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33. Tephrltis. Latreille. 



Latreille, Hist. Nat. d. Crust, et Ins., xiv, 389 (1804). 



In this genus are placed the species with a short non-geniculate proboscis, with a 

 bare third vein and with the pattern of the wing not radiating ; the scutellum has 

 usually 4 bristles. 



Eyes rounded ; cheeks narrow, epistome but little prominent ; proboscis short, 

 with the flaps not prolonged ; antennae placed at the middle of the eyes, the third 

 joint not pointed, the arista bare, pubescent or shortly plumose ; oc. strong ; or. 

 2. 3 or I. 2 ; occipital row very well developed ; genal bristle less developed. 



Thorax with grey pollen, yellow pubescence and complete chaetotaxy. Scutellum 

 not swollen, with 4, rarely 2, bristles. Abdomen with bristles ; ovipositor short. 

 Legs usually robust ; front femora with a well-developed row of bristles beneath ; 

 middle tibiae with i spur ; hind tibiae usually bare, but sometimes pectinate. 



Wings usually long and narrow, but in some species short and very broad ; costal 

 bristle distinct ; first vein not reaching the small cross-vein ; 2nd, 3rd and 4th straight 

 and parallel , but the 2nd diverging in the broad- winged species ; third bare ; cross- 

 veins parallel and perpendicular, the small one placed in the last third of the discal 

 cell ; lower angle of the anal cell drawn out into a short and broad point, as long as 

 or shorter than the second basal cell. Wing pattern reticulate, not radiating ; rarely 

 broken into dark spots ; exceptionally the wings are black with hyaline spots. 



Type : Mtisca leontodontis , DeGeer, 1776. 



In the collection are the following species, which are all described as new, on 

 account of the difficulty of recognizing the species from the older descriptions. 



1 (2). Wings very much dilated, almost as long as broad, entirely black, 



with very few hyaline or subhyaline spots . . . . euryptera, n. sp. 



2 (i). Wings not dilated, much longer than broad, with more numerous 



hyaline spots. 



3 (4). Scutellum with 2 bristles only ; arista with rather long pubescence ; 



or. 2. 3 ., .. .. .. .. zodiacalis,n. s^. 



4 (3). Scutellum with 4 bristles, the apicals being sometimes smaller ; 



arista bare or with very short pubescence. 



5 (6). Or. 2. 3 ; hind tibiae shortly pectinate ; thoracic bristles yellow ; 



abdomen yellow, with black ciross-bauds . . .. zonogastra, n. sp. 



6 (5). Or. I. 2; hind tibiae almost bare; thoracic bristles black: abdo- 



men grey, with or without black spots. 



7 (8). Stigma with a broad hyaline spot ; thorax without dark longitu- 



dinal stripes ; abdomen not spotted ; reticulation of the wing 



distinct . . . , . . . . . . lyncea, n. sp. 



8 (7). Stigma unspotted ; thorax striped and abdomen spotted ; reticula- 



tion of the wing partly broken into spots . . . . spiloptera, n. sp. 



64. Tephritis euryptera, n. sp. ? . 

 (PL X, fig. 64). 

 A species very easily distinguished from the others by its very dilated black wings, 

 which have only a few marginal hyaline spots and very few discal subhyaline dots. 

 Length of the body 7 mm. , of the wing 6 mm. , width of the wing 5 mm. 



