﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  ETHIOPIAN 
  FKUIT 
  FLIES, 
  OTHER 
  THAN 
  DACUS. 
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  Oeellar 
  dot 
  small 
  and 
  black. 
  Frons 
  reddish 
  yellow, 
  shining, 
  with 
  sparse 
  short 
  hairs 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Antennae 
  entirely 
  reddish 
  yellow, 
  with 
  the 
  third 
  joint 
  paler. 
  Face 
  

  

  pale 
  yellowish, 
  shining 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  below 
  ; 
  the 
  cheeks 
  and 
  jowls 
  are 
  clothed 
  

  

  with 
  a 
  faint 
  whitish 
  dust. 
  Palpi 
  and 
  proboscis 
  pale 
  yellowish 
  or 
  whitish. 
  All 
  

  

  the 
  cephalic 
  bristles 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  deep 
  black 
  colour. 
  Thorax 
  and 
  scutellum 
  entirely 
  

  

  shining 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  back 
  has 
  very 
  short 
  scattered 
  black 
  hairs 
  and 
  no 
  distinct 
  

  

  dust 
  ; 
  humeri 
  and 
  pleurae 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  back 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  bristles 
  are 
  black. 
  

  

  Mesophragma 
  shining, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  infuscated 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  or 
  even 
  brownish. 
  

  

  Halteres 
  and 
  squamulae 
  reddish 
  yellow. 
  Abdomen 
  shining 
  testaceous, 
  distinctly 
  

  

  darker 
  than 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum, 
  even 
  blackish 
  brown 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  segments 
  and 
  behind 
  ; 
  pubescence 
  and 
  bristles 
  black 
  ; 
  ovipositor 
  shining 
  

  

  black 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  half, 
  dark 
  reddish-brown 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  half, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  

  

  entirely 
  black. 
  Legs 
  entirely 
  reddish 
  yellow, 
  with 
  the 
  front 
  tibiae 
  and 
  the 
  front 
  

  

  tarsi 
  infuscated 
  ; 
  bristles 
  and 
  spurs 
  black. 
  Wings 
  shining, 
  but 
  slightly 
  iridescent 
  ; 
  

  

  veins 
  and 
  costa 
  yellowish 
  on 
  the 
  light 
  parts, 
  and 
  brownish 
  on 
  the 
  dark 
  ones. 
  

  

  Stigma 
  yellowish. 
  The 
  yellowish-hyaline 
  basal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  pattern 
  extends 
  over 
  

  

  the 
  costal, 
  marginal 
  and 
  submarginal 
  cells 
  to 
  the 
  third 
  vein 
  ; 
  the 
  marginal 
  cell 
  

  

  however 
  has 
  its 
  end 
  brown, 
  while 
  the 
  submarginal 
  cell 
  is 
  brown 
  on 
  its 
  apical 
  half 
  ; 
  

  

  this 
  clear 
  basomarginal 
  band 
  is 
  yellowish 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  being 
  hyaline 
  at 
  the 
  two 
  

  

  ends 
  only 
  ; 
  sometimes 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  distinct, 
  but 
  not 
  sharply 
  defined, 
  rounded 
  dark 
  

  

  spot 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  hyaline 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  marginal 
  cell 
  near 
  the 
  costa 
  (this 
  

  

  spot 
  is 
  wanting 
  in 
  the 
  type). 
  The 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  is 
  uniformly 
  brown, 
  only 
  the 
  

  

  posterior 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  posterior 
  cell, 
  of 
  the 
  axillary 
  lobe 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  alula 
  

  

  being 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  posterior 
  cell 
  is 
  somewhat 
  more 
  clear 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  

  

  of 
  its 
  hind 
  border. 
  

  

  Type 
  2, 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  from 
  Durban, 
  Umbilo, 
  14.vii.1914 
  (L. 
  Bevis) 
  ; 
  I 
  

   have 
  seen 
  an 
  additional 
  specimen 
  from 
  Zululand 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  

   African 
  Museum, 
  Capetown. 
  

  

  Aciura, 
  Rob. 
  Desv., 
  1830. 
  

   Of 
  the 
  present 
  " 
  genus 
  " 
  there 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  new 
  material 
  before 
  me 
  three 
  species. 
  

   one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  yet 
  described 
  and 
  differs 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  others 
  in 
  having 
  all 
  the 
  

   occipital 
  bristles 
  black, 
  like 
  binaria, 
  Loew, 
  which 
  is 
  however 
  a 
  very 
  different 
  

   species. 
  

  

  Aciura 
  perpicsHaris, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (PL 
  xviii, 
  fig. 
  4). 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  elongate 
  slender 
  species, 
  which 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  angusta 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  axillary 
  

   cell 
  rudimentary, 
  but 
  differs 
  from 
  it 
  and 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  others 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  group 
  in 
  

   having 
  all 
  the 
  occipital 
  bristles 
  black, 
  and 
  the 
  discoidal 
  cell 
  entirely 
  black 
  with 
  a 
  

   single 
  hyaline 
  rounded 
  spot 
  near 
  its 
  extreme 
  base. 
  

  

  (J$. 
  Length 
  of 
  body 
  3-3*2 
  mm. 
  ; 
  of 
  ovipositor 
  1*5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  of 
  wing 
  3*6-4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Head 
  entirely 
  shining 
  black 
  and 
  very 
  glistening 
  on 
  the 
  occiput, 
  vertex 
  and 
  

   orbital 
  plates 
  ; 
  the 
  very 
  narrow 
  orbits 
  and 
  the 
  linear 
  cheeks 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   greyish 
  or 
  whitish 
  dust 
  ; 
  the 
  very 
  narrow 
  jowls 
  are 
  dark 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  like 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  frontal 
  stripe. 
  Lunula 
  very 
  small. 
  Antennae 
  inserted 
  below 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  eyes, 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  third 
  joint 
  rounded 
  at 
  tip 
  and 
  grey-dusted 
  ; 
  

  

  