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Fig. 11. Dacus {Strumeta) harringtoniae (Tryon): 
a, ovipositor, full length; b, apex of ovipositor. 
basal part of cell M4 extending almost to the 
top margin of the m-cu crossvein. The nar- 
rowed portion of the cubital cell is two times 
longer than the distance from the apex of the 
cell to the wing margin. Abdomen: Largely 
pale colored with no longitudinal vitta down 
the middle. The first tergum is brownish 
except for a narrow yellow band at its apex. 
The second tergum has a narrow yellow 
basal band followed by a brownish band 
and a broad pale yellow band which covers 
the apical half of the segment. Segments 
3 and 4 are yellow in the middle and brown 
to blackish on the sides. The third tergum 
often has a complete but narrow brown to 
black basal band. The fifth tergum is entirely 
rufous except for brownish discolorations on 
the anterior lateral margins. 
Length: Body, 7.8 mm.; wings, 6.8 mm. 
FEMALE. The cubital streak extends slightly 
more than half way between the apex of cell 
Cu and the wing margin. The narrowed 
portion of cell Cu is only about one and one- 
fourth times longer than the distance from 
the apex of the cell to the wing margin. 
Ovipositor: Very short and inconspicuous. In 
pinned specimens the visible portion of the 
ovipositor is just slightly over one-half as 
long as the fifth abdominal segment. The 
extended ovipositor is short and stubby and 
comparatively broad (Fig. 11^). The oviposi- 
tor measures about 3.3 mm. The piercer 
(Fig. 11^) is approximately 1.0 mm. long 
by about 0.23 mm. wide and is sharply 
tapered from a point well before the apex 
of the oviduct. The apex of the oviduct is 
about 0.21 mm. from the tip of the piercer. 
The preapical setae are inconspicuous and 
all are approximately equal in size. The 
apical pair is located about 0.045 mm. from 
the tip of the piercer. This distance is just 
slightly greater than the length of the plate 
bearing the setae. The inversion membrane 
is approximately 1.22 mm. long by 0.34 mm. 
wide. The scales are large, conspicuous, and 
sharp-pointed. The rasper extends to within 
0.28 mm. of the base of segment 8. The 
basal segment of the ovipositor is about 
1.2 mm. long by 1.0 mm. at its widest point. 
Length: Approximately the same as in the 
male. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Caims, Queensland, ex 
Barringtonia calyptrata. 
Type in the Queensland Museum. 
Forty-five specimens are in the Krauss 
collection from Cairns, Queensland, ex Bar- 
ringtonia calyptrata, Dec., 1949-Jan., 1950. 
Dacus (Strumeta) breviaculeus n. sp. 
Fig. 12 a-c 
This species is closely related to D. 
harringtoniae (Tryon) because of the very 
short inconspicuous ovipositor of the female 
and the predominantly pale body. It is 
distinguished by differences in the female 
ovipositors, as illustrated in Figures 11^ and 
12c; by the presence of two distinct brownish 
to black vittae on the mesonotum; by the 
smaller size; and by the presence of an in- 
