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27. Sarcophaga oberrans, sp. n., 3 2. 
Cinereous ; frontal band, three thoracic stripes, reflecting spots on the abdomen, antenne, palpi, and legs 
black; abdomen ovate ; hypopygium red. 
Length 7°5 millim. 
Head yellowish-white, with blackish reflections ; front flattened, slightly prominent, on the vertex in the ¢ 
much narrower, in the 2 broader, than the eyes; frontal band blackish; inferior part of the cheeks 
equalling one-fourth of the longitudinal diameter of the eyes. Antenne inserted a little above the median 
line of the eyes; third joint nearly three times as long as the second; arista plumose to beyond the 
middle. Proboscis and palpi black, the palpi slightly thickened towards the tip. Thorax, scutellum, and 
abdomen cinereous ; thorax with three black stripes, the median stripe prolonged over the scutellum and, 
before the transverse suture, with a somewhat indistinct line on each side; dorso-central bristles present. 
Abdomen in both sexes ovate, with black reflecting spots, arranged in three rows; in the ¢ the hind 
border of the anal segment rufous; hypopygium of the same colour and little prominent; anus of the 9 
_ yellowish-red ; long erect macrochete are present on the third and anal segments. Legs black, with 
scattered bristles. Tegule whitish. Wings greyish-hyaline ; small cross-vein under or a little beyond the 
middle of the mediastinal cell and on the middle of the discal cell; curvature of the fourth vein with an 
acute angle ; apical cross-vein distinctly incurved at the base ; posterior cross-vein nearly straight. 
Hab. Mexico, Chilpancingo in Guerrero 4600 feet (H. H. Sinith). 
A male and two female specimens. 
28. Sarcophaga triplasia, sp.n., ¢ @. (Tab. VIL. figg. 10; 10, profile.) 
Cinereous ; head whitish ; frontal band, three thoracic stripes (the median with two lateral lines), reflecting 
spots on the abdomen, antenne, palpi, and legs black ; no dorso-central bristles; anal segment ochraceous ; 
hypopygium ( ¢) and anus (@) red; middle and hind tibie of the ¢ with long hairs. 
Length 7°5-9°5 millim, 
Head yellowish-white, with brown reflections ; front somewhat prominent ; vertex of the ¢ nearly as broad as 
the eyes, that of the 2 broader; frontal band black; cheeks near the inner orbits with black hairs ; 
inferior part of the cheeks equalling one-half of the longitudinal diameter of the eyes; under the vibrissee 
are many shorter bristles ; beard yellowish; occiput grey. Antenne black, inserted on the median line 
of the eyes; third joint three times as long as the second; arista plumose to beyond the middle. Pro- 
boscis and palpi black. Thorax and scutellum cinereous; on the thorax three black stripes, which are 
prolonged over the scutellum ; anteriorly, on both sides of the median stripe, is a dark line, which is 
distinct to a little behind the transverse suture. Abdomen conical (¢) or ovate (@); the first three 
segments cinereous, with black reflecting spots, the anal segment ochraceous, or at least posteriorly reddish, 
with brown reflections ; hind border of the third segment with two dorsal and on each side two lateral 
macrocheete, that of the anal segment with a continuous row of macrochete; hypopygium of the ¢ 
prominent, reddish, the second segment shining and clothed with black hairs; anus of the 2 shining red. 
Legs black, the hind tibize in some specimens piceous ; middle and hind tibie of the ¢ with long black 
hairs on the inner side, and with some long bristles on the outer side, in the 2 with bristles only; in the 
3 the hind femora thick, the foot-claws and pulvilli elongate, and the pulvilli brown. Tegule whitish. 
Wings greyish-hyaline ; some of the veins, when seen on a dark surface, appear rufous; small cross-vein 
beyond the middle of the mediastinal cell and on the middle of the discal cell; curvature of the fourth 
vein with an acute angle ; apical cross-vein distinctly incurved near its base ; posterior cross-vein slightly 
sinuate. 
Hab. Mexico, Amula in Guerrero 6000 feet (H. H. Smith). 
One male and three female specimens. 
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