Sarcophaga. 175 



black, densely haired, with a row of strong marginal bristles, inter- 

 rupted in the middle. Hypopygium black, with dense hairs, specially 

 long below. Upper forceps cleft to middle, the branches simply 

 attenuated towards apex and curved ventrally; 

 claspers of about equal length, curved ven- 

 trally, pointed. Penis somewhat chitinised, 

 the forwards curved end short; a pointed lobe 

 is seen. Posterior femora long-fringed ven- 

 trally, hind tibiæ with a long fringe on antero- 

 and still more developed on posteroventral 

 side; middle femora with a comb of rather long 

 bristles; hind femora with an anteroventral 

 row of strong bristles. Wings a little tinged; 

 costal segment 3 a little longer than 5; sub- 

 costal vein bare; a costal spine present. 



Female. Frons broader than the eye. Sixth ^.^ 39 ^^ ^elanura. 

 abdominal segment cleft into two lateral halves 



by a large vertical elliptical split, bending down on venter and here 

 narrowed; the vertical part has strong marginal bristles while the 

 lower part has only fine hairs; about at the middle on each half 

 the spiracle is seen. 



Length 7 — 12 mm. 



S. melanura is not rare in Denmark; Amager, Geel Skov, Helle- 

 bæk, Hillerød, Tisvilde, Skelskør and in Jutland at Sønderborg and 

 Frederikshavn; the dates are ^j-, — ^^s- 



Geographical distribution: — All Europe and most of Asia to 

 India and Formosa. 



Remarks: Zetterstedt mentions striata from Denmark, but 

 striata in Stæger's collection is melanura so that probably striata 

 in Zetterstedt is synonym to melanura; if so the record of its being 

 bred from Oryctes nasicornis would belong to the present species. 



4. S. laciniata Pand. 



1896. Pand. Eev. Entom. XV, 195, 39. — 1907. Villen. Ann. Soc. Ent. de 

 Fr. LXXVI, 396. — 1912. Bottch. Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 716, Fig. 10. — 

 1924. Stein, Arch. f. Naturgesch. 90, 6, 196. — S. suhulata Pand. 1896. 1. c. 

 XV, 194. — 1907. Villen. 1. c. LXXVI, 396. — 1907. Kat. palåarkt. Dipt. III, 

 492. 



Male. Frons about half as broad as the eye and orbits nearly 

 half as broad as frontal stripe. Orbits and face yellowish white; 



