396 (ESTRID^. 



deeply set in a pit, disc-shaped ; arista arising from upper aud 

 outer side ; epistonie pale yellow with light hairs ; elieeks :ind 

 face covered with long silky hairs. Thorax dark hrown ^ith four 

 very indistinct hroad black stripes separated by lighter stripes, 

 otherwise similar to that of the male ; mesopleura with :i similar 

 tuft of liairs ; scutelluiii less bifid than tliat of S , its two 

 extremities not forming such prominent bosses; the tuft of 

 orange hairs between the ends is smaller. Abdomen with ochra- 

 ceous spots in middle of sides of first three npparent segments, 

 giving the dorsal surface of the abdomen a tessellated appearance : 

 4th apparent segment dark olive-green ; all the segments covered 

 with light and dark brown hairs, better marked at the sides ; 

 ovipositor stout, black, without any apparent segmentation ; legs 

 light brown, much lighter than in (5; femora with basal Iwo- 

 thirds dark brown, apical third light brown ; middle and hind 

 feraera with onl}^ the apical third dark ; tibice liglit brown ; 2nd, 

 3rd and 4th tarsal segments with a small dark spot at their 

 apices. Winys similar to those of S except that there is no 

 appendix to the anterior cross-vein and the 4th longitudinal vein ; 

 halteres and squamse as in S . 



Tiie above description is taken from that of Major Patton, with 

 some slight verbal alterations, and changes in the terminology of 

 the wings, made to bring it into conformity with the rest of this 

 volume. Major Patton gives figures of the dorsal and ventral 

 surfaces of the nearly full-grown larva and adds notes on the 

 early stages, suggesting the possibility of the imago laying her 

 eggs on the long hairs on the goats'sides andof the larvae entering 

 the skin directly, without passing through the mouth and 

 gullet. Captain Cross stated that he never found any eggs on 

 the hairs of the legs of the goats. 



This species was previously referred to by Major Patton (Bull. 

 Ent. Res. xii, p. 248, 1921) as possibly H. hovis, from the skins of 

 goats in the Punjab. In " Indian Insect Life," p. 653 (1909), 

 the genus Hypoderma is said to be a suspected liabitant of 

 Western India, from the Punjab as far south as Gujerat : and 

 warl'les are also said to have been seen in Bengal cattle, but 

 almost exclusively from the hills. See also remarks on warbles in 

 antelopes {ante, p. 386). 



Originally described from three S 6 find one $ bred from 

 larvae obtained from warbles in tlie skins of goats from the 

 JheluMi District, Pinijab. In tliis district a very high proportion 

 of the goats have warbles. Types and paratypes in Major Patton's 

 collection. 



Genus GASTROPHILUS, Leach. 



Gastrophilns, Leach, Mem. Wern. Soc. Edin. ii, p. 508 [Gasferophilus) 



(1817). 

 Gastrus, Meigen, Syst. Beschr. iv, p. 174 (1824). 

 Bnleromyza, Eondani, Dipt. Ital. Prod, ii, p. 20, noia (1857). 



