SARCOPIIAGIDES. 99 



Auteniipe tawny, not reaching the epistoma ; tliird joint more than twice 

 the length of the second ; sixth hardly longer than the third. Thorax 

 with four black stripes, the outer pair much interrupted and much 

 broader than the inner pair. Wings slightly grey ; costal vein ending 

 at very little in front of the tip of the wing, with a spine by the end of 

 the subcostal ; subcostal vein ending at one-third of the length ; medi- 

 astinal vein ending at beyond half the length ; radial vein ending at 

 about four-fifths of the length ; cubital vein ending at near the tip of 

 the costal ; prfebrachial vein emitthuj a long branch and forming a right 

 angle at its flexure, near which it is much curved inward, and is thence 

 almost straight to its tip ; discal transverse vein with two very slight 

 curves, parted from the flexure of the })riKbrachial and from the border 

 by much more than half its lengtli. Alulaj whitish. Abdomen long- 

 obconical, with an indistinct darker dorsal stripe ; hind borders of the 

 segments black. Legs testaceous ; tarsi black. 

 Common. (E.) 



The following additional species of Bexia have been recorded 

 as British : — 



1. Dexia anthraciua, Meig. 



2. ,, melanoptera, Fal. 

 '6. „ nana, Meig. 



4. „ maura, F. 



5. ,, caminaria, Meig. 



6. ,, melania, Meig. 



7. ,, picta, TFeid. 



8. ,, carnifrons, Fal, 



9. „ grisescens, Fal. 



Subfamily 4. SARCOPHAGIDES. 



Sarcophaga et Trixa, Meig. SarcopJiagicB et Trixa, Mcq. ; Westw. 

 Sarcophagarice p. et Trixa, Zett. 



Caput non vesiciilosiim. Antennfe breves aut mediocres ; arista pubes- 

 cens aut plumosa. Thorax longus. AbdcB magna. 

 Head not vesiculose. Antenua; short, or of moderate length ; third 



joint generally soft ; sixth pubescent or plumose, bare towards the tip. 



Thorax long. Alula large. 



Most of the Sarcophagides, hkc some of the Muscides, are dis- 

 tinguished by the softness of the third joint of the antennae. They 

 are generally viviparous, and are quickly attracted by decaying 

 matter, on whiclr the larva? feed. 

 a. Antenna? very short. 1. Trixa. 

 a a. Aulcnufe of moderate length. 2. Sarcopuaga. 



