South African Higher Myodarii (Diptera Calyptratae). 507 



inserted towards the centre of the segment, and has thus become 

 discal ; 2 marginal median setae on segment 3 ; no discal setae on any 

 of the segments. Head white with a broad blackish frontal band ; 



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antennae and proboscis black, the latter not elongate. Thorax black, 

 slightly whitish pruinose above, but densely on the pleurae ; tergum 

 with the usual dark bands, 2 dorso-central setae beyond the suture ; 

 sternopleural = 1 + 1- Scutellum with a long lateral seta, and weak, 

 apical, crossed ones (the larger of 2 $ examples bears also a short and 

 weak lateral seta in front. 



Wings with the cubitus of the 4th nervure obtuse and without 

 appendage ; the apical transverse straight ; the posterior transverse 

 distant from the cubitus and sinuose ; the small transverse equal to 

 the mediastinal cell of the wing. Squamae white ; halteres testaceous. 

 Legs black ; anterior claws of $ moderately elongate. 



Length 7-9 mm. 



Two $ $, Transvaal, Barberton (H. Edwards); Zululand, 

 M'Fongosi (W. E. Jones), S. Afric. Museum. 



SUB-FAM. SARCOPHAGINAE. 



G-EN. APODAEKA Macq. 



APODAERA NATALENSIS, n. sp. 



Head slightly yellowish, but with a white sheen on the face ; frontal 

 band wide, honey colour ; orbits narrow ; width of vertex equal to 

 f of that of the eye ; antennae yellow, nearly filling the whole cavity, 

 3rd joint hardly 4 times the length of the 2nd ; chaeta yellow, black at 

 tip ; palps yellow. Five orbital setae ; 1 isolated vibrissa. Thorax 

 ashy flavescent ; the free border of the scutellum pale testaceous ; 

 abdomen testaceous red, the last 3 segments marked with 3 large black 

 maculae. Legs of the same colour as the abdomen, base of anterior 

 and intermediate femora blackish ; last joints of tarsi iufuscate. Wings 

 clear ; nervures pale at base ; halteres whitish. 



Length 5 mm. 



Natal, 1 9 > Durban, S. Afric. Museum. 



APODAERA DISPAR, u. sp. 



Head white ; frontal band honey colour, narrower than the orbits ; 

 width of vertex equal to the diameter of an eye. Antennae yellow, 

 stopping at the inferior third of the cavity ; 3rd joint barely reaching 

 the length of the 2nd ; chaeta yellow, black at apex ; palpi yellow. 



