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claspers heavier and blunter; the anterior flat instead 

 of compressed at tip. 



Female (on same pin). Front, .308 of head, or- 

 bitals normal ; several of the facial bristles stout ; outer 

 vertical well developed; no acr. except prescutellar 

 pair; distinctly with three ps dc; three stout stpl; 

 scutellum with two marginal, one stout subapical, no 

 apical ; abdomen with no median marginals on second 

 segment; genital segment red, the opening slit-like, 

 with bristles; middle femur with rows of bristles be- 

 low, dwindling toward tip and not forming combs; 

 three increasing bristles on outer front side of middle 

 tibia. 



Length of male 11 nmi. ; of female 10 m. 



One male, one female, on same pin, Columbus, 

 Ohio, no date, in the Hough collection. 



Holotype and Allotype. — In the Hough collec- 

 tion. 



No. 34. Sarcophaga idonea n. sp. 



Male. Exceedingly like sima, but with a some- 

 what different hypopygium. This is larger, the first 

 segment shining red, dark at base, with an interrupted 

 row of stout bristles at posterior margin ; second seg- 

 ment shining red, globose; forceps stout and rather 

 long, with a gradual taper from behind and slightly 

 bent forward, red except less than half the free part, 

 ending in an incurved tooth ; penis composed of similar 

 parts to those of simaj but much larger, in profile not 

 much smaller than second segment of hypopygium; 

 on each side at the beginning of the distal segment 

 there is a small white plume, like a little downy 

 feather. The figures show the differences. 3 ps dc; 

 3 stpl. 



Length 10 mm. 



Two males, New Bedford, Mass.; one collected 

 May 17, 1896, the other marked "July." Both in 

 Hough collection. Front, .162 and .165. 



Holotype. — Male, in the Hough collection. 



Paratype.Male, No. 20501, in U. S. N. M. 



