ART. 12 THE FLY GENUS SAECOPHAGA ALDEICH 25 



SPECIES OF SCHINER 



ALL IN NOVAUA BEISE, 1868 



Sarcophaga dichroa, p. 313. 



The material sent me in May, 1930, from the Vienna Museum 

 contained but one specimen bearing this label, but it was evidently 

 not the type, as it did not agree with the description and was dated 

 1870 (Philippi, Chile, 1870), after the publication of Schiner's 

 work. It appears likely that the single type specimen indicated by 

 Schiner, a female, has been lost. The only reference to the species 

 that I can find is in Brauer and Bergenstamm, in their Zweifliigler 

 des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien (pt. 5, 1891, p. 414), where it is 

 listed in Sarcophaga as one of the species seen. 



The description states that the species has a black mesonotum with 

 four white stripes; scutellum red at tip; abdomen steel-blue with 

 some pale pruinosity; all femora greatly thickened, the middle ones 

 below with short, regularly arranged bristles, which are absent 

 from the other femora; fourth vein with acute angle at bend, and 

 somewhat bent backward at this angle ; all veins bare. 



These characters indicate that the species goes in Calliphoridae, 

 probably close to Sarconesia; the femoral characters are peculiar. 

 It should be recognizable from the description, but I have not seen it. 



Sarcophaga xanthophora^ p. 313. 



Described from one male and four females, from " South Amer- 

 ica." The series sent from the Vienna Museum now includes two 

 males and three females labeled " Lindig. 1864. Venezuela " ; one 

 female of a different species from Brazil; and a male of a different 

 genus from Venezuela, the place being illegible. The Lindig lot 

 is evidently the tj^pe series, from which I make the following 

 description : 



Male. — Posterior dorsocentrals four, hind tibiae not villous, geni- 

 tal segments red. Front at narrowest (above middle) .22 of head 

 width; pollen of front, face, cheek and posterior orbit deep golden, 

 frontal stripe dark brown; antennae and j^alpi black; hairs of back 

 of head all black except a few below the neck. One pair verticals; 

 ocellars rather small; upper frontal not differentiated from the fol- 

 lowing, the frontal rows consisting of about 15 pairs of rather 

 strong and erect bristles, the lowest not diverging to any extent 

 and reaching the middle of second antennal joint. Third antennal 

 joint over twice the second, arista with the usual plumosity on the 

 basal three-fifths. 



Mesonotum golden pollinose, with three uniform and distinct 

 black stripes, the middle one extending upon the scutellum, and the 

 usual small, short stripe above root of wing. Chaetotaxy: Dorso- 



