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Fig. 14B. Dacus {Strumeta) cacuminatus (Hering): c, wing of female; d, ovipositor, full length; e, apex of 
ovipositor. 
terior portions and narrowed posteriorly — portion of cell M 4 , approximately to the 
not broad at both ends and parallel sided as hind margin of the m-cu crossvein (Fig. I4c). 
in dorsalis. The prescutellar bristles are more In dorsalis the streak fills only about the 
widely spaced in cacuminatus\ the distance basal half of cell M4. The basal section of the 
between the bristles is equal to slightly anal veins (possibly including the base of 
greater than the distance between the scutel- cubitus) is hyaline to faintly yellowish trans- 
lars. In dorsalis the prescutellars are slightly lucent in cacuminatus. In dorsalis this basal 
closer together than the scutellars. The wings portion is opaque whitish to yellow. The 
are very similar to dorsalis^ differing chiefly color pattern of the abdomen differs some- 
in having a broader, more distinct cubital what from typical dorsalis^ although the most 
streak. The streak fills almost all of the basal constant difference appears to be the lack of a 
