146 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



LIST OF N. AMERICAN SARCOPHAGID^, EXAMINED BY 

 R. H. MEADE, ESQ., BRADFORD, ENGLAND. 



BY DR. H. A. HAGEN, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



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The Deyrolle carton containing the specimens, which are in the same 

 position as returned by Mr. Meade, bears the inscription by the Baron 

 von Osten-Sacken : "This collection was arranged at my request by Mr. 

 R. H. Meade, especially with a view of ascertaining whether any of the 

 species are common to Europe and N. America." I have published this 

 list for the same reason as the Anthomyidae. The division of the species 

 is so far advanced that not much is left for the future monographer, 

 except to draw up the descriptions and to name the species. Both are 

 not done by myself for obvious reasons. The 27 species with 115 speci- 

 mens are indeed all the contents of the collection of the Museum and 

 those of the Baron. The Loew's collection contains about 24 species 

 not labeled (except for the 3 species given) nor even arranged after the 

 species. About half of them are from Cuba. My additions are given 

 in [ ] ; I have tried to compare the species as carefully as possible, but 

 I should remark that the types of only 1 2 European species are at hand. 

 Of the species are from N. England 13, from N. York 14, from Canada 

 7, from the Antilles 5. 



SARCOPHAGA. 



A. Alius red or yellow. ( tii'st division.) 



B. No spines upon the second longitudinal veins. 



C. Posterior tibiae of male bearded on their inner sides. 

 D. Second abdominal segment without central spines. 

 E. Thorax with four dorsal bristles behind suture. 

 Spec. 1. vS'. ae^ra ? Walk.; does not correspond to any British species. 



[8 specim. M., male and female, Cambridge, Mass., June 22 ; 

 Catskill Mts., N. Y., July, 1874, O.S.; Denison, Craford Co., Iowa; 

 Brit. Amer. In Loew's coll., 4 male and female, 111.; Minn.; 

 \\'isc. Two types from Mo., labeled by O. S. Sarcophaga sarra- 

 ceniae Riley, which have not been seen by Mr. Meade, are identi- 

 cal ; the species was formerly believed to be S. carnaria 

 Comstock's Rep. 1879, p. 304.] 

 K. i horax with three dorsal bristles behind suture. 



