SARCiil'llAdlli KI.IKS J(JUNSTON AND lIKiiS. 187 



Kkmai.e. 



This (litVeis from tlie mule in the rollowiiig chai'acter.s : — Frontal 

 sti'ipe as broad as pafafroiitals. Six frontal bi'istles beside frontal stripe, 

 and thi'ee beside e^'es ; lateral verticals jjroniineut. E^'es abont three- 

 fifths the height of head. Second feniui' not liairy, "comb" absent. 

 Third femur and tibia hairless. Abdomen rounded, almost devoid of 

 liaix^s ventrally. 



Described from a male and a female from New Zealand sent to the 

 authors by Mr. D. Miller, Government Entomologist, Wellington, New 

 Zealand, and now deposited in tlie Australian Museum collection. 



F. W. Hudson, in his synopsis of the Diptera Bi-achyceia of New 

 Zealand, recorded' only one local Sarcophagid, whicli he reported as 

 very common, and regarded as being identical with Surcophaga lnip(dieiiH 

 Walker. The above-mentioned insects were sent to us under this desig- 

 nation, but even a superficial examination shows them to be quite distinct 

 from Walker's species. 



25. Siirrnp]tit(/<t m nlticohir n. sp. 

 (Fig 2.) 

 In general appearance a large golden and black fiy 12 mm. in length. 



Male. 



Head. — Frons half the width of eyes, which are reddish brown. 

 Frontal stripe black, a little wider than parafrontals, which are dark gold 

 in colour. Genae and occiput bright gold. Mesofacial plates golden, 

 borders tinged with black ; ptilinal fissure not very distinct. First 

 antennal joint scarcely visible ; second large and black ; third fawn 

 colour, and nearly thrice the length of second. Height of eyes three- 

 quarters that of head. A row of thirteen frontal bristles beside frontal 

 stripe. A row of small black bristles immediately internal to the eye, 

 the lowest two the largest. Verticals large ; lateral verticals present but 

 rather weak. Vibrissae strong ; about twenty facial bristles. A single 

 row of black bristles behind eyes ; an indistinct second row behind these 

 towards the vertex of the head, but extending only a short way outwards. 

 Haii'S on occiput and gena? golden. Proboscis black with brownish tinge; 

 palps black. 



Thorax slightly wider than eyes; golden with the usual black stripes, 

 of which the middle one alone extends on to the scntellum. The latter 

 stripe much broader posteriorly than in front. Sides of thorax golden, 

 tinged with black. Three humeral bristles present. Dorsocentral row 

 as usual. Of the acrostichals only the prescutellar differentiated. Two 

 intra-alars. Apical scutellars present. 



Legs black. First femur tinged ventrall}' with gold ; clothed with 

 long thin bi'istles, beside the ordinary strong ones, but devoid of true 

 hairs. Tibia slightly shorter than femur and not hairy. First tarsal 

 joint less than one-third length of tibia. Whole tarsus about equal in 

 length to tibia. The second and third femoi'a are jet black and quite 

 devoid of the usual golden or grey tinge. On the second femur the 



Hudson — Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxxiii., 1901, p. 02. 



