290 THOMAS SAY FOUNDATION 



dozen stout bristles in a row behind; forceps red, the 

 apical part shining black; viewed from behind they 

 are not at all divergent, the free part is narrower at 

 the base, widening with an angle on the outer side; 

 the apices sharp and close together. In profile the 

 free part bends back considerably to the point of an- 

 gulation behind, then slightly forward to the apex; 

 just back of the extreme tip but not extending to the 

 hind angle there is a striking tuft of small black erect 

 hairs; accessory plate yellow, large, triangular, with 

 angles rounded; posterior clasper reddish, the tip 

 blackened, rather straight, not much hooked; an- 

 terior clasper red at base, the tip black, stout, strongly 

 curved forward but not very long, rather flat at apex ; 

 penis one- jointed, reddish brown, the back plate mod- 

 erately grooved along its middle, and near the base 

 with a conspicuous point extending forward on each 

 side; the transverse front plate which is so character- 

 istic in this group is rather yellow at base, bending in 

 an angle toward the apex, its sides developed into a 

 thin and somewhat rolled-up margin; its apical part 

 forming two widely divergent black lobes; fifth ster- 

 nite very inconspicuous, not diverging and not pro- 

 vided with noticeable hairs. 



Length 8.5 mm. 



One male, Mayaguez, Porto Rico, June 24-29, 

 1914. 



Holotype. — In American Museum of Natural 

 History, New York City. 



No. 140. Sarcophaga fissa n. sp. 



Male. Front .300 of head (average of two, — 

 .298 and .303) ; parafrontals and parafacials wide, 

 silvery, with a slight yellowish tinge, the latter with 

 a few small hairs near the eye, the former nearly 

 bare; ocellars long; outer verticals present; frontal 

 stripe narrow, not very sharply defined ; frontal bris- 

 tles about 8, not diverging in front, reaching to the 

 base of the second antennal joint; two or three of the 

 uppermost frontals are stout and reclinate; antennae 



