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little in front of the tip of the wing ; snbcostal vein ending at one-third 

 of the length ; mediastinal vein ending at half the length ; radial vein 

 ending at abont four-fifths of the length ; cubital vein ending very near 

 the tip of the costal ; prsebrachial vein emitting a' short branch, form- 

 ing a hardly obtuse angle at its flexnre, near which it is slightly curved 

 inward, and is thence almost straight to its tip ; discal transverse vein 

 with two curves, the hind one much deeper than the other, paiied from 

 the flexure of the pra^brachial by a little more than half its length, and 

 by much more from the border. Alulae white. Halteres tawny. Ab- 

 domen tawny beneath at the tip, and on each side of the middle above. 

 Not common. (E.) 



3. scutellata, Newra. E. M. I. 507 {lS%2,).—obscura, Zett. Ni- 

 gra, cinereo-tomcntosa, frontalibus piceis, facie antennisque testaceis, 

 y)a\\>\?, jjedibusqne full-is, thorace quadrivittato, alls subcinereis basi sub- 

 favis. Long. 6 ; alar. 1 2 lin. 



Black, with cinereous tomentum. Frontalia piceous ; face testaceous ; 

 proboscis and palpi tawny. Antennae testaceous ; sixth joint black. 

 Thorax with four black stripes. Wings slightly grey, with a yellow 

 tinge towards the base ; costal vein ending at a little in front of the 

 tip of the wing ; subcostal vein ending at much beyond one-third of 

 the length ; mediastinal vein ending at much beyond half the length ; 

 radial vein ending at five-sixths of the length ; cubital vein joining the 

 costal near its tip ; praebrachial vein emitting a short branch, and form- 

 ing an obtuse angle at its flexure, almost straight from thence to its 

 tip ; cUscal transverse vein with two distinct curves, parted by more 

 than half its length from the flexure of the prcebrachial and from the 

 border. Alulae yellowish-white. Abdomen with black bands on the 

 hind borders of the segments. Legs taiony. 



liare. (E.) 



Genus II. SARCOPHAGA. 



Sarcophaga, Meig. Zw. v. 14 (1826); Wcstw. ; Zett. Miisca p., 

 L. ; D. G. ; F. ; Scop. Cynomyla, Gmel. ; Schr. ; Latr. ; Fal. Sar- 

 cophaga et Agria, Mcq. Myophora, etc., Desv. 



Corpus elongatum, pubescens, setosum. Frontalia substriata. Facialia 

 non setosa. Epistoma vix prominens. Oculi in utroque sexu remoti, 

 nudi. Antennae mediocres. Abdomen maris subfusiforme apice 

 tumidum, fcemina^ subovatura. 



Body elongate. Frontalia minvitely striated, with a row of bi'istles 

 along each side ; facialia without bristles ; epistoma very slightly promi- 

 nent ; facialia of tlie pciistoma bristly ; eyes bare. Antenna; not reach- 

 ing the epistoma ; third joint sublinear, rounded at the tip, very much 



