SARCOPHAGA. 275 
12. Sarcophaga fuscianalis, sp.n:, 3 2.— 
Cinereous ; frontal band, three thoracic stripes, large reflecting spots on the abdomen, antenne, palpi, and legs 
black ; hypopygium piceous; third vein bristly ; distal portion of the fourth vein shorter than the penul- 
timate portion. 
Length 6-7 millim. 
Head pale ochraceous or whitish, usually with brown reflections ; front of the ¢ on the vertex half as broad 
_ as the eyes, enlarged downwards, that of the 9 a little broader than the eyes, with parallel sides; frontal 
band blackish, slightly broader than the lateral portions; inferior part of the cheeks equalling one-fourth 
of the longitudinal diameter of the eyes. Antennee black, inserted on or a little beneath the median line 
of the eyes; third joint fully three times as long as the second; arista rather long-plumose to near the 
tip. Proboscis and palpi black, the palpi cylindrical. Thorax, scutellum, and abdomen cinereous ; thorax 
with long dorso-central bristles and with three black stripes, the median stripe pointed in front and pro- 
‘longed over the scutellum. Abdomen elliptical (¢) or ovate (2), with large black reflecting spots, 
which sometimes appear in three rows, the sides with a slight cupreous tinge ; hypopygium of the ¢ 
small, piceous; hind borders of the third and anal segments with strong and erect macrochete. Legs 
black ; front femora outwardly greyish ; middle tibiz of the g¢ with a bristle on the outer side, and with 
short hairs on the inner side from beyond the middle to the apex; hind tibie with scattered bristles. 
Tegule yellowish-white. Wings with a brownish-grey tinge; third vein with a row of short bristles 
from the base to beyond half the small cross-vein ; this cross-vein under the end of the first vein and on 
the middle of the discal cell; curvature of the fourth vein rectangular, the distal portion of that vein 
(before the curvature), as usual, much shorter than the penultimate portion; apical cross-vein arcuated ; 
posterior cross-vein slightly undulate or nearly straight. 
Hab. Mexico, Atoyac and Medellin in Vera Cruz, Teapa in ‘Tabasco (H. H. Smith). 
Several males and one female. 
13. Sarcophaga pravolans, sp.n. 3 ¢@. (Lab. VII. figg. 8; 8a, head in 
profile.) 
Cinereous ; three thoracic stripes, reflecting spots on the abdomen, antenne, palpi, and legs black ; anal seg- 
ment and hypopygium red ; hind tibie hairy in the ¢; third vein bristly. 
Length 7°5 millim. 
Head ochraceous; front flattened, somewhat prominent, longer than the face; the vertex in the ¢ half as 
broad as the eyes and almost entirely occupied by the brown frontal band, in the ? as broad as the eyes, 
and with the black frontal band as broad as the lateral portions ; cheeks with brown reflections and some 
pilosity, their lower part greyish and equalling one-third of the longitudinal diameter of the eyes. 
Antenne black, inserted on the median line of the eyes; third joint two and one-half times as long as the 
second. Proboscis and palpi black. Thorax cinereous, with three black stripes, and a black line on 
each side of the median stripe; dorso-central bristles distinct. Scutellum black, laterally and on the 
hind border cinereous. Abdomen elliptical (¢) or ovate (@); the first three segments cinereous, with 
black reflecting spots, which sometimes appear in three rows; anal segment red, with ochraceous 
reflections ; hypopygium of the ¢ red; hind borders of the last two segments with macrochete. Legs 
shining black; in the ¢ the tip of the coxe rufous; middle and hind tibie piceous; the hind tibic 
slightly curved, with long and rough hairs on the inner side, and with some strong bristles on the outer 
side. Tegule yellowish-white. Wings greyish-hyaline ; third vein with a row of short bristles; small 
cross-vein infuscate, under the end of the first vein and on the middle of the discal cell; curvature of the 
fourth vein with an acute angle; apical cross-vein distinctly incurved in its proximal third ; posterior 
cross-vein undulate. 
Hab. Mexico, Xucumanatlan in Guerrero 7000 feet (1. H. Smith), Orizaba (H. H. 
Smith and F. D. Godman). 
Two males and one female. 
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