SAi;c(tni.\(;ii) ki.iks — .iiiHNsrnN anmi iiKds. 185 



auteuiial joint iuconspicuous ; second normal, rather black in colour; 

 third joint over twice the length of second, dark brown, and silvery 

 poUinose. Arista brown, a little longer than the three anteunal joints 

 combined. Vibrissa inserted well above oral margin. Mesofacial plate 

 brown. Seven large and four small facial bristles present ; about ten 

 epistomials present. A row of eleven frontal bristles beside frontal stripe. 

 Verticals rather small ; lateral verticals not very strongly developed. 

 Three rows of black bristles behind eyes, of which only the first is well 

 developed. Occiput clothed with short silvery hairs, developing into a 

 beard-like giowth below ; anterior part of geirx clad with short black 

 bristles. 



Thorax rather bioader than head, grey with three longitudinal black 

 stripes, the outer pair rather broader than usual. Sides dark grey ; under 

 side grey ; spiracle black with dark chocolate hairs. Three humerals ; 

 three intra-alars ; the anterior acrostichals are absent; of the posterior 

 acrostichals only the prescutellar are developed, and these only veiy 

 weakly. Apical scutellars present. 



Legs black. First femur clad with long hairs on proximal ventral 

 half; tibia shorter than femur ; hairless. Second femur hairy on proximal 

 ventral two-thirds, distal third develops a "comb"; tibia hairless. Third 

 femur and tibia hairy. 



Abdomen covered dorsally with short reclinate bristles ; below hairy. 

 Hypopygium reddish brown, covered with rather short black hairs. 

 Forceps dark brown, only slightly bristly ; distal half developed into a 

 hook, sharply pointed. Accessory plate small, brown, and provided with 

 a few bristles. Two pairs of very dark brown claspers present ; the 

 posterior pair the smaller. Penis dark brown and black. From its 

 anterior portion two powerful hooks are given off, below which the penis 

 is developed into a rather thick complex prominence. 



The description is from a male donated by Mr. Henry Tiyon ; — 

 captured in Oahu, Hawaii. 



24. Sarcopliaga milleri n. sp. 



(Fig. 1.) 



S. impatiens Hudson (nee. Walker), Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxxiii., 1901, p. 62. 



S. impatiens Miller (nee. Walker), Jour. Agric. New Zealand, xxii., 1921, 



p. 7. 



In general appearance a pale golden and black fly, 9-10 mm. in 

 length. 



Male. 



Head. — Frons not very prominent, measuring about three-fifths the 

 width of the eyes. Eyes red-brown, three-quarters the height of the 

 head. Parafrontals and gems pale golden, occiput silvery, a silvery streak 

 being continued right round the eyes. Frontal stripe black, a quarter as 

 wide again as parafrontals. Mesofacial plate very dark silvery, with 

 black reflection, its borders black. A row of ten frontals beside frontal 

 stripe. Verticals prominent ; lateral verticals absent. First antennal 



