14 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM Vol. 78 



Myophora consohrina^ p. 344. 

 Male, Philadelphia, 



WALKER'S SPECIES 



IN TRANSACTIONS OF TKB LINNABIAN SOCIBTT, VOL. 17, 1837 



Sarcophaga lateralis^ p. 352. 



One male, St. Paul's in Brazil. Is a Ptilodexia. 

 Sarcophaga vittata^ p. 353. 



Not found in British Museum. 



Sarcophaga varia, p. 353. 



One male, Gorrite Island, off Maldonado, Uruguay. The speci- 

 men mentioned as being from Port Famine is not now in the 

 British Museum, the only one found being from Gorrite Island. 

 It is a male, a striking form and easily recognized. Head with 

 golden pile ; notopleural stripe golden and a spot on mesopleura and 

 one on pteropleura as well as three almost confluent on sides of 

 abdominal segments two, three, and four, all golden. Mesonotum 

 with three broad black stripes, leaving two narrow yellow stripes 

 besides the notopleural; the yellow stripes continued on scutellum. 

 One vertical; ocellars proclinate; one reclinate frontal, six others 

 to base of second antennal joint. Parafacials with several long 

 hairs irregularly arranged. Cheek almost one-half the eye height. 

 Acrostichal 0, 1; dorsocentral 3, 3 (the first postsutural pair some 

 distance back of suture) ; presutural one; sternopleural 3; scutellum 

 with 2 lateral, no apical. Abdomen rather broad and flat, genital 

 segments large, giving a truncate effect to abdomen; both genital 

 segments black, the first in part golden pollinose and with row of 

 bristles. Genitalia as in Figure 1. Forceps black, flat, the tips 

 blunted and turned a little back. Accessory plate not readily dis- 

 tinguished. Posterior clasper long, curved, sharp; anterior clasper 

 twisted and turned to the side apically in a remarkable way. The 

 penis is thick and bulky and has a wing extending on each side, 

 the right one conspicuously larger than the left and with several 

 claws. Fifth sternite with wide curved opening, a slight lobe at 

 each end projecting noticeably. Hind tibia not villous but with 

 dense depressed hair. Mid tibia almost villous on apical half of 

 flexor side, and with two bristles on outer front side. First vein 

 bare, third with eight to ten hairs. Synonyms are flavicosta Mac- 

 quart, chilensis Macquart, and nohilis Thomson. 



IK LIST OF DIPTERA IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, VOL. 4, 1849 



Sarcophaga jejuna^ p. 811. 



Female, Venezuela. Not found in British Museum. 



