
  middle 
  patch. 
  Costa 
  

   very 
  curved 
  on 
  its 
  last 
  portion 
  ; 
  costal 
  bristle 
  hardly 
  distinguishable 
  ; 
  first 
  vein 
  

   not 
  specially 
  curved 
  upwards 
  at 
  the 
  end, 
  the 
  stigma 
  being 
  longer 
  than 
  broad 
  ; 
  second 
  

   vein 
  straight 
  ; 
  third 
  vein 
  bristly 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  its 
  last 
  portion, 
  which 
  is 
  strongly 
  

   curved 
  downwards 
  towards 
  the 
  end, 
  and 
  thus 
  very 
  divergent 
  from 
  the 
  second 
  and 
  

   parallel 
  with 
  the 
  last 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  ; 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  very 
  widened 
  at 
  end 
  ; 
  

   discoidal 
  cell 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  much 
  broadened 
  outwardly, 
  the 
  hind 
  cross- 
  vein 
  being 
  

   perpendicular, 
  arched 
  outwardly, 
  about 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  basal 
  cross- 
  

   vein 
  of 
  the 
  discoidal 
  cell, 
  and 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  terminal 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  

   vein 
  ; 
  small 
  cross- 
  vein 
  on 
  or 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  discoidal 
  cell 
  ; 
  second 
  

   posterior 
  cell 
  unusually 
  short, 
  higher 
  than 
  long 
  ; 
  lower 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  anal 
  cell 
  drawn 
  

   out 
  into 
  an 
  acute 
  point, 
  which 
  is 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  second 
  basal 
  cell 
  ; 
  axillary 
  lobe 
  

   broad 
  ; 
  alula 
  well 
  developed 
  and 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Type 
  : 
  the 
  following 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  very 
  probable 
  that 
  Acidia 
  (?) 
  ocellata, 
  Lamb, 
  1914, 
  from 
  the 
  Seychelles, 
  

   belongs 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  genus, 
  having 
  a 
  similarly 
  formed 
  head 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  similar 
  

   wing 
  pattern 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  the 
  small 
  cross-vein 
  placed 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  

   discoidal 
  cell, 
  and 
  two 
  s. 
  or. 
  on 
  the 
  frons. 
  

  

  Taomyia 
  marshaili, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (PL 
  xvii, 
  fig. 
  9). 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  distinct 
  fly 
  of 
  comparatively 
  large 
  size, 
  at 
  once 
  distinguishable 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  its 
  very 
  characteristic 
  wings. 
  

  

  <J. 
  Length 
  of 
  body 
  7*5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  of 
  wing 
  7 
  mm. 
  ; 
  breadth 
  of 
  a 
  wing 
  3*2 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head, 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  reddish-brown 
  colour 
  ; 
  occiput 
  shining, 
  broadly 
  blackened 
  on 
  the 
  

   sides, 
  light 
  yellowish 
  near 
  the 
  eye-borders 
  and 
  below 
  ; 
  frons 
  rather 
  shining, 
  with 
  a 
  

   blackish 
  ocellar 
  dot 
  and 
  an 
  ill-defined 
  blackish 
  transverse 
  band 
  in 
  front 
  above 
  the 
  

   antennae 
  ; 
  lunula 
  shining 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  face 
  shining, 
  dark 
  brown 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  more 
  

  

  