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D. froggatti (Bezzi) and D. propinquus n. sp. 
are the only other Strumeta which we have 
studied which have this type of ovipositor. 
The species has been adequately described by 
Hendel and by Shiraki (1933: 63-66) except 
for the details of the ovipositor. 
Ovipositor: The basal portion {in situ) is 
about equal or slightly shorter than the fifth 
abdominal segment. The extended ovipositor 
(Fig. I'bd) is 4.26 mm. long. The piercer 
measures about 1.56 mm. long by 0.18 mm. 
wide at its widest point. The preapical setae 
are very small and inconspicuous and are 
situated about 0.13 mm. behind the trilobed 
apex (Fig. 13c). The oviduct opens about 
0.26 mm. from the apex. The inversion mem- 
brane is short and broad; it is about equal in 
length to the piercer (1.56 mm.) and measures 
about 0.5 mm. at its broadest point. The 
rasper extends to within 0.5 mm. of the base 
of the segment. The basal segment is slightly 
wider than long, 1.14 mm. by 1.17 mm. 
measured across the broadest point. The spi- 
racles are situated about 0.28 mm. from the 
anterior corners of the segment. 
Length: Body, 6. 0-7.0 mm.; wings, 5.0- 
6.0 mm. 
TYPE locality: Formosa. 
Type in the Deutsches Entomologisches 
Institut, Berlin. 
On Formosa it has been recorded from 
Solanum incanum L. and S. indicum L. 
A large series is on hand from the following 
localities and hosts in Malaya: Kuala Lumpur, 
June-Aug., 1948, ex chilli, Solanum verhasci- 
folium, S. sarmentosum, Baccurea motleyana, and 
Ponderosa tomato (N. L. H. Krauss) ; Serdang, 
Selangor, Mar., 1949, ex tomato (N. L. H. 
Krauss) . 
Opius incisi Silvestri were reared from some 
of this material. 
Dacus (Strumeta) limbiferus 
(Bezzi), n. comb. 
Fig. 14 
Chaetodacus ferrugineus var. limbiferus Bezzi, 
1919 , Philippine Jour. Sci. 15(5): 424. 
Fig. 13. Dacus {Strumeta) latifrons (Hendel). a. Front view of head; b, wing; c, apex of piercer; d, extended 
ovipositor. 
