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  PROF. 
  M. 
  BEZZI 
  — 
  TWO 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  FRUIT 
  FLIES 
  FROM 
  SOUTHERN 
  INDIA. 
  

  

  bristle 
  is 
  indicated 
  only 
  by 
  a 
  hair 
  ; 
  no 
  acrostichal 
  bristle 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  only 
  the 
  apical 
  

   pair 
  of 
  bristles. 
  All 
  the 
  bristles, 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  are 
  black. 
  Mesophragma 
  

   black, 
  unspotted. 
  Halteres 
  yellow. 
  Abdomen 
  very 
  strongly 
  stalked, 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   rather 
  long 
  whitish 
  hairs, 
  which 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  are 
  very 
  long 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  black 
  and 
  punctate 
  

   like 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  has 
  two 
  yellow 
  bands, 
  one 
  near 
  the 
  fore 
  border 
  

   and 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  border, 
  the 
  latter 
  interrupted 
  towards 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  third 
  segment 
  

   entirely 
  black 
  and 
  without 
  rows 
  of 
  bristly 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  fourth 
  with 
  two 
  less 
  

   distinct 
  dark 
  yellow 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  near 
  the 
  hind 
  border 
  ; 
  fifth 
  with 
  a 
  rather 
  

   broad 
  yellow 
  hind 
  border. 
  Genitalia 
  small 
  and 
  yellow 
  ; 
  venter 
  black. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  

   with 
  yellow 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  ; 
  front 
  femora 
  without 
  spines 
  beneath, 
  almost 
  entirely 
  

   black 
  ; 
  middle 
  femora 
  narrowly 
  yellow 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  with 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  

   basal 
  half 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  yellow 
  colour 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  a 
  little 
  infuseated 
  near 
  the 
  tip. 
  Wings 
  

   hyaline, 
  a 
  broad 
  brown 
  band 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  longitudinal 
  

   vein, 
  but 
  the 
  costal 
  cell 
  wholly 
  hyaline; 
  the 
  marginal 
  and 
  submarginal 
  cells 
  are 
  

   entirely 
  filled 
  with 
  brown, 
  the 
  colour 
  extending 
  a 
  little 
  into 
  the 
  first 
  posterior 
  cell 
  

   towards 
  the 
  hinder 
  half 
  of 
  last 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  longitudinal 
  vein 
  ; 
  stigma 
  darker, 
  

   anal 
  cell 
  entirely 
  hyaline 
  to 
  the 
  end. 
  

  

  Type 
  (J,»a 
  single 
  specimen 
  from 
  Yerkaud, 
  Shevaroy 
  Hills, 
  21st 
  April— 
  20th 
  May 
  

   1913, 
  4,500 
  feet. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  same 
  small 
  collection 
  of 
  Indian 
  fruit-flies, 
  forwarded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  B. 
  Ballard, 
  

   Government 
  Entomologist, 
  Coimbatore, 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  other 
  very 
  interesting 
  

   species 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Leptoxyda 
  longistyla, 
  Wied.; 
  two 
  male 
  specimens 
  from 
  Coimbatore 
  on 
  Calotropis. 
  

   6. 
  x. 
  1913 
  (T. 
  B. 
  Fletcher). 
  These 
  specimens 
  agree 
  very 
  well 
  with 
  those 
  from 
  

   Erythraea, 
  Kassala 
  and 
  Senegal 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  The 
  species 
  has 
  evidently 
  been 
  

   imported 
  from 
  tropical 
  Africa, 
  with 
  the 
  plant 
  on 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  always 
  to 
  be 
  found, 
  

   Calotropis 
  procera 
  (cf. 
  Bezzi, 
  Mem. 
  Ind. 
  Mus, 
  iii, 
  1913, 
  p. 
  92). 
  

  

  Dacus 
  brevistylus, 
  Bezzi 
  ; 
  two 
  male 
  specimens 
  from 
  Siddhout, 
  Cuddappale, 
  on 
  melon, 
  

   April 
  1910. 
  This 
  is 
  also 
  an 
  African 
  species, 
  which 
  is 
  widely 
  distributed 
  in 
  the 
  

   European 
  region, 
  being 
  a 
  serious 
  pest 
  of 
  melons 
  (cf. 
  Silvestri, 
  Boll. 
  Labor. 
  Zool. 
  gen. 
  

   e 
  agr., 
  Portici, 
  viii, 
  1913, 
  p. 
  94, 
  fig. 
  2 
  and 
  Bulletin 
  no. 
  3, 
  Div. 
  Entom. 
  Hawaii, 
  1914, 
  

   p. 
  93, 
  pi. 
  viii, 
  fig. 
  27). 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  

   India. 
  

  

  