22 MB. walker's CATALOaUE OP DIPTEROUS INSECTS 



gusta, capite albo, fi-ontalibiis atris, proboscide palpis aiitennisque testaceis, 

 arista pliimosa, thorace iiigro-qviadi'ivittato, abdomine testaceo semihyalino, 

 vitta fasciisque nigris, pedibiis loiigis testaceis, tarsis nigris, alis siibcinereis. 



Male. Body hoary, long, narrow, with long black bristles. Head white; 

 frontaha deep black, widenmg fi'oni the vertex to the antennae ; faciaha 

 without bristles ; epistoma not prominent. Eyes bare. Proboscis and palpi 

 testaceous. Antennse testaceous, net nearly extending to the epistoma ; 

 3rd joint slender ; arista black, plumose. Thorax with four black stripes, 

 of which the outer pair are broader than the inner pau'. Abdomen testa- 

 ceous, semihyaluie, with a black dorsal stripe, and with a black band on 

 theliindborder of each segment. Legs long, testaceous ; tarsi black. Wings 

 greyish ; veins black ; prasbrachial vein forming a hardly obtuse angle at 

 its flexure, from whence it is indistinctly undulating to its tip which joins 

 the costal at a Httle in front of the tip of the wing ; discal transverse vein 

 sHghtly curved inward near its liiud end, parted by hardly more than half 

 its length from the border, and by hardly less than its length from the 

 flexure of the prsebrachial. Alulpe whitish. Length of the body 6 lines ; 

 of the wings 11 hnes. 



Movmt Opliir. 



Subfam. Sarcophagides. 

 Gen. Saecophaga, Meigen. 



73. Sarcophaga ruficornis, Fair. Si/st. Antl. 287. 12. (Musca.) 

 Malacca. Inhabits also Hindostan. 



74. Saecophaga recipeoca, n. s., foem. Cana, capite albo, frontalibus palpis 

 anteunis thoracis vittis pedibusque nigris, abdomine subtessellato, ahs sub- 

 ciuereis. 



Female. Hoary. Head white ; frontaha black, linear. Proboscis, palpi and 

 antennae black. Thorax with three black stripes, and with black hnes 

 intersecting the two intermediate hoary stripes. Abdomen slightly tessel- 

 lated. Legs black. Wings greyish ; veins black ; praebrachial forming a 

 right angle at its flexm-e, near which it is much curved inward, and is thence 

 straight to its tip ; discal transverse vein shghtly luidulatmg, parted by 

 less tlian its length from the border, and by httle more than half its length 

 from the flexure of the prsebracliial. Alulae wliite. Length of the body 

 6 hnes ; of the wings 11 Hnes. 



Singapore. A smaller specimen from Malacca apparently belongs to tliis 

 species. 



75. Saecophaga aliena, n. s., foem. Cana, capite albo, frontalibus palpis 

 anteimis thoracis vittis pedibusque nigris, abdomine tessellato, alis sub- 

 cinereis. 



Female. Hoaiy. Head white; frontaha black, slightly widening in front. 

 Proboscis, palpi and antennae black. Thorax with tlu-ec black stripes, and 

 with black hnes mfcersecting the two intermediate hoary stripes. Abdomen 

 tessellated. Legs black. Wings shghtly greyish ; veins black ; praebrachial 

 formuig a very slightly acute angle at its flexure, near which it is much 

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



