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types are in the United States National 
Museum collection. Paratypes are also being 
deposited in the following collections : Bishop 
Museum, Honolulu, T. H.; Board of Agri- 
culture and Forestry, Honolulu, T. H.; 
Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association, Hono- 
lulu, T. H.; University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 
T. H.; American Museum of Natural History; 
California Academy of Sciences; University 
of Berlin (Dr. M. Hering); and the collection 
of H. K. Munro, Pretoria, South Africa. 
Dacus (Strumeta ) laticaudus Hardy 
Strumeta fuscatus Perkins and May 1949. 
Univ. of Queensland, Dept. Biol. 2(14): 
5-6. This name is preoccupied in Dacus by 
D. fuscatus Wiedemann 1819. Zool. Mag. 
1(3): 28. 
Dacus {Strumeta) laticaudus Hardy 1950. Haw. 
Ent. Soc., Proc. 14(1): 87-89. New syno- 
nymy. The name is available, however, 
since fuscatus Perkins and May is a homo- 
nym. 
The description of D. laticaudus was pub- 
lished before I had seen Perkins and May’s 
paper. From the original description of 
fuscatus Perkins and May it would appear that 
the two are distinct species distinguishable 
by several characters. Figure 2 of Perkins and 
May (1949) shows the r-m crossvein of 
fuscatus as being strongly sinuate. The cross- 
vein in the specimens described as laticaudus 
is nearly straight. Perkins and May’s descrip- 
tion states that the abdomen is "entirely 
black except for dark brown area on posterior 
median portion of second tergite; ovipositor 
shiny dark brown . . . shiny spot on fifth 
tergite, black in female and brown in male.” 
The large series of specimens at hand has a 
black longitudinal vitta extending down the 
middle of terga 3 to 5. The shining spots on 
the fifth tergum are rufous; the ovipositor is 
also pale colored. The original description of 
fuscatus also indicates that the mesonotum is 
extensively brown to black. It is predominant- 
ly rufous in the specimens of laticaudus. 
I have received specimens of D. fuscatus 
(Perkins and May) from Mr. May, and he has 
also discussed the species in correspondence. 
He has reported that "the r-m crossvein in 
the type is not as sinuate as I have wrongly 
shown in my drawing. Although somewhat 
sinuate in the type male, for the type female 
the vein is almost straight.” This is apparently 
a variable character. The median black vitta 
on the fourth and fifth terga is present on the 
specimens sent by Mr. May (this was not 
shown in his figure 2, or mentioned in the 
original description). 
The species has been adequately described 
and figured in the publications mentioned 
above. The most distinctive characteristics of 
the species are the fumose r-m crossvein and 
the short stubby ovipositor of the female. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Caims, Queensland, ex 
Sideroxylon ohovatum. 
Type in the University of Queensland col- 
lection. 
The specimens in the Krauss collection 
were from near Deeral, Queensland, ex Plan- 
chomlla sp. 
Dacus (Strumeta ) manskii 
(Perkins and May) 
Fig. V)a, b 
Strumeta manskii Perkins and May 1949. Univ. 
of Queensland, Dept. Biol. 2(14): 3-4. 
This species is remarkably similar to D. 
recurrens (Hering) described from New 
Guinea. Apparently it is best distinguished by 
the chiefly rufous mesonotum. The writer 
sent specimens of D. manskii to Dr. Hering 
for comparison with the type of D. recurrens, 
which was deposited in the Hungarian Mu- 
seum. The type was not available, but Dr. 
Hering studied the specimens and indicated 
that manskii is evidently a distinct species and 
can be separated by the following characters: 
The mesonotum is reddish-yellow in manskii 
and black with gray pollen in recurrens\ the 
second abdominal tergum has a black cross- 
band in manskii and only black spots in re- 
