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considered it to be a Sarcophaga, and in one of his own papers* mentioned 

 that it closely resembled 8. aurifrons, but possessed a less golden 

 colouration of the head and thoi'ax. In a subsequent article on the 

 "Eastern plague locust "^ he referred to Masicera pachytlli, and to a 

 second dipterous parasite, *S'. aurifrons, from which one may infer that he 

 was satisfied as to the synonymy of S. oedtpoda with Macquart's species. 

 In view of this, together with the lack of any account by Olliff, we may 

 safely remove S. oedipoda from the list of Australian Sarcophagi dte. 



In our previous paper we attempted to clear up the confusion which 

 existed in the synonymy of these Australian flesh-flies, but one important 

 publication, that of Robineau-Desvoidy,^ was not at the time available. 

 Through the kindness of Mr. C. T. Greene, U. S. National Museum, 

 Washington D.C., this deficiency has been remedied, and has enabled us 

 to reduce the synonymy even more. 



The opportunity is also taken to correct some minor errors in our 

 previous paper. 



We desire to express to the Trustees of the Australian Museum our 

 appreciation of their kindness in permitting us to examine the Sarco- 

 phagidse contained in the Museum. 



1. Helicobia austrcdis Johnston and Tiegs. 



Helicobia australis Johnston and Tiegs, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, xxxiii., 

 1921, p. 50. 



One male, paratype, Brisbane, Queensland. 



2. Sarcophaga impatiens Walker. 



8. impatiens Walker, List. Dipt. British Mus., 1849, iv., p. 828. 

 S. impatiens Johnston and Tiegs, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, xxxiii., 

 1921, p. 52. 



Several males and females, Brisbane, Queensland. 



3. Sarcophaga tryoni Johnston and Tiegs. 



S. tryoni Johnston and Tiegs, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, xxxiii., 1921, 



p. 54. 

 S. frontalis (in part) of Australian authors. 



Two males and a female, paratypes, Brisbane, Queensland. 



In our original description of this insect we stated : " Prescutellar 

 acrostichals extend almost to end of scutellum," and "anterior femora 



not hairy." This should be amended to read as follows : 



"Prescutellar acrostichals absent; anterior femora .... scantily 

 clad with long hairs." 



•» Froggatt— Agric. Gazette, N.S.W., xvi., 1905, p. 20. 



r. Froggatt — loc. cit., xviii., 1907. 



9 Robineau-Desvoidy — Essai sur les Myodaires, 1830. 



