SAROOPHAGIK FLIES JOHNSTON ANI> TIK(iS. 181 



Vibrissae inserted well above oral margin ; about fifteen facial bristles 

 present ; eight epistornials. A row of thirteen frontal bristles on either 

 side of frontal stripe. Verticals large ; lateral verticals fairly well 

 developed. A single row of black bristles behind eyes ; back of liead 

 covered with short golden hairs, which develop into a beard-like growth 

 below ; bristles on front part of cheeks short and black. 



Thorax ashy-golden, with the usual three longitudinal black stripes, 

 the outer two broader than the middle stripe. On either side of the 

 middle stripe are a pair of narrow but very distinct stripes, gradually 

 fading away on the posterior pai't of the thorax ; external to the outer 

 stripes occurs on each side on the posterior half of the thorax a longi- 

 tudinal black marking. Scutellum very dark, nearly black, with golden 

 borders. Anterior spiracle pale brown, covered with vrhite hairs. Sides 

 of thorax golden; lower surface grey. Only the posterior pair of the 

 anterior acrostichals are developed ; of the posterior set only the last two 

 pairs are present ; all are very feebly developed. Dorsocentral row 

 normal. Three pairs of humerals present ; two intra-alars. Scutellar 

 apicals present. 



Ler/s black and grey. First femur faintly tinged with gold ventrally. 

 Longitudinal rows of bristles complete ; provided ventrally with a rather 

 thick growth of short hairs ; tibia not hairy. Second femur very faintly 

 tinged with gold; not hairy; a distinct "comb" present. Third femur 

 grey ; both femur and tibia hairless. 



Abdomen silvery and black, as usual; covered dorsally with short 

 black reclinate bristles; hairy ventrally. Hypopygium very dark brown, 

 nearly black, hairy. Forceps shiny black and sharply pointed, very hairy. 

 Anterior third of each closely approximated. Claspers very dark brown; 

 anterior rather blunt ; posterior sharp. The penis resembles that of 

 Sarcophaga beta. The chitinisation is very heavy, the whole structure 

 being quite black. Ventrally it is developed into a forwardly bent hook, 

 which acts as a protection for a pair of curved chitinous processes, very 

 similar to those of S. alpha. 



Described from one male, captured by us around decaying meat in 

 Brisbane, Queensland, July, 1921. 



20. Sarcophaga hardyi n, sp. 



(Plate XXXV., fig. 5.) 



In general appearance a rather large golden and black insect, 

 measuring 12 mm. in length. 



Male. 



Head. — Frons rather prominent, half the width of eye ; parafrontals 

 pale golden in colour and provided with two very irregular rows of short 

 black bristles ; gense and occiput a somewhat deeper gold. Frontal stiipe 

 brown, faintly silveiy pollinose, and slightly wider than the parafrontals. 

 First antennal joint faii'ly conspicuous; second slightly smaller than 

 usual ; third thrice the length of second, very dark brown and very 

 strongly silvery pollinose. Arista over half as long again as the three 



