56 THOMAS SAY FOUXDATIOX 



EMBLEMASOMA New Genus. 



(e/jL^XTj/jia, mosaic; aco/jia, body) 



Differs from Sarcophaga mainly in having the 

 vibrissffi quite high above the oral margin (as far as 

 the length of the second antennal joint) and consid- 

 erably approximated, so as to narrow the facial plate 

 below more than usual. Type, Embleinasoma erro, 

 the following species; a second species is E. faciale, 

 and the two agree in the following characters among 

 others : 



Parafacials with several rows of hairs, none 

 bristle-like, encroaching on the facial impression; 

 parafrontals also with small hairs; frontals reaching 

 to about middle of second antennal joint, not sud- 

 denly diverging below, still with one or more extra 

 bristles just outside the lowest in the row, evidently 

 somewhat variable; antennae short, third joint less 

 than twice the second, and reaching three-fifths to 

 three-fourths the way to the vibriss^e; bucca very 

 wide, about half the eyeheight; scutellum with 3 or 4 

 marginal pairs, together with one discal and a small 

 apical; 4 dc; ant acr long but not vei-y distinct from 

 the adjacent long, erect hairs; stpl 3; npl 4; sa 3; inta 

 2; pa 2; epaulets black; subepaulets almost white. 



Table of Species. — Males. 



Legs, palpi, proboscis and antemite black (wide- 

 spread eiTo n. sp. 



Legs, palpi, proboscis and antenna? yellow 

 (Georgia) faciale n. sp. 



No. 16. Emblemasoma erro n. sp. 



Male. Front .206 of head (average of three,^ — - 

 .200, .203, .214) ; parafrontals and parafacials with 

 yellow satiny pollen, with brown reflections opposite 

 antenna ; frontal stripe brown, wide and well-defined ; 

 ocellars present, outer vertical not; antennae brown- 

 ish-black, small, the second joint rather long, third 

 hardly longer than second, lacking almost its own 

 length of reaching vibrissee ; palpi and proboscis black, 



