156 
as in D. (Paradacus). His unique specimen 
possessed a strong hair on the right side of 
the mesonotum in the position of the pre- 
scutellar bristles; this was lacking, however, 
on the left side. It seems to be very close to 
D. ftdvipes (Perkins) and is separated by its 
predominantly black abdomen and by the 
lack of fuscation along the m crossvein. 
Length: Wing, 4.9 mm. 
TYPE locality: Reo, West Flores. 
Type in the Naturhistorischen Museum, 
Basel. 
This species is known only from the type 
female. 
Dacus (Paradacus) perplexus Walker 
Fig. 3 
Dacus perplexus Walker, 1862, Linn. Soc. Lon- 
don, Proc. 6: 14. 
PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. VIII, April, 1954 
Paradacus perplexus Walker, Perkins, 1939, 
Queensland Univ., Dept. Biol. 1(10): 33- |i 
34, pi. 1, fig. 3. 
This species is readily distinguished from 
all known Dacinae by the unusual wing mark- 
ings (Fig. 3<^). The following description is 
supplemental to that given by Perkins. Thorax: 
The three yellow vittae on the mesonotum 
are very broad and extend to the hind margin 
of the mesonotum on the specimen at hand. 
Perkins indicated that the lateral vittae ex- 
tended to the inner posterior supraalar bristles 
and that the median vitta was short. On our 
specimen, the median stripe begins at the 
scutellum; it is slightly wider at this point 
than the area normally set off by the pre- 
scutellar bristles; it is strongly narrowed as 
it extends anteriorly beyond the suture and 
blends into a very narrow rufous line which 
Fig. 3. Dacus {Paradacus) perplexus Walker, a, Mesonotum; b, extended ovipositor; c, apex of piercer; d, wing. 
